jamesi, Pseudochromis Schultz [L. P.] 1943:116, Fig. 10 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 180; ref. 3957] Reef of Rose Island, American Samoa. Holotype: USNM 115704. Paratypes: MCZ 37274 [ex USNM 115705] (1); USNM 115705 (orig. 2, now 1), 115743 (1). •Valid as Pseudochromis jamesi Schultz 1943 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:519 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:128 [ref. 15987], Gill & Winterbottom 1993:5 [ref. 21256], Randall et al. 1997:128 [ref. 25919], Randall et al. 2004:13 [ref. 27624], Gill 2004:122 [ref. 27767], Randall 2005:187 [ref. 28239], Gill et al. 2006:1068 [ref. 29084], Gill et al. 2009:48 [ref. 30129], Allen & Erdmann 2012:337 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2019:129 [ref. 36673], Allen & Erdmann 2024:360 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Pseudochromis jamesi Schultz 1943. Pseudochromidae: Pseudochrominae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Great Barrier Reef (Australia), Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands to New Caledonia, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa. Habitat: marine.