leptacanthus, Apogon Bleeker [P.] 1856:204 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 12 (no. 1); ref. 16861] Ternate, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (2) RMNH 5570 (1, poor condition) Species epithet 'leptacanthus' treated as a noun in apposition, therefore ending not adjusted to genus. •Valid as Apogon leptacanthus Bleeker 1856 -- (Dor 1984:115 [ref. 29757], Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:149 [ref. 6441], Fraser & Lachner 1985:34 [ref. 5215], Gon 1986:551 [ref. 5657], Paxton et al. 1989:549 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:30 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:143 [ref. 15987], Allen 1993:16 [ref. 20779], Goren & Dor 1994:30 [ref. 25356], Allen 1997:108 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:146 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:143 [ref. 25919], Fraser 1998:990 [ref. 23602], Myers 1999:130 [ref. 23965], Allen 1999:2606 [ref. 24812], Nakabo 2000:762 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:613 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:100 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:31 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:762 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:35 [ref. 26830], Gon & Randall 2003:18 [ref. 26750], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S106 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:624 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:14 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:120 [ref. 27715], Allen et al. 2006:1090 [ref. 29004], Shibukawa 2009:106 [ref. 30449]). •Valid as Zoramia leptacantha (Bleeker 1856) -- (Randall 2005:215 [ref. 28239], Greenfield et al. 2005:625 [ref. 28488], Allen & Erdmann 2012:417 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:80 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:203 [ref. 33426], Mabuchi et al. 2015:47 [ref. 34429], Fricke et al. 2018:176 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:141 [ref. 36673], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:184 [ref. 36965], Allen & Erdmann 2024:446 [ref. 40796]). •Valid as Zoramia leptacanthus (Bleeker 1856) -- (Golani & Fricke 2018:79 [ref. 36273], Akaike et al. 2021:21 [ref. 38809], Fraser et al. 2022:222 [ref. 39752]). Current status: Valid as Zoramia leptacanthus (Bleeker 1856). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Gulf of Aden, Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros and Madagascar east to Marshall Islands, Tonga and Samoa, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Western Australia and Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.
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