spinicola, Siphamia Gon [O.] & Allen [G. R.] 2012:66, Figs. 28e, 31 [Zootaxa No. 3294; ref. 31960] Kinde Reef, northeast coast, New Caledonia, depth 10-15 meters. Holotype: BPBM 27105. Paratypes: many at CAS, MNHN, NSMT, SAIAB, USNM. Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Siphamia spinicola Gon & Allen 2012 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2012:415 [ref. 31980], Mabuchi et al. 2014:201 [ref. 33426], Fraser & Prokofiev 2016:229 [ref. 34742], Fricke et al. 2019:138 [ref. 36673], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:153 [ref. 36965], Allen & Erdmann 2024:440 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Siphamia spinicola Gon & Allen 2012. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Western Pacific: eastern Indonesia east to Yap Island (Micronesia) and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), south to Chesterfield Islands (New Caledonia). Habitat: marine.
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