Species that contain: Apogon and coccineus [ 3 ] records

campbelli, Apogon Smith [J. L. B.] 1949:100 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12) v. 2 (no. 14) (art. 13); ref. 4077] Reefs off Delagoa Bay, Mozambique, southwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 348 (primary specimen), SAIAB [formerly RUSI] (not researched); USNM 112207 (1). •Synonym of Apogon coccineus Rüppell 1838 -- (Gon 1986:549 [ref. 5657]). •See Greenfield 2001:461 [ref. 25234]. •Valid as Apogon campbelli Smith 1949 -- (Fraser & Randall 2002:26 [ref. 25969], Gon & Randall 2003:8 [ref. 26750], Heemstra et al. 2004:3320 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:186 [ref. 28072], Greenfield & Randall 2004:564 [ref. 28162], Greenfield 2007:364 [ref. 29402], Yoshida et al. 2010:33 [ref. 31255], Mabuchi et al. 2014:197 [ref. 33426], Golani & Fricke 2018:71 [ref. 36273], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:36 [ref. 36965], Fraser et al. 2022:177 [ref. 39752]). Current status: Valid as Apogon campbelli Smith 1949. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa. Habitat: marine.

coccineus, Apogon Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1838:88, Pl. 22 (fig. 5) [Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3844] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Lectotype: SMF 973. Paralectotypes: SMF 4704-06 (3, poor condition). Lectotype established by Dor 1984:110 [ref. 29757] if not designated earlier. •See Johnson 2001:732 [ref. 25471]. •Valid as Apogon coccineus Rüppell 1838 -- (Dor 1984:110 [ref. 29757], Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:145 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:68 [ref. 25477], Pequeño 1989:60 [ref. 14125], Gon 1986:549 [ref. 5657], Paxton et al. 1989:546 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:29 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:139 [ref. 15987], Allen 1993:16 [ref. 20779], Kuiter 1993:161 [ref. 23929], Goren & Dor 1994:30 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:154 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:104 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:150 [ref. 23922], Myers 1999:125 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:226 [ref. 24106], Allen 1999:2605 [ref. 24812], Nakabo 2000:764 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:613 [ref. 25122], Greenfield 2001:460 [ref. 25234], Fraser & Randall 2002:26 [ref. 25969], Nakabo 2002:764 [ref. 26001], Gon & Randall 2003:9 [ref. 26750], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S105 [ref. 27377], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:61 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:71 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:13 [ref. 27624] as cf. coccineus, Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:186 [ref. 28072], Greenfield & Randall 2004:563 [ref. 28162], Randall 2005:193 [ref. 28239], Yoshida et al. 2010:33 [ref. 31255], Motomura et al. 2010:108 [ref. 31256], Mabuchi et al. 2014:197 [ref. 33426], Golani & Fricke 2018:71 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:35 [ref. 37020], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:35 [ref. 36965], Zajonz et al. 2019:73 [ref. 36871], Fraser et al. 2022:177 [ref. 39752], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:49 [ref. 40689]). Current status: Valid as Apogon coccineus Rüppell 1838. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden east to Gulf of Oman and Pakistan, including Socotra (Yemen) and Persian Gulf. Habitat: marine.

erythrinus, Apogon Snyder [J. O.] 1904:526, Pl. 9 (fig. 17) [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 [1902]; ref. 4149] Puako Bay, Hawaii Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: USNM 50876. Paratypes: CAS-SU 7733-74 (1, 2); USNM 55316 (1), 55321 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:71 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Apogon coccineus Rüppell 1838 -- (Dor 1984:110 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Apogon erythrinus Snyder 1904 -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:145 [ref. 6441], Winterbottom et al. 1989:29 [ref. 13251], Randall 1998:32 [ref. 23433], Myers 1999:125 [ref. 23965], Johnson 1999:732 [ref. 25471] as cf erythrinus, Nakabo 2000:764 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:613 [ref. 25122], Greenfield 2001:462 [ref. 25234], Fraser & Randall 2002:26 [ref. 25969], Nakabo 2002:764 [ref. 26001], Greenfield & Randall 2004:563 [ref. 28162], Randall 2005:194 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:354 [ref. 28379], Greenfield 2007:364 [ref. 29402], Randall 2007:213 [ref. 30952], Yoshida et al. 2010:38 [ref. 31255], Mabuchi et al. 2014:197 [ref. 33426], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:37 [ref. 36965]). Current status: Valid as Apogon erythrinus Snyder 1904. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Central Pacific: Johnston Atoll and Hawaiian Islands. Habitat: marine.