ocellatus, Apogon Weber [M.] 1913:231 [Die Fische der Siboga-Expedition; ref. 4602] Sanguisape and Ubian, Sulu Archipelago; Kwandang Bay, northern Sulawesi; Nusa Laut; [Siboga stations 93, 99, 115, 234]. Syntypes: RMNH 10022 [ex ZMA] (1); ZMA 101255 (2), 101259 (1), 101273 (1). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:86 [ref. 19236]. •Valid as Apogonichthys ocellatus (Weber 1913) -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:144 [ref. 6441], Gon 1986:553 [ref. 5657], Paxton et al. 1989:551 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:147 [ref. 15987], Allen 1993:16 [ref. 20779], Randall et al. 1997:147 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:130 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:231 [ref. 24106], Allen 1999:2607 [ref. 24812], Johnson 1999:732 [ref. 25471], Allen 2000:88 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:756 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:614 [ref. 25122], Randall & Earle 2000:12 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:32 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:756 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:36 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:624 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:14 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:120 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:195 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1098 [ref. 29004], Fricke et al. 2009:51 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:371 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:69 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:196 [ref. 33426], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33988], Mabuchi et al. 2015:40 [ref. 34429], Koeda et al. 2016:32 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:165 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:10 [ref. 36883], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:7 [ref. 36965], Dewa et al. 2022:17 [ref. 40001], Fraser et al. 2022:171 [ref. 39752]). Current status: Valid as Apogonichthys ocellatus (Weber 1913). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Marquesas Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Western Australia, New Caledonia and Rapa (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.