orbicularis, Apogon Cuvier [G.] (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828:155 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 2; ref. 997] Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 49 (largest of 2). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:94 [ref. 12478]. •Valid as Sphaeramia orbicularis (Cuvier 1828) -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:150 [ref. 6441], Gon 1986:557 [ref. 5657], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:517 [ref. 25598], Allen 1993:16 [ref. 20779], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:282 [ref. 24014], Allen 1997:110 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:133 [ref. 23965], Allen 1999:2610 [ref. 24812], Nakabo 2000:752 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:614 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:102 [ref. 25868], Sakai et al. 2001:96 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:752 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:37 [ref. 26830], Gon & Randall 2003:41 [ref. 26750], Myers & Donaldson 2003:624 [ref. 27495], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:71 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:15 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:120 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:214 [ref. 28239], Allen & Erdmann 2012:416 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:114 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:79 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:203 [ref. 33426], Mabuchi et al. 2015:46 [ref. 34429], Koeda et al. 2016:35 [ref. 35333], Golani & Fricke 2018:79 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:139 [ref. 36673], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:180 [ref. 36965], Fraser et al. 2022:220 [ref. 39752], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:74 [ref. 40689]). Current status: Valid as Sphaeramia orbicularis (Cuvier 1828). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles and Sri Lanka east to Caroline Islands (Micronesia), Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), Fiji and Tonga, north to Ryukyu Islands (southern Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.