chica, Helcogramma Rosenblatt [R. H.] in Schultz et al. 1960:294, Fig. 144 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 2; ref. 3972] Ocean Reef, Hull Island, Phoenix Islands. Holotype: USNM 115516. Paratypes: CAS-SU 52015-16 (8, 10); USNM 115514-15 (19, 5), 142252 (1), 175256 (21). Additional material: USNM 115513 (1), 115517 (1). Type catalog: Springer & Orrell 1996:26 [ref. 22274]. •Valid as Helcogramma chica Rosenblatt 1960 -- (Hansen 1986:331 [ref. 5810], Fricke 1994:414 [ref. 21827], Fricke 1997:422, 577 [ref. 23339], Myers 1999:216 [ref. 23965], Allen 2000:92 [ref. 37268], Fricke & Williams in Randall & Lim 2000:632 [ref. 25122], Williams & Fricke 2001:3534 [ref. 26288], Myers & Donaldson 2003:639 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:75 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:24 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:476 [ref. 28239], Fricke 2009:48 [ref. 30394], Patzner et al. 2009:447 [ref. 30396], Allen & Erdmann 2012:773 [ref. 31980], Fricke & Erdmann 2017:43 [ref. 35190]). Current status: Valid as Helcogramma chica Rosenblatt 1960. Tripterygiidae: Tripterygiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Sea, Christmas and Cocos-Keeling islands; Papua New Guinea east to Marshall Islands, Wake Island, and north to Guam and Ogasawara Islands. Habitat: marine.
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