melasma, Archamia Lachner [E. A.] & Taylor [W. R.] 1960:29, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 73; ref. 10033] Yirrkala, Northern Territory, Australia. Holotype: AMS IB.4473. Paratypes: AMS IA.1499 (1), USNM 173794 (6). Additional material: AMS IA.2334 (2). •Synonym of Archamia biguttata Lachner 1951 -- (Randall & Satapoomin 1999:1 [ref. 24151], Gon & Randall 2003:13 [ref. 27133], Allen et al. 2006:1098 [ref. 29004]). •Valid as Archamia melasma Lachner & Taylor 1960 -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:68 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:149 [ref. 15987], Chen & Shao 1993:783 [ref. 21016], Allen 1997:104 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:357 [ref. 23967], Allen 1999:2607 [ref. 24812], Hutchins 2001:32 [ref. 25847], Allen & Erdmann 2012:374 [ref. 31980]). •Valid as Taeniamia melasma (Lachner & Taylor 1960) -- (Fraser 2013:22 [ref. 32894], Fricke et al. 2014:79 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:198 [ref. 33426], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:46 [ref. 36965], Allen & Erdmann 2024:444 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Taeniamia melasma (Lachner & Taylor 1960). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Flores (Indonesia) east to Papua New Guinea, north to Philippines, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.