affinis, Chilodipterus Poey [F.] 1875:58 [Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York v. 11 (nos 3-4) (art. 6); ref. 18564] Havana, Cuba. Syntypes: (3) USNM 37416 (orig. 3, now 2). •Valid as Apogon affinis (Poey 1875) -- (Fraser & Robins 1970:311 [ref. 1485], Matsuura in Uyeno et al. 1983:319 [ref. 14275], Robins & Ray 1986:152 [ref. 23100], Maugé 1990:714 [ref. 17126], Boschung 1992:126 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1993:20 [ref. 24474], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:223 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:158 [ref. 27754], Gon 2003:1390 [ref. 27085], Nelson et al. 2004:138 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:220 [ref. 28815], Wirtz et al. 2007:10, 31 [ref. 30263], Baldwin et al. 2011:19 [ref. 31688], Page et al. 2013:142 [ref. 32708], Wirtz et al. 2013:123 [ref. 32972], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:45 [ref. 33341], Gon in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2427 [ref. 34618]). •Valid as Paroncheilus affinis (Poey 1875) -- (Mabuchi et al. 2014:197 [ref. 33426], Mabuchi et al. 2015:42 [ref. 34429], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:42 [ref. 36965], Reiner 2019:180 [ref. 38139], Robertson et al. 2020:150 [ref. 38098], Eduardo et al. 2022:9 [ref. 39574], Fermon et al. 2022:219 [ref. 39448], Carvalho-Filho 2023:131 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:126 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Paroncheilus affinis (Poey 1875). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico south to Espíritu Santo (Brazil); eastern Atlantic: Ivory coast south to northern Angola, including Cape Verde Islands, and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: marine.