marshallensis, Pseudochromis aurea Schultz [L. P.] in Schultz et al. 1953:392, Fig. 63 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 1; ref. 3975] Lagoon coral head off Rongelap Island, Rongelap Atoll, western Pacific. Holotype: USNM 140629. Paratypes: FMNH 62619-20 [ex USNM] (1, 1); USNM 140626-28 (2, 5, 3), 140630-38 (18, 1, 3, 1, 3, 2, 6, 4, 7), 140639 (orig. 21, now 20), 140640 (3), 142278 (1). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:71 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Pseudochromis marshallensis Schultz 1953 -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:60 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:519 [ref. 12442], Randall & McCosker 1989:10 [ref. 14263], Shibukawa & Iwata 1997:297 [ref. 23223], Allen 1997:94 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:121 [ref. 23965], Gill 1999:2566 [ref. 24817], Nakabo 2000:735 [ref. 25086], Gill in Randall & Lim 2000:611 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:30 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:735 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:33 [ref. 26830], Gill 2004:139 [ref. 27767], Randall 2005:188 [ref. 28239], Gill et al. 2006:1068 [ref. 29084], Motomura et al. 2010:102 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:338 [ref. 31980], Gill et al. 2012:57 [ref. 31745], Yoshigou & Ichikawa 2012:4 [ref. 37770], Fricke et al. 2014:66 [ref. 33932], Motomura et al. 2015:20 [ref. 34709], Gill & Senou 2016:300 [ref. 34801], Koeda et al. 2016:4 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2019:129 [ref. 36673], Tsuno & Endo 2023:22 [ref. 40978], Allen & Erdmann 2024:361 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Pseudochromis marshallensis Schultz 1953. Pseudochromidae: Pseudochrominae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Vietnam east to Marshall Islands, north to central Japan, south to Indonesia, Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.