cypselurus, Rhabdamia Weber [M.] 1909:167 [Notes from the Leyden Museum v. 31 (note 4); ref. 4600] Kawa, western Ceram [Seram, Maluku Province, Indonesia, Selat Boano/Strait of Boano, Seram Sea] [ca. 3°01'S, 128°04'E]. Syntypes: RMNH 10027 (1), ZMA 11206 (13, apparently lost). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:89 [ref. 19236]. Species epithet is a noun in apposition, so correct spelling is cypselurus. •Valid as Rhabdamia cypselura [often as cypselurus] Weber 1909 -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:150 [ref. 6441], Allen 1987:6 [ref. 13387] as cyselurus, Allen & Swainston 1988:68 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:556 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:33 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1994:227 [ref. 21645], Allen 1993:16 [ref. 20779], Randall 1994:264 [ref. 21644], Randall 1995:165 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:104 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:152 [ref. 23922], Kuiter 1997:150 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:511 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:132 [ref. 23965], Allen 1999:2607 [ref. 24812], Hutchins 2001:32 [ref. 25847], Gon & Randall 2003:38 [ref. 26750], Randall et al. 2004:14 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:213 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1107 [ref. 29004]). •Valid as Rhabdamia cypselurus Weber 1909 -- (Mohsin & Ambak 1996:260 [ref. 27969], Nakabo 2000:757 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:614 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:757 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:37 [ref. 26830], Allen & Erdmann 2012:411 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:78 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:201 [ref. 33426]). •Valid as Verulux cypselurus (Weber 1909) -- (Mabuchi et al. 2014:203 [ref. 33426], Mabuchi et al. 2015:46 [ref. 34429], Yoshida & Motomura 2016:[4] [ref. 34562], Fraser & Prokofiev 2016:229 [ref. 34742], Motomura et al. 2017:101 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:175 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:79 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:39 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:140 [ref. 36673], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:140 [ref. 36965], Zajonz et al. 2019:74 [ref. 36871], Fraser et al. 2022:220 [ref. 39752], Allen & Erdmann 2024:444 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Verulux cypselurus (Weber 1909). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Comoros, Madagascar, Maldives and Chagos Archipelago east to Marshall Islands, Fiji and Tonga, north to Japan, south to Western Australia, northern Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.
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