Species that contain: Helcogramma and hudsoni [ 3 ] records

gymnauchen, Tripterygium Weber [M.] 1909:149 [Notes from the Leyden Museum v. 31 (note 4); ref. 4600] Timor Island, southern Malay Archipelago. Holotype (unique): ZMA 112509. Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:95 [ref. 19236]. Original genus should have been Tripterygion. •Synonym of Helcogramma hudsoni (Jordan & Seale 1906) -- (Hansen 1986:339 [ref. 5810]). •Valid as Helcogramma gymnauchen (Weber 1909) -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:293 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:365 [ref. 15987], Fricke 1994:421 [ref. 21827], Fricke 1997:437, 578 [ref. 23339], Williams & Fricke 2001:3534 [ref. 26288], Allen & Adrim 2003:53 [ref. 26830], Randall 2005:476 [ref. 28239], Hoese 2006:1524 [ref. 28998], Fricke 2009:49 [ref. 30394], Patzner et al. 2009:447 [ref. 30396], Allen & Erdmann 2012:774 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:178 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:146 [ref. 33932], Fricke & Erdmann 2017:42 [ref. 35190]). Current status: Valid as Helcogramma gymnauchen (Weber 1909). Tripterygiidae: Tripterygiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia to Papua New Guinea, northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

hudsoni, Enneapterygius Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:419, Fig. 101 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa; or Pago Pago, Tutuila Island, American Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51798 [not CAS-SU 8691]. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:95 [ref. 12291], Springer & Orrell 1996:27 [ref. 22274]. Holotype not SU 8691 (that specimen is too small); Fricke 1997:578 [ref. 23339] with incorrect type, see Fricke 1997:444 [ref. 23339]; also see Springer & Eschmeyer 1974 [ref. 21415]. •Valid as Helcogramma hudsoni (Jordan & Seale 1906) -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:293 [ref. 6441], Hansen 1986:339 [ref. 5810], Fricke 1994:426 [ref. 21827], Fricke 1997:442, 578 [ref. 23339], Myers 1999:217 [ref. 23965], Nakabo 2000:1080 [ref. 25182], Fricke 2001:4 [ref. 25985], Williams & Fricke 2001:3534 [ref. 26288], Nakabo 2002:1080 [ref. 26193], Fricke 2002:193 [ref. 29865], Randall 2005:476 [ref. 28239], Fricke 2009:49 [ref. 30394], Patzner et al. 2009:447 [ref. 30396], Koeda et al. 2016:83 [ref. 35333], Fricke & Erdmann 2017:42 [ref. 35190]). Current status: Valid as Helcogramma hudsoni (Jordan & Seale 1906). Tripterygiidae: Tripterygiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Vanuatu to American Samoa. Habitat: marine.

inclinatus, Enneapterygius Fowler [H. W.] 1946:190, Fig. 55 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 98; ref. 1456] Aguni-jima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype (unique): ANSP 72067. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:164 [ref. 13621]. Helcogramma is feminine, based on the lateral line. The spelling inclinata is correct. •Valid as Tripterygion inclinatum (Fowler 1946) -- (Yu & Chung 1975:10 [ref. 41103]). •Synonym of Helcogramma hudsoni (Jordan & Seale 1906) -- (Hansen 1986:339 [ref. 5810]). •Valid as Helcogramma inclinatum (Fowler 1946) -- (Fricke 1997:446, 579 [ref. 23339], Fricke & Williams in Randall & Lim 2000:632 [ref. 25122], Williams & Fricke 2001:3534 [ref. 26288]). •Valid as Helcogramma inclinata (Fowler 1946) -- (Williams & Howe 2003:151 [ref. 27249], Randall 2005:476 [ref. 28239], Motomura et al. 2006:106 [ref. 29490], Fricke 2009:49 [ref. 30394], Patzner et al. 2009:447 [ref. 30396], Motomura et al. 2010:187 [ref. 31256], Ho & Shao 2011:53 [ref. 31432], Tashiro & Motomura 2014:106 [ref. 35481], Motomura et al. 2015:28 [ref. 34709], Koeda et al. 2016:84 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:14 [ref. 35354], Fricke & Erdmann 2017:41 [ref. 35190]). Current status: Valid as Helcogramma inclinata (Fowler 1946). Tripterygiidae: Tripterygiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines, Taiwan and southern Japan. Habitat: marine.