puncticulatus, Apogonichthys Poey [F.] 1867:233 [Repertorio Fisico-Natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 14078] Cuba. Holotype: MCZ 9695. Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:188 [ref. 22926]. •Valid as Astrapogon puncticulatus (Poey 1867) -- (Gilbert 1977:31 [ref. 21333], Robins & Ray 1986:154 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1993:23 [ref. 24474], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:226 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:159 [ref. 27754], Collette et al. 2003:109 [ref. 26784], Gon 2003:1390 [ref. 27085], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:78 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:29 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:138 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:230 [ref. 28815], Baldwin et al. 2009:16 [ref. 30053], Page et al. 2013:143 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:46 [ref. 33341], Mabuchi et al. 2014:197 [ref. 33426], Pinheiro et al. 2015:16 [ref. 34324], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:41 [ref. 36965], Robertson et al. 2020:150 [ref. 38098], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:79 [ref. 38844], Carvalho-Filho 2023:131 [ref. 40480], Hoff et al. 2023:5 [ref. 40463]). Current status: Valid as Astrapogon puncticulatus (Poey 1867). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda, southern Florida (U. S. A.) and Bahamas south to São Paulo (Brazil), including Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.