Species that contain: Apogon and aureus [ 3 ] records

aureus, Centropomus Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1802:253, 273 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean; Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:95 [ref. 12478]. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:225 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. •Synonym of Apogon fleurieu (Lacepède 1802) -- (Dor 1984:112 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Apogon aureus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Randall et al. 1990:42 [ref. 14259] but with neotype of fleurieu improperly placed under aureus). •Valid as Apogon aureus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:147 [ref. 6441], Gon 1986:549 [ref. 5657], Allen & Swainston 1988:68 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:545 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:138 [ref. 15987], Allen 1993:16 [ref. 20779], Kuiter 1993:156 [ref. 23929], Randall 1995:154 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:256 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:104 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:144 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:138 [ref. 25919], Fricke 1999:225 [ref. 24106], Allen 1999:2605 [ref. 24812], Mishra et al. 1999:85 [ref. 25315] as auritus, Allen 2000:87 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:775 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:613 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:211 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:94 [ref. 25480], Hutchins 2001:31 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:775 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:35 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S105 [ref. 27377], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:28 [ref. 27712], Randall et al. 2004:13 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:120 [ref. 27715], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:184 [ref. 28072], Allen et al. 2006:1084 [ref. 29004], Yoshida et al. 2010:29 [ref. 31255], Motomura et al. 2010:104 [ref. 31256]). •Valid as Ostorhinchus aureus (Lacepède 1801) -- (Randall 2005:202 [ref. 28239], Fricke et al. 2009:52 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:387 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:112 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:73 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:199 [ref. 33426], Mabuchi et al. 2015:44 [ref. 34429], Ali et al. 2018:320 [ref. 36183], Fricke et al. 2018:171 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:10 [ref. 36883], Eagderi et al. 2019:39 [ref. 37020], Hoschke et al. 2019:155 [ref. 36626], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:84 [ref. 36965], Zajonz et al. 2019:74 [ref. 36871], Wada et al. 2021:40 [ref. 38521], Fraser et al. 2022:196 [ref. 39752], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:57 [ref. 40689]). Current status: Valid as Ostorhinchus aureus (Lacepède 1802). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), Sydney (New South Wales, Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.

fleurieu, Ostorhinchus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:23, 24 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] Pacific. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:97 [ref. 12478]. Figured in Lacepède 1801: Pl. 32 (fig. 2) [ref. 2710] but with vernacular name. Neotype as BPBM 15921 was designated by Gon 1987:141 [ref. 6706]; Randall et al. 1990 [ref. 14259] did not accept the neotype designation as valid, but we find no reason to reject the neotype designation: it was done in a "critical study of the nominal species-group in question" and the specimen was adequately identified as the neotype ("data and description sufficient to ensure recognition of the specimen designated"). Gon & Randall 2003:14 [ref. 26750] disagree with this interpretation and now recognize both fleurieu and aureus as valid. •Valid as Apogon fleurieu (Lacepède 1802) -- (Dor 1984:112 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:30 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:156 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:151 [ref. 23922], Fraser et al. 1999:10 [ref. 24562], Allen 1999:2606 [ref. 24812], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:613 [ref. 25122], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:96 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:100 [ref. 25868], Allen & Adrim 2003:35 [ref. 26830], Gon & Randall 2003:14 [ref. 26750] dated 1801, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S106 [ref. 27377], Heemstra et al. 2004:3320 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:184 [ref. 28072], Allen et al. 2006:1088 [ref. 29004], Shibukawa 2009:105 [ref. 30449], Yoshida et al. 2013:106 [ref. 34464]). •Valid as Ostorhinchus fleurieu Lacepède 1802 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2012:392 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:74 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:200 [ref. 33426], Koh & Lim 2015:54 [ref. 39529], Psomadakis et al. 2015:210 [ref. 34104], Mabuchi et al. 2015:44 [ref. 34429], Fricke et al. 2018:172 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:77 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:38 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:134 [ref. 36673], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:85 [ref. 36965], Zajonz et al. 2019:74 [ref. 36871], Psomadakis et al. 2020:408 [ref. 37272], Fraser et al. 2022:198 [ref. 39752], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:60 [ref. 40689]). Current status: Valid as Ostorhinchus fleurieu Lacepède 1802. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Philippines and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Hong Kong (China) and Taiwan, south to Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.

roseipinnis, Apogon Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:490 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 3; ref. 4879] Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-8700. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:63 [ref. 12478]. •Synonym of Apogon aureus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Randall et al. 1990:42 [ref. 14259] [but see account of Ostorhinchus fleurieu]). •Synonym of Ostorhinchus aureus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Fraser et al. 2022:196 [ref. 39752]). Current status: Synonym of Ostorhinchus aureus (Lacepède 1802). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Habitat: marine.