fuscipectoris, Enneapterygius Fowler [H. W.] 1946:186, Figs. 50-51 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 98; ref. 1456] Aguni-jima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype: ANSP 72060. Paratypes: ANSP 72061 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:164 [ref. 13621]. See Fricke 1997:433 [ref. 23339] for selection of fuscipectoris over personatus and quadrimaculatus. •Valid as Tripterygion fuscipectoris (Fowler 1946) -- (Yu & Chung 1975:9 [ref. 41103]). •Synonym of Helcogramma obtusirostris (Klunzinger 1871) -- (Hansen 1986:341 [ref. 5810], Shen 1994:21 [ref. 21605]). •Valid as Helcogramma fuscipectoris (Fowler 1946) -- (Fricke 1997:429, 578 [ref. 23339], Fricke & Williams in Randall & Lim 2000:632 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1080 [ref. 25182], Williams & Fricke 2001:3534 [ref. 26288], Allen & Adrim 2003:53 [ref. 26830], Fricke 2009:49 [ref. 30394], Patzner et al. 2009:447 [ref. 30396], Allen & Erdmann 2012:774 [ref. 31980], Chiang & Chen 2012:58, 64 [ref. 32986], Tashiro & Motomura 2014:104 [ref. 35481], Koeda et al. 2016:83 [ref. 35333], Fricke & Erdmann 2017:43 [ref. 35190], Tashiro in Motomura et al. 2021:61 [ref. 38121], Wada et al. 2021:46 [ref. 38521], Wakimoto & Kunishima 2022:46 [ref. 40034]). Current status: Valid as Helcogramma fuscipectoris (Fowler 1946). Tripterygiidae: Tripterygiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: eastern Malaya (Malaysia) and Indonesia east to Philippines, north to Wakayama Prefecture (central Japan), south to Vanuatu. Habitat: marine.