cyanotaenia, Pseudochromis Bleeker [P.] 1857:72 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 13 (no. 1); ref. 16866] Kajeli, Buru Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (2) RMNH 5926 (2 of 6). Type information: Gill 1995:245 [ref. 22086]. •Valid as Pseudochromis cyanotaenia Bleeker 1857 -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:139 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:127 [ref. 15987], Gill & Winterbottom 1993:5 [ref. 21256], Gill 1995:245 [ref. 22086], Gill & Allen 1996:36 [ref. 22220], Shibukawa & Iwata 1997:297 [ref. 23223], Allen 1997:94 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:126 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:127 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:121 [ref. 23965], Gill 1999:2573 [ref. 24817], Johnson 1999:731 [ref. 25471], Nakabo 2000:736 [ref. 25086], Gill in Randall & Lim 2000:611 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:99 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:30 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:736 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:33 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:622 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:57 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:13 [ref. 27624], Gill 2004:94 [ref. 27767], Gill et al. 2006:1067 [ref. 29084], Motomura et al. 2010:101 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:334 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:66 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:30 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:4 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2019:128 [ref. 36673], Sato et al. 2023:9 [ref. 40949]). Current status: Valid as Pseudochromis cyanotaenia Bleeker 1857. Pseudochromidae: Pseudochrominae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to Kiribati (Gilbert Islands) and Vanuatu, north to southern Japan, south to Coral Sea and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.