lateralis, Apogon Valenciennes [A.] 1832:58 [Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris) v. 1; ref. 17863] Vanikoro Island, Santa Cruz Islands, western Pacific. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-2363 (5). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:61 [ref. 12478]. •Valid as Apogon lateralis Valenciennes 1832 -- (Gon 1986:551 [ref. 5657], Kottelat et al. 1993:109 [ref. 23448], Allen 1993:16 [ref. 20779], Allen 1997:110 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:509 [ref. 25919], Yoshigou & Yoshino 1999:4 [ref. 24397], Myers 1999:126 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:229 [ref. 24106], Allen 1999:2606 [ref. 24812], Nakabo 2000:767 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:613 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:100 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:31 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:767 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:35 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:623 [ref. 27495], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:63 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:14 [ref. 27624], Tan & Lim 2004:110 [ref. 27716], Adrim et al. 2004:120 [ref. 27715], Allen et al. 2006:1090 [ref. 29004], Shibukawa 2009:106 [ref. 30449]). •Valid as Ostorhinchus lateralis (Valenciennes 1832) -- (Randall 2005:206 [ref. 28239], Allen & Erdmann 2012:396 [ref. 31980], Kottelat 2013:330 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:75 [ref. 33932]). •Valid as Fibramia lateralis (Valenciennes 1832) -- (Mabuchi et al. 2014:203 [ref. 33426], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2015:39 [ref. 34319], Mabuchi et al. 2015:46 [ref. 34429], Motomura et al. 2017:97 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:167 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:132 [ref. 36673], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:183 [ref. 36965], Fraser et al. 2022:221 [ref. 39752], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:153 [ref. 41223], Allen & Erdmann 2024:403 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Fibramia lateralis (Valenciennes 1832). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Mozambique, Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Caroline Islands (Micronesia), Tonga and Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.
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