Species that contain: Apogon and novemfasciatus [ 3 ] records

fasciatus, Apogon Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1825:344 [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-0853. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:59 [ref. 12478]. Subjectively invalid; secondarily preoccupied in Apogon by Mullus fasciatus White 1790. •Synonym of Apogon novemfasciatus Cuvier 1828 -- (T. Fraser, pers. comm. 9/2000). •Synonym of Ostorhinchus novemfasciatus (Cuvier 1828). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Ostorhinchus novemfasciatus (Cuvier 1828). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Habitat: marine.

novemfasciatus, Apogon Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828:154 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 2; ref. 997] Timor; Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific. Syntypes: ?AMS I.7382 (1) Samoa; MNHN 0000-0853 (1) Guam, 0000-5646 (1) Timor; SMF 1264 [ex MNHN in 1830] (1) Timor. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:62 [ref. 12478]. •Valid as Apogon novemfasciatus Cuvier 1828 -- (Yu & Chung 1975:4 [ref. 41103], Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:147 [ref. 6441], Randall & Lachner 1986:110 [ref. 9722], Paxton et al. 1989:549 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:145 [ref. 15987], Allen 1993:16 [ref. 20779], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:281 [ref. 24014], Allen 1997:108 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:144 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:145 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:128 [ref. 23965], Allen 1999:2606 [ref. 24812], Allen 2000:87 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:771 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:613 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:214 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:31 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:771 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:35 [ref. 26830], Fraser & Randall 2003:5 [ref. 26789], Myers & Donaldson 2003:623 [ref. 27495], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:28 [ref. 27712], Randall et al. 2004:14 [ref. 27624] Allen et al. 2006:1092 [ref. 29004], Yoshida et al. 2010:41 [ref. 31255], Motomura et al. 2010:109 [ref. 31256]). •Valid as Ostorhinchus novemfasciatus (Cuvier 1828) -- (Randall 2005:208 [ref. 28239], Allen & Erdmann 2012:400 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:75 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2015:44 [ref. 34429], Koeda et al. 2016:33 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2019:136 [ref. 36673], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:120 [ref. 36965], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 14 [ref. 38321] misidentified, Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:155 [ref. 41223], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:62 [ref. 40689], Abe et al. 2024:7 [ref. 41435], Allen & Erdmann 2024:425 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Ostorhinchus novemfasciatus (Cuvier 1828). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Cocos-Keeling and Christmas islands and Indonesia east to Line Islands and Samoa, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan) and Ogasawara Islands, south to off northern Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

schlegeli, Apogon Bleeker [P.] 1855:55 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 26 (art. 4); ref. 357] Japan. No types known. Based on Apogon novemfasciatus of Temminck & Schlegel 1843, Pl. 2 (fig. 2). •Valid as Ostorhinchus schlegeli (Bleeker 1855) -- (Allen & Erdmann 2012:403 [ref. 31980], Mabuchi et al. 2014:200 [ref. 33426], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:112 [ref. 36965], Allen & Erdmann 2024:428 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Ostorhinchus schlegeli (Bleeker 1855). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Nusa Penida (Indonesia), China and Japan. Habitat: marine.