Species that contain: Fowleria and variegata [ 5 ] records

nafae, Apogonichthys Snyder [J. O.] 1909:599 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 36 (no. 1688); ref. 4151] Naha, Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype (unique): USNM 62947. •Synonym of Fowleria variegata (Valenciennes 1832) -- (T. Fraser, pers. comm. 9/2000). Current status: Synonym of Fowleria variegata (Valenciennes 1832). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Habitat: marine.

polystigma, Apogonichthys Bleeker [P.] 1854:484 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 6 (no. 3); ref. 344] Wahai, northern Ceram; Priaman, western Sumatra, Indonesia. Syntypes: (2) RMNH 5611 (2 or 3 of 16). •Synonym of Fowleria variegata (Valenciennes 1832) -- (Gon & Randall 2003:37 [ref. 26750], Randall 2005:201 [ref. 28239]). •Valid as Fowleria polystigma (Bleeker 1854) -- (T. Fraser, pers. comm. 9/2000, Mabuchi et al. 2014:196 [ref. 33426]). Current status: Valid as Fowleria polystigma (Bleeker 1854). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: 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.

variegatus, Apogon Valenciennes [A.] 1832:55 [Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris) v. 1; ref. 17863] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: MNHN (lost). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:94 [ref. 12478]. •Valid as Fowleria variegata (Valenciennes 1832) -- (Dor 1984:118 [ref. 29757], Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:143 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:64 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:554 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:32 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:152 [ref. 15987], Allen 1993:16 [ref. 20779], Kuiter 1993:154 [ref. 23929], Goren & Dor 1994:32 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:165 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:100 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:152 [ref. 23922], Myers 1999:132 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:235 [ref. 24106], Allen 1999:2607 [ref. 24812], Johnson 1999:733 [ref. 25471], Nakabo 2000:755 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:614 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:32 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:755 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:36 [ref. 26830], Gon & Randall 2003:37 [ref. 26750], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S106 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:624 [ref. 27495], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:69 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:14 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3320 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:201 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1103 [ref. 29004], Shibukawa 2009:109 [ref. 30449], Gon & Bogorodsky 2010:28 [ref. 31049], Yoshida et al. 2010:54 [ref. 31255], Motomura et al. 2010:112 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:381 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:110 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:72 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:196 [ref. 33426], Mabuchi et al. 2015:40 [ref. 34429], Koeda et al. 2016:32 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:169 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:74 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:10 [ref. 36883], Eagderi et al. 2019:37 [ref. 37020], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:13 [ref. 36965], Fraser et al. 2022:175 [ref. 39752]). Current status: Valid as Fowleria variegata (Valenciennes 1832). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Persian Gulf, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Philippines, Tonga and Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

variegatus, Apogon Fourmanoir [P.] & Crosnier [A.] 1964:5, Fig. 2 [Cahiers O. R. S. T. O. M. (Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer) Série Océanographie No. 6 (1963); ref. 5568] Nosy Be [Nossi-Bé] Island, Madagascar. Syntypes: MNHN 1973-0042 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:64 [ref. 12478], Fricke et al. 2018:169 [ref. 35805]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Apogon variegatus Valenciennes 1832. •Synonym (and homonym) of Fowleria variegata (Valenciennes 1832) -- (Fricke et al. 2018:169 [ref. 35805]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Fowleria variegata (Valenciennes 1832). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Habitat: marine.