Species that contain: Lepadichthys and lineatus [ 2 ] records

caritus, Lepadichthys Briggs [J. C.] 1969:464, Fig. 1 [Copeia 1969 (no. 3); ref. 7802] North tip of Mahé Island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean. Holotype: ANSP 111852. Paratypes: ANSP 111853 [not 11853] (1), USNM 247380 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:103 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Lepadichthys caritus Briggs 1969 -- (Briggs 1986:380 [ref. 5643], Francis 1993:158 [ref. 25479], Myers 1999:230 [ref. 23965], Briggs 2001:500 [ref. 25236], Hutchins 2001:3548 [ref. 26291], Allen & Adrim 2003:26 [ref. 26830], Hoese & Bray 2006:1575 [ref. 29000], Fricke et al. 2014:153 [ref. 33932], Craig et al. 2015:122 [ref. 33898], Fujiwara et al. 2020:[16] [ref. 37337], Briggs 2022:442 [ref. 39965]). •Synonym of Lepadichthys lineatus Briggs 1966 -- (Fujiwara & Motomura 2021:77 [ref. 38729]). •Synonym of Rhinolepadichthys lineatus (Briggs 1966). Current status: Synonym of Rhinolepadichthys lineatus (Briggs 1966). Gobiesocidae: Diademichthyinae. Habitat: marine.

lineatus, Lepadichthys Briggs [J. C.] 1966:37, Fig. 1 [Bulletin, Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Fisheries, Sea Fisheries Research Station Haifa No. 42; ref. 17959] Eilat, Israel, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Holotype: CAS-SU 62701. Paratype: TAU [= SMNHTAU] P.2737 (1, poor condition). East Indian records are misidentifications of L. lineatus [ref. 31980]. •Valid as Discotrema lineata (Briggs 1966) -- (Nakabo 2000:1123 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:22 [ref. 25847], Hutchins 2001:3548 [ref. 26291], Nakabo 2002:1123 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:26 [ref. 26830] as lineatum, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S99 [ref. 27377], Shibukawa 2009:254 [ref. 30449]). •Valid as Discotrema lineatum (Briggs 1966) -- (Fujiwara et al. 2020:38 [ref. 38631]). •Valid as Lepadichthys lineatus Briggs 1966 -- (Dor 1984:54 [ref. 29757], Briggs 1986:380 [ref. 5643], Goren & Dor 1994:13 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:349 [ref. 22896], Briggs 2001:499 [ref. 25236], Craig & Randall 2008:73 [ref. 29543], Allen & Erdmann 2012:839 [ref. 31980], Craig et al. 2015:122 [ref. 33898], Golani & Fricke 2018:144 [ref. 36273], Zajonz et al. 2019:93 [ref. 36871], Fujiwara et al. 2020:[16] [ref. 37337], Fujiwara & Motomura 2021:77 [ref. 38729], Briggs 2022:443 [ref. 39965]). •Valid as Rhinolepadichthys lineatus (Briggs 1966) -- (Fujiwara et al. 2024:290 [ref. 40972]). Current status: Valid as Rhinolepadichthys lineatus (Briggs 1966). Gobiesocidae: Diademichthyinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and East Africa (Mozambique) east to Sri Lanka. Habitat: marine.