moluccensis, Apogon Valenciennes [A.] 1832:54 [Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris) v. 1; ref. 17863] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype: MNHN 0000-8707 (poor condition). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:61 [ref. 12478]. •Valid as Apogon moluccensis Valenciennes 1832 -- (Fraser & Randall 1986:644 [ref. 8091], Allen & Swainston 1988:68 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:549 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:144 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:157 [ref. 23929], Hayashi & Yano 1996:47 [ref. 24614], Allen 1997:104 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:144 [ref. 25919], Fraser 2000:254 [ref. 24412], Allen 1999:2606 [ref. 24812], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:613 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:100 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:31 [ref. 25847], Fraser et al. 2002:176 [ref. 26401], Allen & Adrim 2003:35 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa 2009:107 [ref. 30449], Yoshida et al. 2010:39 [ref. 31255], Motomura et al. 2010:108 [ref. 31256]). •Valid as Ostorhinchus moluccensis (Valenciensis 1832) -- (Allen & Erdmann 2012:398 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:75 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:200 [ref. 33426], Mabuchi et al. 2015:44 [ref. 34429], Fricke et al. 2019:135 [ref. 36673], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:125 [ref. 36965], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:155 [ref. 41223], Allen & Erdmann 2024:423 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Ostorhinchus moluccensis (Valenciennes 1832). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Islands and Indonesia east to New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Taiwan, south to Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.