fuscus, Pseudochromis Müller [J.] & Troschel [F. H.] 1849:23, Pl. 4 (fig. 2) [Horae Ichthyologicae No. 3; ref. 3073] Sulawesi, Indonesia. No types known. •Valid as Pseudochromis fuscus Müller & Troschel 1849 -- (Lubbock 1976:169 [ref. 7350], Allen & Swainston 1988:60 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:519 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:127 [ref. 15987], Hayashi 1992:65 [ref. 40737], Shibukawa & Iwata 1997:297 [ref. 23223], Allen 1997:94 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:126 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:127 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:121 [ref. 23965], Gill 1999:2574 [ref. 24817], Johnson 1999:731 [ref. 25471], Nakabo 2000:734 [ref. 25086], Gill in Randall & Lim 2000:611 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:99 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:30 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:734 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:33 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:57 [ref. 27510], Adrim et al. 2004:120 [ref. 27715], Gill & Tanaka 2004:21 [ref. 27766], Gill 2004:113 [ref. 27767], Randall 2005:187 [ref. 28239], Gill et al. 2006:1068 [ref. 29084], Allen & Erdmann 2012:336 [ref. 31980], Yoshigou & Ichikawa 2012:3 [ref. 37770], Larson et al. 2013:106 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:66 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:128 [ref. 36673], Koreeda in Motomura et al. 2021:21 [ref. 38121], Gill 2022:138 [ref. 39748], Allen & Erdmann 2024:359 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Pseudochromis fuscus Müller & Troschel 1849. Pseudochromidae: Pseudochrominae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Sri Lanka east to western Caroline Islands and Vanuatu, north to Ryukyu Islands and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.