micromaculatus, Ostorhynchus Kotthaus [A.] 1970:70, Fig. 254 [Meteor Forschungsergebnisse. Reihe D, Biologie No. 6; ref. 21596] Southern Red Sea, north of Perim, Yemen, 12°52'N, 43°19.8'E to 12°47.5'N, 43°21'E, depth 37 meters. Holotype: ZMH 5050. Paratypes: ZMH 5051 (10, now 9), 5052-53 (4, 3). Type catalog: Wilkens & Dohse 1993:417 [ref. 21161]. •Valid as Apogon micromaculatus (Kotthaus 1970) -- (Dor 1984:113 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:30 [ref. 25356], Mee 1996:106 [ref. 22471]). •Synonym of Apogon spilurus Regan 1905 -- (T. Fraser, pers. comm. 9/2000, Gon & Randall 2003:25 [ref. 26750]). •Synonym of Ostorhinchus spilurus (Regan 1905) -- (Golani & Fricke 2018:77 [ref. 36273], Fraser et al. 2022:202 [ref. 39752]). Current status: Synonym of Ostorhinchus spilurus (Regan 1905). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Habitat: marine.