urospilotus, Gymnapogon Lachner [E. A.] 1953:494, Fig. 83 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202 (v. 1); ref. 17482] Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, western Pacific. Holotype: USNM 142404. Paratypes: FMNH 62607-08 (1, 1); USNM 112375-77 (1, 2, 1), 142405-07 (2, 1, 1), 142409-13 (1, 3, 2, 1, 1), 152925-26 [ex UW] (1, 2). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:42 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Gymnapogon urospilotus Lachner 1953 -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:150 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:555 [ref. 12442], Allen 1993:16 [ref. 20779], Randall et al. 1997:510 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:133 [ref. 23965], Allen 1999:2607 [ref. 24812], Nakabo 2000:777 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:614 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:32 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:777 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:36 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:624 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:14 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:201 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1104 [ref. 29004], Allen & Erdmann 2012:382 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:72 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:199 [ref. 33426], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33988], Mabuchi et al. 2015:44 [ref. 34429], Fraser 2016:431 [ref. 34421], Yoshida et al. 2019:96 [ref. 36901]). Current status: Valid as Gymnapogon urospilotus Lachner 1953. Apogonidae: Pseudamiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Taiwan and New Guinea east to Marshall Islands, Society Islands, and Marquesas Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Western Australia, Chesterfield Islands and Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia), and Tonga. Habitat: marine.