kiensis, Apogon Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:905, Fig. 9 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 23 (no. 1240); ref. 2511] Wakanoura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, Inland Sea. Holotype: CAS-SU 6514. Paratypes: (37) CAS-SU 6739 (21); USNM 49881 (1), 49904 (6). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:71-72 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Apogon kiensis Jordan & Snyder 1901 -- (Dor 1984:113 [ref. 29757], Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:146 [ref. 6441], Gon 1986:551 [ref. 5657], Kuiter 1993:158 [ref. 23929], Goren & Dor 1994:30 [ref. 25356], Lee & Kim 1996:64 [ref. 24706], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:258 [ref. 27969] with authors as Jordan & Schneider, Allen 1997:110 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:140 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:141 [ref. 25919], Fraser 1998:990 [ref. 23602], Allen 1999:2606 [ref. 24812], Nakabo 2000:765 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:613 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:214 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:100 [ref. 25868], Allen 2001:149 [ref. 25670], Nakabo 2002:765 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:321, 598 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:35 [ref. 26830], Adrim et al. 2004:120 [ref. 27715], Fraser 2005:26 [ref. 28138], Shinohara et al. 2005:432 [ref. 28370], Allen et al. 2006:1090 [ref. 29004]). •Valid as Ostorhinchus kiensis (Jordan & Snyder 1901) -- (Randall 2005:206 [ref. 28239], Allen & Erdmann 2012:395 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:74 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:200 [ref. 33426], Mabuchi et al. 2015:44 [ref. 34429], Fricke et al. 2019:135 [ref. 36673], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:94 [ref. 36965], Kim et al. 2020:119 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:59 [ref. 37637], Allen & Erdmann 2024:421 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Ostorhinchus kiensis (Jordan & Snyder 1901). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to Philippines and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to southern Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan), south to New Caledonia. Habitat: brackish, marine.