cryptus, Pteragogus Randall [J. E.] 1981:83, Pl. 1 (figs. 3-4); Fig. 2 [Senckenbergiana Maritima v. 13 (no. 1/3); ref. 5447] Off Heinz Steinitz Marine Biology Lab, Eilat, Israel, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, depth 43 meters. Holotype: BPBM 13379. Paratypes: BMNH 1980.8.11.3 (1); BPBM 17905 (5), 19723 (2), 19889 (1), 24766 (2); CAS 46594 (1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 461 (1); SMF 15715 (1), 15827 (1), 15829 (3); USNM 222297 (1), 223869 (3), 223872 (1), 223874 (1), 223877 (1). •Valid as Pteragogus cryptus Randall 1981 -- (Dor 1984:207 [ref. 29757], Randall et al. 1990:333 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:55 [ref. 25356], Parenti & Randall 1998:473 [ref. 23684], Allen 1997:196 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:276 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:333 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:194 [ref. 23965], Parenti & Randall 2000:38 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3458 [ref. 26277], Allen & Adrim 2003:51 [ref. 26830] with genus as Pterogogus, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S114 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:634 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:23 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:124 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:434 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1410 [ref. 29095], Satapoomin 2009:230 [ref. 30463], Kuiter 2010:164 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:716 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:138 [ref. 33932] as cf cryptus, Fricke et al. 2018:291 [ref. 35805], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[5] 243 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:129 [ref. 36273], Zajonz et al. 2019:89 [ref. 36871], Iino & Motomura 2022:[7] [ref. 39300], Randall & Victor 2022:246 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Valid as Pteragogus cryptus Randall 1981. Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indian Ocean: East Africa, Socotra (Yemen) and Madagascar east to western Indonesia. Habitat: marine.