Apogonichthys ahimsa Whitley, 1959 accepted as Apogonichthyoides chrysurus (Ogilby, 1889) (original description)
Canthigaster brederi Whitley, 1959 accepted as Canthigaster punctatissima (Günther, 1870) (original description)
Cristiceps pataecoides Whitley, 1959 accepted as Cristiceps argyropleura Kner, 1865 (original description)
Epinephelus slacksmithi Whitley, 1959 accepted as Epinephelus ongus (Bloch, 1790) (original description)
Glossogobius asaro Whitley, 1959 accepted as Glossogobius brunnoides (Nichols, 1951) (original description)
Glossogobius bulmeri Whitley, 1959 (original description)
Graviceps angelus Whitley, 1959 accepted as Omobranchus rotundiceps (MacLeay, 1881) (original description)
Priolepis necopinus Whitley, 1959 accepted as Trimma necopinum (Whitley, 1959) (original description)
Pseudochromis mccullochi perpulcher Whitley, 1959 accepted as Cypho purpurascens (De Vis, 1884) (original description)
Siphamia zaribae Whitley, 1959 accepted as Siphamia majimai Matsubara & Iwai, 1958 (original description)