hayashii, Pseudamia Randall [J. E.], Lachner [E. A.] & Fraser [T. H.] 1985:11, Fig. 4 [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 6; ref. 9188] Coral reef with caves, western end of Ngargol Island, Palau Islands, depth 6.1-12.2 meters. Holotype: BPBM 15025. Paratypes: AMS I.22584-025 (1), I.25007-001 [ex BPBM 28223] (1); BMNH 1985.1.28.6 (1); BPBM 15663 (2), 24116 (1), 30351 (2); CAS 56128 (3), 56137 (6), 56149 (1); MNHN 1985-0342 (3), B-3110 (1); ROM 42966-67 (1, 1); URM P.6675 (1); USNM (27, 11 lots); WAM P.27827-023 (1), P.28031-023 (1), P.28174-004 (2). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:24 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:26 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Pseudamia hayashii Randall, Lachner & Fraser 1985 -- (Randall & Ida 1993:12 [ref. 20715], Allen 1993:16 [ref. 20779], Anderson et al. 1998:24 [ref. 23611], Myers 1999:134 [ref. 23965], Allen 1999:2607 [ref. 24812], Nakabo 2000:779 [ref. 25086], Allen 2000:101 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:32 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:779 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:37 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S106 [ref. 27377], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:69 [ref. 27510], Allen et al. 2006:1106 [ref. 29004], Shao et al. 2008:250 [ref. 29952], Allen & Erdmann 2012:409 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:77 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:203 [ref. 33426], Mabuchi et al. 2015:40 [ref. 34429], Fricke et al. 2019:138 [ref. 36673], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:189 [ref. 36965], Yoshida in Motomura et al. 2021:27 [ref. 38121], Fraser et al. 2022:223 [ref. 39752], Allen & Erdmann 2024:434 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Pseudamia hayashii Randall, Lachner & Fraser 1985. Apogonidae: Pseudamiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden, Comoros; eastern Indonesia east to Micronesia and Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to off northern Western Australia and Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.