thermalis, Apogon Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:492 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 3; ref. 4879] Sources of hot waters of Cania, Sri Lanka. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-8686. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:63 [ref. 12478]. •Valid as Apogon thermalis Cuvier 1829 -- (Gon 1986:553 [ref. 5657], Allen 1997:110 [ref. 23977], Fraser 1998:990 [ref. 23602], Hutchins 2001:32 [ref. 25847], Allen & Randall 2002:119 [ref. 26188], Allen et al. 2006:1096 [ref. 29004], Shibukawa 2009:107 [ref. 30449] as thermails). •Valid as Ostorhinchus thermalis (Cuvier 1829) -- (Allen & Erdmann 2012:405 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:76 [ref. 33932]). •Valid as Fibramia thermalis (Cuvier 1829) -- (Mabuchi et al. 2014:203 [ref. 33426], Mabuchi et al. 2015:46 [ref. 34429], Fricke et al. 2018:167 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:132 [ref. 36673], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:182 [ref. 36965], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 13 [ref. 38321], Fraser et al. 2022:221 [ref. 39752], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:74 [ref. 40689], Allen & Erdmann 2024:403 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Fibramia thermalis (Cuvier 1829). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Mozambique, Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles) and Madagascar east to Philippines and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia and Vanuatu. Habitat: marine.