pseudotaeniatus, Apogon Gon [O.] 1986:11, Fig. 2 [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 67 (nos 1/3); ref. 8087] Off Nelson Village, Eilat, Israel, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, depth 20 meters. Holotype: BPBM 27395. Paratypes: BPBM 30551 (1); SMF 15948 (1); ZMB 53 (1); ZMH 14340 (1), 14342 (1); plus non-type material. •Valid as Apogon pseudotaeniatus Gon 1986 -- (Baranes & Golani 1993:307 [ref. 22372], Goren & Dor 1994:31 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:159 [ref. 22896], Mee 1996:106 [ref. 22471], Carpenter et al. 1997:151 [ref. 23922], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:99 [ref. 25480], Gon 2000:14 [ref. 26650], Gon & Randall 2003:22 [ref. 26750], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S106 [ref. 27377], Suresh & Thomas 2007:105 [ref. 36441]). •Valid as Apogonichthyoides pseudotaeniatus (Gon 1986) -- (Fraser & Allen 2010:44 [ref. 30717], Fraser & Allen 2011:68 [ref. 31605], Mabuchi et al. 2014:202 [ref. 33426], Psomadakis et al. 2015:207 [ref. 34104], Golani & Fricke 2018:72 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:36 [ref. 37020], Kumar et al. 2019:[3] 243 [ref. 37418], Zajonz et al. 2019:73 [ref. 36871], Fraser et al. 2022:212 [ref. 39752], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:68 [ref. 40689]). Current status: Valid as Apogonichthyoides pseudotaeniatus (Gon 1986). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Socotra (Yemen) and Persian Gulf east to Pakistan and northwestern India. Habitat: marine.