pulchellus, Lythrypnus Ginsburg [I.] 1938:114 [Allan Hancock Pacific Expedition 1932-40, Los Angeles v. 2 (no. 7); ref. 1802] Espiritu Santo Island, Gulf of California, Mexico. Holotype: YPM 1693. Paratypes: AHF (3), USNM 119902 (1). Type catalog: Moore & Boardman 1991:13 [ref. 16741]. •Valid as Lythrypnus pulchellus Ginsburg 1938 -- (Bussing 1990:108 [ref. 19516], Allen & Robertson 1994:267 [ref. 22193], Hoese in Fischer et al. 1995:1135 [ref. 22829], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:560 [ref. 24023], Thomson et al. 2000:248 [ref. 25640], Ahnelt & Bohacek 2004:47 [ref. 27751], Nelson et al. 2004:172 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:162 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:178 [ref. 32708], Fourriére et al. 2016:450 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:611 [ref. 34923], Love et al. 2021:206 [ref. 39279], Parenti 2021:197 [ref. 38603], Page et al. 2023:123 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Lythrypnus pulchellus Ginsburg 1938. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Panama, including southern and central Gulf of California (Mexico), and Revillagigedo Islands (Mexico). Habitat: marine.