tapeinosoma, Pseudochromis Bleeker [P.] 1853:115 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 4 (no. 1); ref. 16900] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Lectotype: RMNH 5960. Paralectotypes: RMNH 32434 (1). Lectotype selected by Gill 1995:244 [ref. 22086]. •Valid as Pseudochromis tapeinosoma Bleeker 1853 -- (Lubbock 1976:169 [ref. 7350], Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:139 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:60 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:521 [ref. 12442], Gill & Winterbottom 1993:5 [ref. 21256], Gill 1995:244 [ref. 22086], Gill & Allen 1996:36 [ref. 22220], Shibukawa & Iwata 1997:297 [ref. 23223], Myers 1999:121 [ref. 23965], Gill 1999:2567 [ref. 24817], Nakabo 2000:736 [ref. 25086], Gill in Randall & Lim 2000:611 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:99 [ref. 25868], Allen 2000:87 [ref. 37268], Hutchins 2001:31 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:736 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:33 [ref. 26830], Gill 2004:176 [ref. 27767], Randall 2005:188 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:351 [ref. 28379], Gill et al. 2006:1069 [ref. 29084], Gill et al. 2009:48 [ref. 30129], Allen & Erdmann 2012:343 [ref. 31980], Yoshigou & Ichikawa 2012:4 [ref. 37770], Fricke et al. 2014:67 [ref. 33932], Allen & Erdmann 2024:367 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Pseudochromis tapeinosoma Bleeker 1853. Pseudochromidae: Pseudochrominae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) and Indonesia east to Solomon Islands, north to southern Japan. Habitat: marine.