brevicaudatus, Apogon Weber [M.] 1909:158 [Notes from the Leyden Museum v. 31 (note 4); ref. 4600] Jedan Island, Aru Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: ZMA 101127 (2). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:85 [ref. 19236]. •Valid as Apogon brevicaudata Weber 1909 [perhaps should be brevicaudatus] -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:68 [ref. 25477] as brevicaudatus, Paxton et al. 1989:545 [ref. 12442], Allen 1997:104 [ref. 23977] as brevicaudatus, Larson & Williams 1997:356 [ref. 23967] as brevicaudata, Allen 1999:2605 [ref. 24812] as brevicaudata, Hutchins 2001:31 [ref. 25847], Fraser 2006:140 [ref. 28665] as brevicaudatus, Allen et al. 2006:1084 [ref. 29004] as brevicaudatus). •Valid as Apogonichthyoides brevicaudatus (Weber 1909) -- (Fraser & Allen 2010:44 [ref. 30717], Fraser 2010:94 [ref. 30909], Fraser & Allen 2011:67 [ref. 31605], Allen & Erdmann 2012:369 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:108 [ref. 32988], Mabuchi et al. 2014:202 [ref. 33426], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:161 [ref. 36965], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:153 [ref. 41223], Allen & Erdmann 2024:395 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Apogonichthyoides brevicaudatus (Weber 1909). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Aru Islands (Indonesia) south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.