flavivertex, Pseudochromis Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1835:9, Pl. 2 (fig. 4) [Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3844] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Lectotype: SMF 1527. Paralectotypes: SMF 8144 (1). Lectotype selected by Lubbock 1975:136 [ref. 7439]. •Valid as Pseudochromis flavivertex Rüppell 1835 -- (Lubbock 1975:134 [ref. 7439], Dor 1984:106 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:28 [ref. 25356], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S105 [ref. 27377], Gill 2004:106 [ref. 27767], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[16] 254 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:68 [ref. 36273], Gill 2022:137 [ref. 39748]). Current status: Valid as Pseudochromis flavivertex Rüppell 1835. Pseudochromidae: Pseudochrominae. Distribution: Red Sea endemic. Habitat: marine.