Species that contain: Gracilopterygion and kulbickii [ 1 ] records

kulbickii, Gracilopterygion Fricke [R.] & Randall [J. E.] in Fricke 1994:367, Fig. 77 [Tripterygiid fishes of Australia, New Zealand and the southwest Pacific Ocean, with descriptions of 2 new genera and 16 new species (Teleostei) v. 24; ref. 21827] Outside barrier reef off Tenia Island, 22°01'06"S, 165°55'30"E, New Caledonia, depth 2-4 meters. Holotype: BPBM 34310. Paratypes: AMS I.18354-051 (1), I.19473-229 (3), I.22616-057 (1), I.30465-106 (2), I.33703-073 (2); BPBM 17536 (1), 36419 (2); ROM 47943 (2), 65520 (1); USNM ?220066 (18), 236396 (1), 283453 (19), 283456 (1), 283476 (1), 289015 (1), 310626 (3), 310883 (1), 323820 (1), 323924 (6); NMNZ P.25295 (1). Plus additional non-type material. Type catalog: Springer & Orrell 1996:27 [ref. 22274]. •Valid as Springerichthys kulbickii (Fricke & Randall 1994) -- (Fricke 1997:525, 585 [ref. 23339], Randall et al. 1997:523 [ref. 25919], Fricke 2001:4 [ref. 25985], Williams & Fricke 2001:3535 [ref. 26288], Fricke 2002:196 [ref. 29865], Randall et al. 2004:24 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:478 [ref. 28239], Kim et al. 2005:150 [ref. 28305], Hoese 2006:1527 [ref. 28998], Fricke 2009:43 [ref. 30394], Patzner et al. 2009:448 [ref. 30396]). Current status: Valid as Springerichthys kulbickii (Fricke & Randall 1994). Tripterygiidae: Tripterygiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine.