pseudomaculatus, Apogon Longley [W. H.] 1932:301 [Carnegie Institution of Washington Year Book No. 31; ref. 18451] Tortugas, Florida, U.S.A. Holotype: USNM 107324. Paratypes: USNM 108886 (18). •Valid as Apogon pseudomaculatus Longley 1932 -- (Gilbert 1977:31 [ref. 21333], Matsuura in Uyeno et al. 1983:321 [ref. 14275], Robins & Ray 1986:151 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:367 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:141 [ref. 14674], Boschung 1992:126 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1993:17 [ref. 24474], Andreata & Séret 1996:585 [ref. 16204], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:226 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:159 [ref. 27754], Rocha & Rosa 2001:990 [ref. 25909], Fraser & Randall 2002:26 [ref. 25969], Gon 2003:1390 [ref. 27085], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:78 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:28 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:138 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:226 [ref. 28815], Wirtz et al. 2007:10, 31 [ref. 30263], Baldwin et al. 2011:18 [ref. 31688], Page et al. 2013:143 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:45 [ref. 33341], Mabuchi et al. 2014:197 [ref. 33426], Wirtz et al. 2014:6 [ref. 33516], Pinheiro et al. 2015:16 [ref. 34324], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:24 [ref. 36965], Reiner 2019:181 [ref. 38139], Pimentel et al. 2020:6 [ref. 38051], Robertson et al. 2020:150 [ref. 38098], Carvalho-Filho in Marceniuk et al. 2021:216 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:130 [ref. 40480], Hoff et al. 2023:5 [ref. 40463], Page et al. 2023:126 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Apogon pseudomaculatus Longley 1932. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Massachusetts and Bermuda south to Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; southern-central Atlantic: Ascension Island; eastern Atlantic: São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: marine.