Species that contain: Pseudochromis and elongatus [ 1 ] records

elongatus, Pseudochromis Lubbock [R.] 1980:826, Fig. 3 [Revue Suisse de Zoologie v. 87 (no. 3); ref. 8695] Northwestern side of Ambon Island, about 2 kilometers east of Sawa Telu, Molucca Islands, Indonesia, depth 0-7.5 meters. Holotype: USNM 210273. Paratypes: AMS I.20172-001 (1); BMNH 1979.1.9.13 (1); BPBM 22521 (1); MHNG 2023.70 (1); USNM 210020 (3), 210135 (4). •Valid as Pseudochromis elongatus Lubbock 1980 -- (Gill 1999:2566 [ref. 24817], Allen & Adrim 2003:33 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:57 [ref. 27510], Gill 2004:103 [ref. 27767], Gill & Williams 2011:49 [ref. 31698], Allen & Erdmann 2012:335 [ref. 31980], Allen & Erdmann 2024:357 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Pseudochromis elongatus Lubbock 1980. Pseudochromidae: Pseudochrominae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Sulawesi, Maluku and West Papua (Indonesia). Habitat: marine.