fuscus, Apogon Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1825:345 [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific. Neotype: MNHN 0000-8682. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:93 [ref. 12478]. Neotype designated by Fraser 2008:15, 22 [ref. 29471]. •Valid as Apogon fuscus Quoy & Gaimard 1825 -- (Randall et al. 1990:142 [ref. 15987], Allen 1993:16 [ref. 20779], Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:x [ref. 21953], Allen 1997:102 [ref. 23977], Fricke 1999:228 [ref. 24106], Allen 1999:2606 [ref. 24812], Johnson 1999:732 [ref. 25471], Nakabo 2000:764 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:613 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:214 [ref. 25191], Shinohara et al. 2000:178 [ref. 25987], Hutchins 2001:31 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:764 [ref. 26001], Myers & Donaldson 2003:623 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:71 [ref. 27576], Shibukawa 2009:105 [ref. 30449], Yoshida et al. 2010:45 [ref. 31255]). •Valid as Ostorhinchus fuscus (Quoy & Gaimard 1825) -- (Randall 2005:205 [ref. 28239]). •Valid as Nectamia fusca (Quoy & Gaimard 1825) -- (Fraser 2008:15 [ref. 29471] dated 1824, Allen & Erdmann 2012:385 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:73 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:202 [ref. 33426], Mabuchi et al. 2015:46 [ref. 34429], Yu et al. 2016:3 [ref. 34816], Fricke et al. 2018:170 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:75 [ref. 36273], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:172 [ref. 36965], Yoshida in Motomura et al. 2021:24 [ref. 38121], Fraser et al. 2022:218 [ref. 39752], Allen & Erdmann 2024:410 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Nectamia fusca (Quoy & Gaimard 1825). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Comoros, Madagascar, Mascarenes, Maldives and Chagos Archipelago east to Line Islands (Kiribati) and Tuamotu Islands (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to off northern Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.