Species that contain: Helcogramma and obtusirostris [ 6 ] records

ascensionis, Helcogramma Lubbock [R.] 1980:293, Fig. 2 [Journal of Fish Biology v. 17 (no. 3); ref. 8694] Rockpools, Catherine Point, Ascension Island, depth to 2 meters. Holotype: BMNH 1979.1.11.1. Paratypes: BMNH 1979.1.11.2-11 (10), 1979.1.11.12 (1); USNM 219405 (1). Type catalog: Springer & Orrell 1996:24 [ref. 22274]. •Synonym of Helcogramma obtusirostris (Klunzinger 1871) -- (Hansen 1986:341 [ref. 5810]). •Synonym of Helcogramma obtusirostre (Klunzinger 1871) -- (Fricke 1997:579 [ref. 23339]). •Valid as Helcogramma ascensionis Lubbock 1980 -- (Edwards & Glass 1987:657 [ref. 9166], Wirtz 1990:916 [ref. 19374], Fricke 2009:48 [ref. 30394], Wirtz et al. 2014:9 [ref. 33516], Williams in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2795 [ref. 34618], Brown et al. 2019:164 [ref. 36444]). Current status: Valid as Helcogramma ascensionis Lubbock 1980. Tripterygiidae: Tripterygiinae. Distribution: Southern central Atlantic: Ascension and Saint Helena islands. Habitat: marine.

fuscipectoris, Enneapterygius Fowler [H. W.] 1946:186, Figs. 50-51 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 98; ref. 1456] Aguni-jima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype: ANSP 72060. Paratypes: ANSP 72061 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:164 [ref. 13621]. See Fricke 1997:433 [ref. 23339] for selection of fuscipectoris over personatus and quadrimaculatus. •Synonym of Helcogramma obtusirostris (Klunzinger 1871) -- (Hansen 1986:341 [ref. 5810], Shen 1994:21 [ref. 21605]). •Valid as Helcogramma fuscipectoris (Fowler 1946) -- (Fricke 1997:429, 578 [ref. 23339], Fricke & Williams in Randall & Lim 2000:632 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1080 [ref. 25182], Williams & Fricke 2001:3534 [ref. 26288], Allen & Adrim 2003:53 [ref. 26830], Fricke 2009:49 [ref. 30394], Patzner et al. 2009:447 [ref. 30396], Allen & Erdmann 2012:774 [ref. 31980], Chiang & Chen 2012:58, 64 [ref. 32986], Tashiro & Motomura 2014:104 [ref. 35481], Koeda et al. 2016:83 [ref. 35333], Fricke & Erdmann 2017:43 [ref. 35190], Tashiro in Motomura et al. 2021:61 [ref. 38121], Wada et al. 2021:46 [ref. 38521], Wakimoto & Kunishima 2022:46 [ref. 40034]). Current status: Valid as Helcogramma fuscipectoris (Fowler 1946). Tripterygiidae: Tripterygiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: eastern Malaya (Malaysia) and Indonesia east to Philippines, north to Wakayama Prefecture (central Japan), south to Vanuatu. Habitat: marine.

