viridescens, Gunnellichthys Dawson [C. E.] 1968:61, Figs. 2-5 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 81; ref. 7885] West of the northwestern tip of Anonyme Island, between Anonyme and Mahé islands, Seychelles, depth 35-50 feet. Holotype: ANSP 103624. Paratypes: ANSP 103609 (1), 103612 (3), 103625 (orig. 7, now 6), 109202 (1, c&s); BPBM 10589 [ex ANSP 103625] (1); FMNH 73909 (1, skin and skeleton); GCRL V67:2186 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:127 [ref. 13621], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:42 [ref. 12367] as viridesens. •Valid as Gunnellichthys viridescens Dawson 1968 -- (Randall et al. 1990:414 [ref. 15987], Randall & Goren 1993:26 [ref. 21131], Randall et al. 1994:251 [ref. 21645], Randall 1995:347 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:216 [ref. 23922], Kuiter 1997:360 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:414 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:262 [ref. 23965], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:419 [ref. 25191], Larson 2001:3608 [ref. 26296], Allen & Adrim 2003:61 [ref. 26830] with genus as Gunnelichthys, Kimura et al. 2003:2 [ref. 27051], Myers & Donaldson 2003:645 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:563 [ref. 28239], Randall et al. 2005:130 [ref. 28745], Hoese 2006:1704 [ref. 28998], Allen & Erdmann 2012:991 [ref. 31980], Ho et al. 2013:74 [ref. 33261], Eagderi et al. 2019:84 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:97 [ref. 36871] as cf. viridescens, Larson 2022:190 [ref. 39971], Sato et al. 2023:18 [ref. 40019]). Current status: Valid as Gunnellichthys viridescens Dawson 1968. Microdesmidae: Microdesminae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles and Persian Gulf east to Marshall Islands and Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.