properupta, Lovamia Whitley [G. P.] 1964:167, Pl. 10 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 26 (no. 5); ref. 3772] Frederick Reef, Coral Sea. Holotype (unique): AMS IB.4852. Correct spelling not researched; apparently an adjective and should be Apogon properuptus (T. Fraser, pers. comm. 3/19/03). •Synonym of Apogon cyanosoma Bleeker 1853 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:547 [ref. 12442]). •Valid as Apogon properuptus (Whitley 1964) -- (Kuiter 1993:160 [ref. 23929], Kuiter 1997:140 [ref. 25488], Nakabo 2000:771 [ref. 25086], Shinohara et al. 2000:178 [ref. 25987]). •Valid as Apogon properupta (Whitley 1964) -- (Randall et al. 1990:145 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:108 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:145 [ref. 25919], Randall & Kulbicki 1998:32 [ref. 23411], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:613 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:32 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:771 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:36 [ref. 26830], Mabuchi 2003:293 [ref. 27221] but including 2 species, Allen et al. 2006:1093 [ref. 29004], Yoshida et al. 2010:42, 43 [ref. 31255] as cf. properuptus, Motomura et al. 2010:109 [ref. 31256] as cf. properuptus). •Valid as Ostorhinchus properupta (Whitley 1964) -- (Randall 2005:208 [ref. 28239], Allen & Erdmann 2012:402 [ref. 31980], Mabuchi et al. 2014:200 [ref. 33426], Mabuchi et al. 2015:44 [ref. 34429]). •Valid as Ostohinchus properuptus (Whitley 1964) -- (Mabuchi et al. 2015:44 [ref. 34429], Motomura et al. 2015:22 [ref. 34709], Koeda et al. 2016:6 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2019:136 [ref. 36673], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:106 [ref. 36965], Allen & Erdmann 2024:427 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Ostorhinchus properuptus (Whitley 1964). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Papua New Guinea east to Fiji, north to Japan, south to Queensland (Australia) and Coral Sea. Habitat: marine.