Species that contain: Pteragogus and flagellifer [ 6 ] records

caeruleomaculata, Duymaeria Günther [A.] 1862:122 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] Aneiteum Island, Vanuatu. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1860.7.18.19 (stuffed). •Synonym of Pteragogus flagellifer (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:38 [ref. 24943], Fricke et al. 2018:291 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Synonym of Pteragogus flagellifer (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

filamentosus, Cossyphus Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1855:453 [Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1855; ref. 3449] Mozambique. Syntypes: ZMB 2472-73 (2, 1), ? BMNH 1861.5.2.47 (1). Also described as new in Peters 1855:263 [ref. 13448]. •Synonym of Pteragogus flagellifer (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:38 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Pteragogus flagellifer (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

flagellifer, Ctenolabrus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1839:240 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 13; ref. 1007] No locality stated. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-7368. Nomen protectum according to Fricke 2008:48 [ref. 30182]. •Valid as Pteragogus flagellifer (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:205 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:701 [ref. 5706], Allen & Swainston 1988:118 [ref. 25477] as flagellifera, Randall et al. 1994:233 [ref. 21645], Randall 1995:288 [ref. 22896], Lee & Kim 1996:36 [ref. 25726], Carpenter et al. 1997:199 [ref. 23922], Parenti & Randall 1998:473 [ref. 23684], Fricke 1999:430 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:744 [ref. 25471] as Pterogogus, Allen 2000:114 [ref. 25868] as flagellifera, Parenti & Randall 2000:38 [ref. 24943], Shinohara et al. 2000:180 [ref. 25987], Shimizu 2001:34 [ref. 25799], Westneat 2001:3403 [ref. 26277] as flagellifera, Choi et al. 2003:368, 637 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:51 [ref. 26830] with genus as Pterogogus, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S114 [ref. 27377], Allen et al. 2006:1410 [ref. 29095], Kuiter 2010:161 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:717 [ref. 31980], Randall 2013:39 [ref. 32688], Fricke et al. 2013:267 [ref. 32706], Kwun et al. 2017:142 [ref. 37287], Fricke et al. 2018:291 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:129 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:74 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:89 [ref. 36871], Iino & Motomura 2022:7 [ref. 39033], Iino & Motomura 2022:[7] [ref. 39300], Randall & Victor 2022:247 [ref. 39916]). Nomen Protectum. Current status: Valid as Pteragogus flagellifer (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to New Guinea and Vanuatu, north to southern Korea and Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to northern Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

japonica, Duymaeria Bleeker [P.] 1856:53 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 1; ref. 311] Nagasaki, Japan. Available as "Duymaeria japonica Blkr. = Crenilabrus flagellifer T. Schl.--Hab. Japonia." •Synonym of Pteragogus aurigarius (Richardson 1845) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:38 [ref. 24943], Kuiter 2010:160 [ref. 35285]). Current status: Synonym of Pteragogus aurigarius (Richardson 1845). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

nematopterus, Crenilabrus Bleeker [P.] 1851:250 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 2 (no. 2); ref. 331] Banda Neira, Banda Islands, Indonesia. Bleeker specimens or syntypes: BMNH 1864.5.15.11 (1). •Valid as Pterogogus nematopterus (Bleeker 1851) -- (Kuiter 2010:162 [ref. 35285]). •Synonym of Pteragogus flagellifer (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:38 [ref. 24943], Parenti & Randall 2018:23 [ref. 35964]). Current status: Synonym of Pteragogus flagellifer (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

ramentosus, Labrus Forsskål [P. S.] 1775:34, xi [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] Mocha, Yemen, Red Sea. No types known. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:48 [ref. 30182]. Spelled ramentaceus by Lacepède 1802. Senior synonym of Labrus flagellifer (Valenciennes 1839) but proposal to suppress ramentaceus was made by Parenti & Randall 1998:475 [ref. 23684]. •In the synonymy of Pteragogus flagellifer (Valenciennes 1839) -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:38 [ref. 24943], Fricke 2008:48 [ref. 30182], Golani & Fricke 2018:129 [ref. 36273]). Nomen Oblitum. Current status: Synonym of Pteragogus flagellifer (Valenciennes 1839). Labridae. Habitat: marine.