coccinicauda, Malacocanthus Tickell [S. R.] in Day 1888:791 [The fishes of India Suppl.; ref. 1082] Saddle Island, off Kyouk, Phool, Myanmar. Accepted as available although Day may not have intended as a valid variety. •Valid as Pseudochromis coccinicauda (Tickell 1888) -- (Gill & Winterbottom 1993:5 [ref. 21256], Gill & Allen 1996:36 [ref. 22220], Gill 1999:2566 [ref. 24817], Allen & Adrim 2003:33 [ref. 26830], Gill 2004:88 [ref. 27767], Allen & Erdmann 2012:333 [ref. 31980], Koreeda in Motomura et al. 2021:20 [ref. 38121], Gill 2022:135 [ref. 39748]). Current status: Valid as Pseudochromis coccinicauda (Tickell 1888). Pseudochromidae: Pseudochrominae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Lakshadweep Islands (India), Maldives and Andaman Sea east to eastern Malaysia and southern Sumatra and Java and Bali (Indonesia). Habitat: marine.