brachychirus, Kaupichthys Schultz [L. P.] in Schultz et al. 1953:67, Fig. 15 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 1; ref. 3975] Lagoon off Amen Island, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, western Pacific, depth 30 feet. Holotype: USNM 141261. Paratypes: FMNH 62580 [ex USNM] (1); USNM 141262-67 (2, 1, 1, 7, 1, 4). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:50 [ref. 12367], Smith 1994:4 [ref. 21917]. •Valid as Kaupichthys brachychirus Schultz 1953 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:137 [ref. 12442], Smith 1989:87 [ref. 13285], Myers 1999:42 [ref. 23965], Smith 1999:1640 [ref. 24661], Tighe in Randall & Lim 2000:584 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:16 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:22 [ref. 26830], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:316 [ref. 28867], Paxton et al. 2006:242 [ref. 28994], Fricke et al. 2011:349 [ref. 31242], Fricke et al. 2014:17 [ref. 33932], Tighe 2022:81 [ref. 39683], Allen & Erdmann 2024:81 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Kaupichthys brachychirus Schultz 1953. Chlopsidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to southern Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia). Habitat: marine.