octospina, Neamia Smith [H. M.] & Radcliffe [L.] in Radcliffe 1912:441, Pl. 36 (fig. 2) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 41 (no. 1868); ref. 3576] Rasa Island, Mantaguin Bay, Palawan [Southeast of Panakan, Narra Municipality, Palawan, Philippines, Sulu Sea, western Pacific]. Holotype (unique): USNM 70251. •Valid as Neamia octospina Smith & Radcliffe 1912 -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:144 [ref. 6441], Gon 1986:556 [ref. 5657], Paxton et al. 1989:555 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:32 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:152 [ref. 15987], Allen 1993:16 [ref. 20779], Goren & Dor 1994:32 [ref. 25356], Allen 1997:106 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:152 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:132 [ref. 23965], Allen 1999:2607 [ref. 24812], Nakabo 2000:756 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:614 [ref. 25122], Fraser & Allen 2001:163 [ref. 25214], Hutchins 2001:32 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:756 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:36 [ref. 26830], Gon & Randall 2003:38 [ref. 26750], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S106 [ref. 27377], Randall 2005:201 [ref. 28239], Fraser & Allen 2006:4 [ref. 28906], Allen et al. 2006:1105 [ref. 29004], Fraser 2010:153 [ref. 30912], Yoshida et al. 2010:54 [ref. 31255], Motomura et al. 2010:112 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:384 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:72 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:196 [ref. 33426], Mabuchi et al. 2015:40 [ref. 34429], Golani & Fricke 2018:75 [ref. 36273], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:16 [ref. 36965], Fraser et al. 2022:176 [ref. 39752], Allen & Erdmann 2024:410 [ref. 40796], Onishi & Yoshida 2024:62 [ref. 40825]). Current status: Valid as Neamia octospina Smith & Radcliffe 1912. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Tanzania, Mozambique), Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Saint Brandon's Shoals (Cargados Carajos) and Chagos Archipelago east to Pohnpei (Micronesia) and Fiji, north to Wakayama Prefecture (Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.