timorensis, Apogon Bleeker [P.] 1854:207 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 6 (no. 2); ref. 16926] Koepang, Timor Island [Kupang, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Timor Sea, eastern Indian Ocean]. Holotype (unique): RMNH 5583. •Valid as Apogon timorensis Bleeker 1854 -- (Gon 1986:553 [ref. 5657], Allen & Swainston 1988:66 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:551 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:147 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:31 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:161 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:102 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:357 [ref. 23967], Randall et al. 1997:147 [ref. 25919], Randall & Fraser 1999:631 [ref. 24563], Fraser 2000:259 [ref. 24412], Allen 1999:2607 [ref. 24812], Nakabo 2000:774 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:614 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:101 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:32 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:774 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:36 [ref. 26830], Gon & Randall 2003:26 [ref. 26750], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S106 [ref. 27377], Fraser 2006:140 [ref. 28665], Allen et al. 2006:1096 [ref. 29004]). •Valid as Apogonichthyoides timorensis (Bleeker 1854) -- (Fraser & Allen 2010:50 [ref. 30717], Yoshida et al. 2010:48 [ref. 31255], Motomura et al. 2010:110 [ref. 31256], Fraser & Allen 2011:68 [ref. 31605], Allen & Erdmann 2012:370 [ref. 31980], Mabuchi et al. 2014:202 [ref. 33426], Mabuchi et al. 2015:46 [ref. 34429], Fricke et al. 2018:165 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:72 [ref. 36273], Zajonz et al. 2019:73 [ref. 36871] as cf. timorensis, Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:163 [ref. 36965], Fraser et al. 2022:213 [ref. 39752], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:153 [ref. 41223], Allen & Erdmann 2024:396 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Apogonichthyoides timorensis (Bleeker 1854). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros and Madagascar east to Solomon Islands, north to Taiwan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.