Species that contain: Fowleria and isostigma [ 2 ] records

isostigma, Apogonichthys Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:251, Fig. 45 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51736 (1 of 4). Paratypes: BPBM 5326 [ex USNM 51736] (1), CAS-SU 8687 (3), USNM 51736 (orig. 5, now 3 of 4). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:72 [ref. 12291]. For problems of types in 1912 see Kendall & Radcliffe 1912:105 [ref. 14961]. •Synonym of Fowleria punctulata (Rüppell 1838) -- (Randall et al. 1990:152 [ref. 15987]). •Valid as Fowleria isostigma (Jordan & Seale 1906) -- (Dor 1984:118 [ref. 29757], Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:143 [ref. 6441], Goren & Dor 1994:32 [ref. 25356], T. Fraser, pers. comm. 9/2000, Nakabo 2000:755 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:614 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:755 [ref. 26001], Lobel & Lobel 2004:71 [ref. 27576], Randall 2005:200 [ref. 28239], Gon & Bogorodsky 2010:28 [ref. 31049], Yoshida et al. 2010:53 [ref. 31255], Motomura et al. 2010:112 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:380 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:109 [ref. 32988], Larson et al. 2013:109 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:330 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:71 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:196 [ref. 33426], Mabuchi et al. 2015:40 [ref. 34429], Golani & Fricke 2018:74 [ref. 36273], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:13 [ref. 36965], Wada et al. 2021:40 [ref. 38521], Fraser et al. 2022:174 [ref. 39752], Allen & Erdmann 2024:405 [ref. 40796], Furuhashi et al. 2024:13 [ref. 41415]). Current status: Valid as Fowleria isostigma (Jordan & Seale 1906). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: west coast of India, Sri Lanka; Indonesia east to Rapa (French Polynesia), north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: brackish, marine.

punctulatus, Apogon Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1838:88, Pl. 22 (fig. 4) [Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3844] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Syntypes: SMF 1261 (1), 4685-86 (2). •Synonym of Fowleria aurita (Valenciennes 1831) -- (Dor 1984:118 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Fowleria punctulata (Rüppell 1838) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:554 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:152 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:106 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:357 [ref. 23967], Randall et al. 1997:152 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:132 [ref. 23965], Allen 1999:2607 [ref. 24812], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:614 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:32 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:36 [ref. 26830] as punculata, Myers & Donaldson 2003:624 [ref. 27495], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:68 [ref. 27510], Mabuchi et al. 2014:196 [ref. 33426]). •Possibly in the synonymy of Fowleria isostigma (Jordan & Seale 1906) -- (Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:13 [ref. 36965]). •Synonym of Fowleria variegata (Valenciennes 1832) -- (Gon & Randall 2003:37 [ref. 26750], Randall 2005:201 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1103 [ref. 29004], Gon & Bogorodsky 2010:33 [ref. 31049], Golani & Fricke 2018:74 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Synonym of Fowleria variegata (Valenciennes 1832). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Red Sea [if valid]. Habitat: marine.