perlitus, Apogon Fraser [T. H.] & Lachner [E. A.] 1985:38, Fig. 15 [Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 412; ref. 5215] Kayangel Lagoon, Palau Island, Caroline Islands, western Pacific. Holotype: BPBM 15476. Paratypes: AMS I.17267-001 (5); BMNH 1974.6.24.5-6 (2); BPBM 10545 (22), 15477 (13); CAS 30740 [ex GVF 1974] (5), 30745 [ex GVF 1414] (1); RMNH 27056 (2); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 3393 (5); USNM 177850 (now 308), 183748 (1), 210439 (7), 211850-51 (2, 14), 213052 (18), 213449 (4), 213450 [ex USNM 177850] (3, 1 c&s). •Valid as Apogon perlitus Fraser & Lachner 1985 -- (Allen 1997:110 [ref. 23977], Fraser 1998:990 [ref. 23602], Myers 1999:130 [ref. 23965], Allen 1999:2606 [ref. 24812], Allen & Adrim 2003:36 [ref. 26830], Allen et al. 2006:1093 [ref. 29004]). •Valid as Zoramia perlita (Fraser & Lachner 1985) -- (Greenfield et al. 2005 [ref. 28488], Allen & Erdmann 2012:418 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2019:141 [ref. 36673], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:185 [ref. 36965], Allen & Erdmann 2024:446 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Zoramia perlita (Fraser & Lachner 1985). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Sea east to Palau and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea). Habitat: marine.