novemfasciatus, Apogon Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828:154 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 2; ref. 997] Timor; Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific. Syntypes: ?AMS I.7382 (1) Samoa; MNHN 0000-0853 (1) Guam, 0000-5646 (1) Timor; SMF 1264 [ex MNHN in 1830] (1) Timor. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:62 [ref. 12478]. •Valid as Apogon novemfasciatus Cuvier 1828 -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:147 [ref. 6441], Randall & Lachner 1986:110 [ref. 9722], Paxton et al. 1989:549 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:145 [ref. 15987], Allen 1993:16 [ref. 20779], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:281 [ref. 24014], Allen 1997:108 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:144 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:145 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:128 [ref. 23965], Allen 1999:2606 [ref. 24812], Nakabo 2000:771 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:613 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:214 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:31 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:771 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:35 [ref. 26830], Fraser & Randall 2003:5 [ref. 26789], Myers & Donaldson 2003:623 [ref. 27495], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:28 [ref. 27712], Randall et al. 2004:14 [ref. 27624] Allen et al. 2006:1092 [ref. 29004], Yoshida et al. 2010:41 [ref. 31255], Motomura et al. 2010:109 [ref. 31256]). •Valid as Ostorhinchus novemfasciatus (Cuvier 1828) -- (Randall 2005:208 [ref. 28239], Allen & Erdmann 2012:400 [ref. 31980]). Current status: Valid as Ostorhinchus novemfasciatus (Cuvier 1828). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Cocos-Keeling and Christmas islands, east to Line Islands and Samoa, north to Japan. Habitat: marine.