Species that contain: Limnichthys and nitidus [ 2 ] records

donaldsoni, Limnichthys Schultz [L. P.] in Schultz et al. 1960:278, Fig. 107 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 2; ref. 3972] Lagoon reef halfway between Bikini and Amen Islands, Bikini Atoll, western Pacific. Holotype: USNM 140906. Paratypes: USNM 140907-09 (2, 1, 1), 164422-23 (1, 1). •Valid as Limnichthys donaldsoni Schultz 1960 -- (Nelson 1985:283 [ref. 5154], Randall et al. 1990:359 [ref. 15987], Myers 1999:214 [ref. 23965], Randall 1999:24 [ref. 25829], Hutchins 2001:40 [ref. 25847], Fricke & Golani 2012:288 [ref. 31951]). •Synonym of Limnichthys nitidus Smith 1958 -- (Yoshino et al. 1999:79 [ref. 23739], Nelson 2001:3514 [ref. 26284], Randall 2005:469 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:457 [ref. 28379], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:345 [ref. 28867], Hoese & Bray 2006:1499 [ref. 29000], Randall 2007:368 [ref. 30952]). Current status: Synonym of Limnichthys nitidus Smith 1958. Creediidae. Habitat: marine.

nitidus, Limnichthys Smith [J. L. B.] 1958:247, Fig. 1 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 13) v. 1 (no. 4); ref. 12115] Pinda, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 171. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 3733 (1), 3736 (1). •Valid as Limnichthys nitidus Smith 1958 -- (Nelson 1985:283 [ref. 5154], Nelson 1986:737 [ref. 5698], Winterbottom et al. 1989:59 [ref. 13251], Goren & Dor 1994:57 [ref. 25356], Yoshino et al. 1999:79 [ref. 23739], Fricke 1999:464 [ref. 24106], Nakabo 2000:1070 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1070 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:52 [ref. 26830], Lobel & Lobel 2004:75 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:24 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3327 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:468 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:457 [ref. 28379], Hoese & Bray 2006:1499 [ref. 29000], Randall 2007:368 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:92 [ref. 30213], Fricke & Golani 2012:288 [ref. 31951], Allen & Erdmann 2012:761 [ref. 31980], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Fricke et al. 2018:303 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:14 [ref. 36883], Wada et al. 2021:46 [ref. 38521], Das et al. 2022:304 [ref. 39944]). Current status: Valid as Limnichthys nitidus Smith 1958. Creediidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Pitcairn, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.