niger, Apogon Döderlein [L.] in Steindachner & Döderlein 1883:2 [Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 48 (1. Abth.); ref. 4247] Japan. Lectotype: ZMB 35052. Paralectotypes: ZMB 35053-54 (2). Non-types: BMNH 1891.5.26.6 (1), ZMB 12059 (1). Not available as above, name mentioned in synonymy of Apogon nigripinnis Cuvier 1828; from Tokyo Bay, Japan. Apparently subsequent use (not located) makes the name available. Type information (ZMB 12059) from Amaoka & Fujii 1999:161 [ref. 26515]. Lectotype selected by Gon 2000:7 [ref. 26650]. •Valid as Apogon niger Döderlein 1883 -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:146 [ref. 6441], Lee & Kim 1996:64 [ref. 24706], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:258 [ref. 27969], Allen 1999:2606 [ref. 24812], Nakabo 2000:773 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:613 [ref. 25122], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:90 [ref. 25480] with authorship as Jordan & Snyder 1901, Gon 2000:3 [ref. 26650], Nakabo 2002:773 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:320, 598 [ref. 26218], Prokofiev 2006:5 [ref. 28960]). •Valid as Apogonichthyoides niger (Döderlein 1883) -- (Fraser & Allen 2010:44 [ref. 30717], Fraser & Allen 2011:68 [ref. 31605], Yoshida et al. 2013:109 [ref. 34464], Mabuchi et al. 2014:202 [ref. 33426], Mabuchi et al. 2015:46 [ref. 34429], Yu et al. 2016:3 [ref. 34816], Motomura et al. 2017:97 [ref. 35490], Yoshida in Kimura et al. 2018:113 [ref. 36460], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:156 [ref. 36965], Sonoyama et al. 2020:58 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Apogonichthyoides niger (Döderlein 1883). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: northern Vietnam east to Philippines, north to Japan Habitat: marine.