Chlidichthys
Smith includes the following 13 species:
C. abruptus Lubbock (St Brandon"s Shoals);
C. auratus Lubbock (Red Sea);
C. bibulus (Smith) (east coast of Africa, Aldabra and Socotra);
C. cacatuoides Gill & Randall (Socotra and southern Oman);
C. chagosensis new species (Chagos Archipelago);
C. clibanarius new species (Comoro Ids, Madagascar and Aldabra);
C. foudioides new species (Rodrigues);
C. inornatus Lubbock (Maldive Ids and Sri Lanka);
C. johnvoelckeri Smith (Comoro Ids and Tanzania to Mozambique, East Africa);
C. pembae Smith (Comoro Ids and Tanzania to Natal, East Africa);
C. randalli Lubbock (Mauritius);
C. rubiceps Lubbock (Red Sea);
C. smithae Lubbock (Mauritius).
Pectinochromis
Gill & Edwards includes a single species:
P. lubbocki (Edwards & Randall) (Red Sea).