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).