holotaenia, Apogon Regan [C. T.] 1905:319 [Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society v. 16; ref. 15386] Muscat, Oman, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean, depth 15-30 fathoms. Syntypes: BMNH 1904.5.25.133-135 (3). •Valid as Apogon holotaenia Regan 1905 -- (Randall 1995:156 [ref. 22896], Anderson et al. 1998:23 [ref. 23611], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:613 [ref. 25122], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:97 [ref. 25480], Allen & Adrim 2003:35 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S106 [ref. 27377]). •Valid as Ostorhinchus holotaenia (Regan 1905) -- (Allen & Erdmann 2012:395 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:258 [ref. 32706], Mabuchi et al. 2014:200 [ref. 33426], Mabuchi et al. 2015:44 [ref. 34429], Motomura et al. 2015:22 [ref. 34709], Arndt & Fricke 2019:10 [ref. 36883], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:109 [ref. 36965], Pinault et al. 2019:381 [ref. 36445], Zajonz et al. 2019:74 [ref. 36871], Fraser et al. 2022:199 [ref. 39752], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:62 [ref. 40689], Allen & Erdmann 2024:420 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Ostorhinchus holotaenia (Regan 1905). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), Mozambique, Oman, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Mozambique Channel, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion,Mauritius) east to eastern Indonesia, north to southern Japan. Habitat: marine.