Helcogramma McCulloch [A. R.] & Waite [E. R.] 1918:51 Fem. Helcogramma decurrens McCulloch & Waite 1918. Type by original designation. Williams & Howe 2003:152 [ref. 27249] correctly treat the genus as feminine, based on the Greek noun gramme, meaning line and Latinized to gramma. The diagnosis refers to the special condition of the lateral line. •Valid as Helcogramma McCulloch & Waite 1918 -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:293 [ref. 6441], Hansen 1986 [ref. 5810], Holleman 1986:757 [ref. 5671], Hardy 1987 [ref. 5960], Williams & McCormick 1990 [ref. 18992], Randall & Clark 1993:27 [ref. 20781], Fricke 1994:398 [ref. 21827], Gomon et al. 1994:734 [ref. 22532], Shen 1994:18 [ref. 21605], Randall 1995:32 [ref. 21853], Fricke 1997:370, 577 [ref. 23339], Williams & Fricke 2001:3533 [ref. 26288], Williams & Howe 2003:151 [ref. 27249], Holleman 2006:90 [ref. 28864], Holleman 2006:503 [ref. 28864]. Hoese 2006:1524 [ref. 28988], Motomura et al. 2006:106 [ref. 29490], Holleman 2007:53 [ref. 29195], Gomon 2008:687 [ref. 30616], Fricke 2009:47 [ref. 30394], Holleman & Bogorodsky 2012:54 [ref. 31735], Chiang & Chen 2012:57 [ref. 32986], Lin & Hastings 2013:3 [ref. 33286], Tashiro & Motomura 2014:97 [ref. 35481], Fricke & Erdmann 2017:34 [ref. 35190], Fricke et al. 2018:305 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:143 [ref. 36273], Tashiro & Motomura 2018:[1] [ref. 36174], Brown et al. 2019:164 [ref. 36444], Fricke et al. 2019:254 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Helcogramma McCulloch & Waite 1918. Tripterygiidae: Tripterygiinae.