Species that contain: Corythoichthys and nigripectus [ 1 ] records

nigripectus, Corythoichthys Herald [E. S.] in Schultz et al. 1953:275, Fig. 41b [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 1; ref. 3975] Lagoon 100 yards offshore of Argi Island, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, depth 25-40 feet. Holotype: USNM 140230. Paratypes: USNM 140231 (6). •Valid as Corythoichthys nigripectus Herald 1953 -- (Dawson 1977:318 [ref. 7048], Dor 1984:75 [ref. 29757], Dawson 1985:44 [ref. 6541], Goren & Dor 1994:19 [ref. 25356], Myers 1999:90 [ref. 23965], Paulus 1999:2274 [ref. 24794], Myers & Donaldson 2003:618 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:10 [ref. 27624], Fricke 2004:16 [ref. 28269], Randall 2005:106 [ref. 28239], Allen & Erdmann 2008:122 [ref. 29478], Kuiter 2009:205 [ref. 30404], Fricke et al. 2011:375 [ref. 31242], Fricke et al. 2014:45 [ref. 33932], Hamilton et al. 2016:Supplement 1 [ref. 35615], Golani & Fricke 2018:49 [ref. 36273], Moots 2022:445 [ref. 39722], Allen & Erdmann 2024:207 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Corythoichthys nigripectus Herald 1953. Syngnathidae: Syngnathinae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Pacific: eastern Indonesia east to Marshall Islands and Society Islands (French Polynesia). Red Sea populations may represent undescribed species (Kuiter 2009:205 [ref. 30404]). Habitat: marine.