intermedius, Cheilodipterus Gon [O.] 1993:19, Pl. 1 (fig. B); Figs. 3A, 8 [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 22; ref. 21133] Fringing reef edge, east side of Marine lab, Sesoko-jima Island, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, depth 3 meters. Holotype: BPBM 34628. Paratypes: ANSP 123412 (3), 168609 (2); BPBM 22284 (2), 34626 (2); CAS 73448 (2), 76127 (2); WAM P.27824-072 (2). Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:26 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Cheilodipterus intermedius Gon 1993 -- (Allen 1997:106 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:131 [ref. 23965], Allen 1999:2607 [ref. 24812], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:614 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:32 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:36 [ref. 26830], Allen et al. 2006:1100 [ref. 29004], Yoshida et al. 2010:50 [ref. 31255], Motomura et al. 2010:111 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:376 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:70 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:198 [ref. 33426], Mabuchi et al. 2015:43 [ref. 34429], Ranjith et al. 2015:55 [ref. 34723], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:56 [ref. 36965], Wada et al. 2021:40 [ref. 38521], Allen & Erdmann 2024:400 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Cheilodipterus intermedius Gon 1993. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia east to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, north to Vietnam and Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to Great Barrier Reef/Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.