mccoskeri, Paracheilinus Randall [J. E.] & Harmelin-Vivien [M. L.] 1977:332, Fig. 2 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 3: Zoologie) (No. 436) Zool. (No. 306); ref. 5323] Reef 150 meters offshore front of Said Ibrahim's Palace, north of Moroni, Grande Comore Island, Comoro Islands, depth 20-35 meters. Holotype: CAS 35176. Paratypes: AMS I.18604-001 (1); ANSP 133779 (6); BMNH 1976.2.13.1-2 (2); BPBM 19728 (7); CAS 32569 (1), 34472 (8); MNHN 1976-0005 (2); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 841 (1); SMF 13393 (1); USNM 215274 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:117 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Paracheilinus mccoskeri Randall & Harmelin-Vivien 1977 -- (Randall 1988:222 [ref. 14253], Winterbottom et al. 1989:55 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1994:232 [ref. 21645], Randall 1995:287 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:182 [ref. 23977] as maccoskeri, Carpenter et al. 1997:199 [ref. 23922], Myers 1999:193 [ref. 23965], Kuiter & Allen 1999:120 [ref. 24141], Randall 1999:30 [ref. 25148], Parenti & Randall 2000:34 [ref. 24943], Westneat 2001:3402 [ref. 26277], Allen & Adrim 2003:50 [ref. 26830], Randall & Allen 2003:106 [ref. 27244], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S114 [ref. 27377], Randall 2005:429 [ref. 28239], Allen & Erdmann 2006:14 [ref. 29404], Allen & Erdmann 2008:188 [ref. 29498], Kuiter 2010:116 [ref. 35285] and as cf. mccoskeri, Allen & Erdmann 2012:708 [ref. 31980], Allen et al. 2013:199 [ref. 32955], Allen et al. 2016:57 [ref. 34238], Eagderi et al. 2019:74 [ref. 37020], Randall & Victor 2022:235 [ref. 39916], Kodeeswaran et al. 2023:[4] [ref. 40504]). Current status: Valid as Paracheilinus mccoskeri Randall & Harmelin-Vivien 1977. Labridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya), Persian Gulf, Seychelles and Comoros east to Fiji. IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.