Species that contain: Cercamia and eremia [ 2 ] records

eremia, Rhabdamia Allen [G. R.] 1987:4, Fig. 2 [Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria v. 48 (no. 1); ref. 13387] South Muiron Island, Western Australia, eastern Indian Ocean, 21°42'S, 114°20'E, depth 8 meters. Holotype: WAM P.25815-020. Paratypes: WAM P.25793-003 (6), P.26071-013 (1), P.26085-015 (1), P.26092-023 (2), P.27459-006 (1), P.27581-001 (1), P.28024-009 (1). Not BPBM (3 lots) and AMS. Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:24 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:26 [ref. 30117]. Junior synonym of Apogonoides macassariensis Bleeker 1849, which is unused and thus declared is a nomen oblitum, while Rhabdamia eremia Allen 1987 is a nomen protectum due to prevailing usage (Fraser & Bogorodsky 2019:579 [ref. 36628]). •Valid as Rhabdamia eremia Allen 1987 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:556 [ref. 12442], Allen 2000:88 [ref. 37268]). •Valid as Cercamia eremia (Allen 1987) -- (Hayashi 1991:36 [ref. 34689], Randall et al. 1997:509 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:131 [ref. 23965], Allen 1999:2607 [ref. 24812], Nakabo 2000:750 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:614 [ref. 25122], Shinohara et al. 2000:178 [ref. 25987], Hutchins 2001:32 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:750 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:36 [ref. 26830], Gon & Randall 2003:30 [ref. 26750], Myers & Donaldson 2003:624 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:14 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3320 [ref. 27945], Allen et al. 2006:1099 [ref. 29004], Yoshida et al. 2011:122 [ref. 32402], Allen & Erdmann 2012:375 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:109 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:69 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:199 [ref. 33426], Allen et al. 2015:64 [ref. 33753], Golani & Fricke 2018:73 [ref. 36273], Fraser & Bogorodsky 2019:579 [ref. 36628], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:73 [ref. 36965], Fraser et al. 2021:373 [ref. 38633], Fraser et al. 2022:188 [ref. 39752]). Nomen Protectum. Current status: Valid as Cercamia eremia (Allen 1987). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, eastern Mascarenes (Mauritius, Rodrigues), Chagos Archipelago, Christmas Island (Australia) and Indonesia east to Tonga, Wallis and Futuna, north to southern Japan, south to northern Western Australia and Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.

macassariensis, Apogonoides Bleeker [P.] 1849:71 [Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia (Singapore) v. 3 (no. 1); ref. 316] Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia. No types known. Senior synonym of Rhabdamia eremia Allen 1987, which is in prevailing usage and thus declared a nomen protectum, while Apogonoides macassariensis Bleeker 1849 is a nomen oblitum (Fraser & Bogorodsky 2019:579 [ref. 36628]). •Status uncertain, no types known -- (Fraser & Struhsaker 1991:719 [ref. 19768]). •In the synonymy of Cercamia eremia (Allen 1987) -- (Fraser & Bogorodsky 2019:579 [ref. 36628]). Nomen Oblitum. Current status: Synonym of Cercamia eremia (Allen 1987). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Habitat: marine.