philippinus, Henicichthys Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1939:200 [Copeia 1939 (no. 4); ref. 10998] Tidepool at Nasugbu, Batangas Province, Luzon Island, Philippines. Holotype: CAS-SU 34379 [CAS 134379]. Paratypes: CAS-SU 34380-81 (3, 4); USNM 15164 [ex CAS-SU 34380] (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:72 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Gymnapogon philippinus (Herre 1939) -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:150 [ref. 6441], Myers 1999:133 [ref. 23965], Allen 1999:2607 [ref. 24812], Nakabo 2000:777 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:614 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:101 [ref. 25868], Nakabo 2002:777 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:36 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:14 [ref. 27624], Allen et al. 2006:1104 [ref. 29004], Yoshida et al. 2011:123 [ref. 32402], Allen & Erdmann 2012:381 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:72 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:199 [ref. 33426], Mabuchi et al. 2015:44 [ref. 34429], Fraser 2016:431 [ref. 34421], Fraser 2019:96 [ref. 36720], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:74 [ref. 36965], Yoshida et al. 2019:96 [ref. 36901], Allen & Erdmann 2024:406 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Gymnapogon philippinus (Herre 1939). Apogonidae: Pseudamiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia and Philippines north to Taiwan and Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.