Species that contain: Pseudochromis and punctatus [ 5 ] records

filamentosus, Cichlops Macleay [W.] 1881:570 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 5 (pt 4); ref. 2869] Port Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Syntypes: (several) AMS I.16326-001 [ex MAMU F497 in part] (7), I.16326-002 [ex MAMU F497 in part] (2), I.18388-001 [ex AMS I.16326-001] (1). Type catalog: Stanbury 1969:207 [ref. 19518]. •Synonym of Pseudochromis punctatus (Richardson 1846) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:520 [ref. 12442]). •Synonym of Assiculus punctatus Richardson 1846 -- (Larson & Williams 1997:355 [ref. 23967], Gill 2004:14 [ref. 27767], Gill et al. 2006:1063 [ref. 29084], Larson et al. 2013:105 [ref. 32988]). Current status: Synonym of Assiculus punctatus Richardson 1846. Pseudochromidae: Pseudochrominae. Habitat: marine.

melanotus, Pseudochromis Lubbock [R.] 1975:157 [Journal of Zoology (London) v. 176 (pt 1); ref. 7439] Coast of Somalia, Indian Ocean, 6°06'N, 49°05'E to 6°03'N, 49°02.8'E, Meteor station 123, depth 55-65 meters. Holotype (unique): ZMH 5025 [ex IOES 113]. Replacement name for Pseudochromis punctatus Kotthaus 1970, secondarily preoccupied in Pseudochromis by Assiculus punctatus Richardson 1846; but replacement name considered unnecessary (Art. 59.4). •Valid as Pseudochromis melanotus Lubbock 1975 -- (Lubbock 1977:7 [ref. 7039]). •Synonym of Pseudochromis punctatus Kotthaus 1970 -- (Gill 2004:162 [ref. 27767], Gill 2022:144 [ref. 39748]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Pseudochromis punctatus Kotthaus 1970. Pseudochromidae: Pseudochrominae. Habitat: marine.

muelleri, Pseudochromis Klunzinger [C. B.] 1879:256 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 16 (no. 22); ref. 18913] [Original holotype: SMNS 2579 -- Port Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, lost.] Neotype: see Gill 2004. Type catalog: Fricke 1992:16 [ref. 20296], Fricke 2005:55-56 [ref. 29864] dated 1880. Name appeared as Mülleri in original. Also appeared in Klunzinger 1880:370 [46 of separate] [ref. 2624]. Neotype designated by Gill 2004:16 [ref. 27767]; holotype SMNS 2579 apparently lost. •Synonym of Pseudochromis punctatus (Richardson 1846) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:520 [ref. 12442]). •Synonym of Assiculus punctatus Richardson 1846 -- (Larson & Williams 1997:355 [ref. 23967] as mulleri, Gill 2004:14 [ref. 27767] as mülleri, Gill et al. 2006:1063 [ref. 29084], Larson et al. 2013:105 [ref. 32988]). Current status: Synonym of Assiculus punctatus Richardson 1846. Pseudochromidae: Pseudochrominae. Habitat: marine.

punctatus, Assiculus Richardson [J.] 1846:494, Pl. 2 (fig. 1) [Discoveries in Australia; ref. 3743] Coasts of Australia. Holotype (unique): HMG 2.5" spirit specimen (whereabouts unknown). •Valid as Pseudochromis punctatus (Richardson 1846) -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:60 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:520 [ref. 12442], Gill & Hutchins 1997:44 [ref. 22931]). •Valid as Assiculus punctatus Richardson 1846 -- (Larson & Williams 1997:355 [ref. 23967], Allen 1997:94 [ref. 23977], Gill 1999:2568 [ref. 24817], Hutchins 2001:30 [ref. 25847], Gill 2004:13 [ref. 27767], Gill et al. 2006:1063 [ref. 29084], Gill 2013:130 [ref. 32907], Larson et al. 2013:105 [ref. 32988]). Current status: Valid as Assiculus punctatus Richardson 1846. Pseudochromidae: Assiculinae. Distribution: Australia. Habitat: marine.

punctatus, Pseudochromis Kotthaus [A.] 1970:52, Fig. 225 [Meteor Forschungsergebnisse. Reihe D, Biologie No. 6; ref. 7753] Coast of Somalia, Indian Ocean, 6°06'N, 49°05'E to 6°03'N, 49°02.8'E, Meteor station 123, depth 55-65 meters. Holotype (unique): ZMH 5025 [ex IOES 113]. Type catalog: Wilkens & Dohse 1993:417 [ref. 21161]. Subjectively invalid; secondarily preoccupied in Pseudochromis by Assiculus punctatus Richardson 1846, replaced by Pseudochromis melanotus Lubbock 1975; but under Art. 59.4, punctatus is maintained. •Pseudochromis melanotus regarded as unnecessary -- (Gill & Randall 1994:17 [ref. 21600]). •Valid as Pseudochromis punctatus Kotthaus 1970 -- (Gill & Randall 1994:15 [ref. 21600], Randall 1995:143 [ref. 22896], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S105 [ref. 27377], Gill 2004:162 [ref. 27767], Gill & Zajonz 2011:21 [ref. 31637], Zajonz et al. 2019:72 [ref. 36871] as cf. punctatus, Gill 2022:144 [ref. 39748]). Current status: Valid as Pseudochromis punctatus Kotthaus 1970. Pseudochromidae: Pseudochrominae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden (Somalia) east to southern Oman. Habitat: marine.