dispar, Apogon Fraser [T. H.] & Randall [J. E.] 1976:504, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 88 (no. 47); ref. 7334] Small cave at base of southwestern end of Augulpelu reef, Palau Island, western Caroline Islands, depth 36 meters. Holotype: BPBM 9378. Paratypes: ANSP 128364-65 (6, 1); BPBM 17017 (2); CAS 30648 (1); USNM 212134 (2 or now 1) 212135 (1, c&s). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:20 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Apogon dispar Fraser & Randall 1976 -- (Hayashi et al. 1992:4 [ref. 24311], Allen 1993:16 [ref. 20779], Allen 1997:110 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:126 [ref. 23965], Allen 1999:2606 [ref. 24812], Nakabo 2000:762 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:613 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:762 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:35 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:623 [ref. 27495]). •Valid as Ostorhinchus dispar (Fraser & Randall 1976) -- (Allen & Erdmann 2012:391 [ref. 31980], Fraser 2012:82 [ref. 32177], Fricke et al. 2014:74 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:199 [ref. 33426], Mabuchi et al. 2015:44 [ref. 34429], Fricke et al. 2019:134 [ref. 36673], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:101 [ref. 36965], Allen & Erdmann 2024:417 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Ostorhinchus dispar (Fraser & Randall 1976). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Cocos-Keeling Islands (Australia) and Indonesia east to Palau and Fiji, north to Yaeyama Islands, south to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.