taeniops, Cossyphus Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1855:453 [Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1855; ref. 3449] Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Syntypes: ZMB 2475 (1). Also described as new in Peters 1855:262 [ref. 13448]. •Valid as Pteragogus taeniops (Peters 1855) -- (Randall 1986:702 [ref. 5706], Parenti & Randall 1998:473 [ref. 23684], Fricke 1999:431 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2000:38 [ref. 24943], Kuiter 2010:158 [ref. 35285], Randall 2013:39 [ref. 32688], Fricke et al. 2018:292 [ref. 35805], Zajonz et al. 2019:89 [ref. 36871], Iino & Motomura 2022:[7] [ref. 39300], Randall & Victor 2022:248 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Valid as Pteragogus taeniops (Peters 1855). Labridae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and East Africa to Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius). Habitat: marine.