gracilis, Apogonichthys Bleeker [P.] 1856:371 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch IndiĆ« v. 10; ref. 16853] Ternate, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Lectotype: RMNH.PISC 5609 (30.7 mm SL). Paralectotypes: (39) RMNH 5609 (now 37) Moluccas. One specimen removed as Verulux solmaculata RMNH.PISC 34136 [ref. 35776]. Lectotype designated by Yoshida & Motomura 2018:185 [ref. 35776]. •Valid as Rhabdamia gracilis (Bleeker 1856) -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:150 [ref. 6441], Gon 1986:557 [ref. 5657], Allen 1987:6 [ref. 13387], Allen & Swainston 1988:68 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:557 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:153 [ref. 15987], Allen 1993:16 [ref. 20779], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:260 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:104 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:150 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:153 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:132 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:236 [ref. 24106], Allen 1999:2607 [ref. 24812], Nakabo 2000:757 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:614 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:218 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:101 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:32 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:757 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:37 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S106 [ref. 27377], Adrim et al. 2004:120 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:213 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1107 [ref. 29004], Yoshida et al. 2010:56 [ref. 31255], Motomura et al. 2010:113 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:411 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:258 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:114 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:78 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:201 [ref. 33426], Yoshida & Motomura 2018:178, 185 [ref. 35776], Fricke et al. 2018:174 [ref. 35805], Yoshida et al. 2018:236 [ref. 36254], Arndt & Fricke 2019:11 [ref. 36883], Fricke et al. 2019:138 [ref. 36673], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:137 [ref. 36965], Fraser et al. 2022:206 [ref. 39752], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:157 [ref. 41223], Murase et al. 2023:39 [ref. 40935], Allen & Erdmann 2024:435 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Rhabdamia gracilis (Bleeker 1856). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Somalia, Mozambique), Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Marshall Islands and Fiji, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.
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