obtusirostre, Tripterygium Klunzinger [C. B.] 1871:498 [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 21; ref. 2622] Al-Qusair, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea. Lectotype: ZMB 31298. Paralectotypes: ZMB 8020 (2). Lectotype selected by Hansen 1986:343 [ref. 5810]. The correct species spelling is obtusirostris as the genus Helcogramma is feminine. Original genus should have been Tripterygion. •Valid as Helcogramma obtusirostris (Klunzinger 1871) [sometimes as obtusirostre] -- (Dor 1984:234 [ref. 29757], Holleman 1986:757 [ref. 5671], Hansen 1986:341 [ref. 5810], Shen 1994:21 [ref. 21605], Goren & Dor 1994:61 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:32 [ref. 21853], Randall 1995:309 [ref. 22896], Fricke 1997:461, 579 [ref. 23339], Fricke 1999:469 [ref. 24106], Fricke & Williams in Randall & Lim 2000:632 [ref. 25122], Williams & Fricke 2001:3534 [ref. 26288], Nakabo 2002:1080 [ref. 26193] as obtusirostris, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S116 [ref. 27377], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:388 [ref. 28072], Holleman 2007:68 [ref. 29195], Fricke 2009:50 [ref. 30394], Fricke et al. 2009:93 [ref. 30213], Patzner et al. 2009:447 [ref. 30396] as obtusirostre, Motomura et al. 2010:183 [ref. 31256] as obtusirostre, Holleman & Bogorodsky 2012:36 [ref. 31735] as obtusirostris, Allen & Erdmann 2012:776 [ref. 31980], Chiang & Chen 2012:58 [ref. 32986], Fricke & Erdmann 2017:43 [ref. 35190], Golani & Fricke 2018:143 [ref. 36273], Zajonz et al. 2019:92 [ref. 36871] as cf. obtusirostris, Esmaeili et al. 2022:31 [40] [ref. 39526] as obtusirostre and obusirostris, Holleman 2022:426 [ref. 39961]). Current status: Valid as Helcogramma obtusirostris (Klunzinger 1871). Tripterygiidae: Tripterygiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Oman. Habitat: marine.

personatus, Enneapterygius Fowler [H. W.] 1946:185, Figs. 48-49 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 98; ref. 1456] Aguni-jima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype: ANSP 72057. Paratypes: ANSP 72058-59 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:164 [ref. 13621]. See Fricke 1997:433 [ref. 23339] for selection of fuscipectoris over personatus and quadrimaculatus. •Synonym of Helcogramma obtusirostris (Klunzinger 1871) -- (Hansen 1986:341 [ref. 5810], Shen 1994:21 [ref. 21605]). •Synonym of Helcogramma fuscipectoris (Fowler 1946) -- (Fricke 1997:429, 578 [ref. 23339], Fricke 2009:49 [ref. 30394], Tashiro & Motomura 2014:104 [ref. 35481]). Current status: Synonym of Helcogramma fuscipectoris (Fowler 1946). Tripterygiidae: Tripterygiinae. Habitat: marine.

quadrimaculatus, Enneapterygius Fowler [H. W.] 1946:189, Fig. 54 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 98; ref. 1456] Aguni-jima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype (unique): ANSP 72066. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:165 [ref. 13621]. See Fricke 1997:433 [ref. 23339] for selection of fuscipectoris over personatus and quadrimaculatus. •Synonym of Helcogramma obtusirostris (Klunzinger 1871) -- (Hansen 1986:341 [ref. 5810], Shen 1994:21 [ref. 21605]). •Synonym of Helcogramma fuscipectoris (Fowler 1946) -- (Fricke 1997:429, 578 [ref. 23339], Fricke 2009:49 [ref. 30394], Tashiro & Motomura 2014:104 [ref. 35481]). Current status: Synonym of Helcogramma fuscipectoris (Fowler 1946). Tripterygiidae: Tripterygiinae. Habitat: marine.

shinglensis, Helcogramma Lal Mohan [R. S.] 1971:219, Fig. 1 [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 52 (no. 3/5); ref. 21432] Shingle Island, Gulf of Mannar, between India and Sri Lanka, 9°12'N, 79°8'E. Holotype: FMRI 165. Paratypes: FMRI F166 (2); SMF 11004 (1). •Synonym of Helcogramma obtusirostre (Klunzinger 1871) -- (Fricke 1997:579 [ref. 23339]). •Synonym of Helcogramma obtusirostris (Klunzinger 1871) -- (Hansen 1986:341 [ref. 5810], Holleman & Bogorodsky 2012:54 [ref. 31735]). •Valid as Helcogramma shinglensis Lal Mohan 1971 -- (Holleman 2007:74 [ref. 29195], Fricke 2009:51 [ref. 30394], Patzner et al. 2009:447 [ref. 30396], Holleman 2022:428 [ref. 39961]). Current status: Valid as Helcogramma shinglensis Lal Mohan 1971. Tripterygiidae: Tripterygiinae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: Gulf of Mannar (southern India) and Sri Lanka. Habitat: marine.