isostigma, Apogonichthys Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:251, Fig. 45 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51736 (1 of 4). Paratypes: BPBM 5326 [ex USNM 51736] (1), CAS-SU 8687 (3), USNM 51736 (orig. 5, now 3 of 4). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:72 [ref. 12291]. For problems of types in 1912 see Kendall & Radcliffe 1912:105 [ref. 14961]. •Synonym of Fowleria punctulata (Rüppell 1838) -- (Randall et al. 1990:152 [ref. 15987]). •Valid as Fowleria isostigma (Jordan & Seale 1906) -- (Dor 1984:118 [ref. 29757], Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:143 [ref. 6441], Goren & Dor 1994:32 [ref. 25356], T. Fraser, pers. comm. 9/2000, Nakabo 2000:755 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:614 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:755 [ref. 26001], Lobel & Lobel 2004:71 [ref. 27576], Randall 2005:200 [ref. 28239], Gon & Bogorodsky 2010:28 [ref. 31049], Yoshida et al. 2010:53 [ref. 31255], Motomura et al. 2010:112 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:380 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:109 [ref. 32988], Larson et al. 2013:109 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:330 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:71 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:196 [ref. 33426], Mabuchi et al. 2015:40 [ref. 34429], Golani & Fricke 2018:74 [ref. 36273], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:13 [ref. 36965], Wada et al. 2021:40 [ref. 38521], Fraser et al. 2022:174 [ref. 39752]). Current status: Valid as Fowleria isostigma (Jordan & Seale 1906). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: west coast of India, Sri Lanka; Indonesia east to Rapa (French Polynesia), north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: brackish, marine.