Species that contain: Nectamia and fusca [ 5 ] records

fuscus, Apogon Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1825:345 [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific. Neotype: MNHN 0000-8682. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:93 [ref. 12478]. Neotype designated by Fraser 2008:15, 22 [ref. 29471]. •Valid as Apogon fuscus Quoy & Gaimard 1825 -- (Randall et al. 1990:142 [ref. 15987], Allen 1993:16 [ref. 20779], Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:x [ref. 21953], Allen 1997:102 [ref. 23977], Fricke 1999:228 [ref. 24106], Allen 1999:2606 [ref. 24812], Johnson 1999:732 [ref. 25471], Nakabo 2000:764 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:613 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:214 [ref. 25191], Shinohara et al. 2000:178 [ref. 25987], Hutchins 2001:31 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:764 [ref. 26001], Myers & Donaldson 2003:623 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:71 [ref. 27576], Shibukawa 2009:105 [ref. 30449], Yoshida et al. 2010:45 [ref. 31255]). •Valid as Ostorhinchus fuscus (Quoy & Gaimard 1825) -- (Randall 2005:205 [ref. 28239]). •Valid as Nectamia fusca (Quoy & Gaimard 1825) -- (Fraser 2008:15 [ref. 29471] dated 1824, Allen & Erdmann 2012:385 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:73 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:202 [ref. 33426], Mabuchi et al. 2015:46 [ref. 34429], Yu et al. 2016:3 [ref. 34816], Fricke et al. 2018:170 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:75 [ref. 36273], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:172 [ref. 36965], Yoshida in Motomura et al. 2021:24 [ref. 38121], Fraser et al. 2022:218 [ref. 39752]). Current status: Valid as Nectamia fusca (Quoy & Gaimard 1825). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Comoros, Madagascar, Mascarenes, Maldives and Chagos Archipelago east to Line Islands (Kiribati) and Tuamotu Islands (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

guamensis, Apogon Valenciennes [A.] 1832:54 [Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris) v. 1; ref. 17863] Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-8767 (4). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:60 [ref. 12478]. •Valid as Apogon guamensis Valenciennes 1832 -- (Gon 1986:550 [ref. 5657], Paxton et al. 1989:548 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:142 [ref. 15987], Allen 1993:16 [ref. 20779], Goren & Dor 1994:30 [ref. 25356], Randall et al. 1997:142 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:126 [ref. 23965], Fraser et al. 1999:9 [ref. 24562], Allen 1999:2606 [ref. 24812], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:613 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:100 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:31 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:35 [ref. 26830], Gon & Randall 2003:15 [ref. 26750], Myers & Donaldson 2003:623 [ref. 27495], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:62 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:14 [ref. 27624], Allen et al. 2006:1089 [ref. 29004], Prokofiev 2006:5 [ref. 28960], Shibukawa 2009:105 [ref. 30449]). •Valid as Ostorhinchus guamensis (Valenciennes 1832) -- (Randall 2005:206 [ref. 28239], Fricke et al. 2014:74 [ref. 33932] with author as Lacepède 1802). •Synonym of Nectamia fusca (Quoy & Gaimard 1825) -- (Fraser 2008:15 [ref. 29471] dated 1824, Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:68 [ref. 35264], Golani & Fricke 2018:75 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Synonym of Nectamia fusca (Quoy & Gaimard 1825). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands, south to New Caledonia [if valid]. Habitat: marine.

nubilus, Apogon Garman [S.] 1903:229, Pl. 1 (fig. 1) [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 39 (no. 8); ref. 15030] Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji Islands. Holotype (unique): MCZ 28315. •Valid as Apogon nubilus Garman 1903 -- (Dor 1984:113 [ref. 29757], Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:146 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 2000:776 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:776 [ref. 26001]). •Synonym of Apogon guamensis Valenciennes 1832 -- (Gon 1986:550 [ref. 5657], Fraser et al. 1999:9 [ref. 24562], Gon & Randall 2003:16 [ref. 26750]). •Synonym of Ostorhinchus guamensis (Bleeker 1856) -- (Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:330 [ref. 28867]). •Synonym of Nectamia fusca (Quoy & Gaimard 1825) -- (Fraser 2008:15 [ref. 29471], Fricke et al. 2018:170 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:76 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Synonym of Nectamia fusca (Quoy & Gaimard 1825). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Habitat: marine.

ocellatus, Apogon Fourmanoir [P.] & Crosnier [A.] 1964:5, Fig. 3 [Cahiers O. R. S. T. O. M. (Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer) Série Océanographie No. 6 (1963); ref. 5568] Ambatoloaka, Nosy Be [Nossi-Bé], Madagascar. Syntypes: MNHN 1973-0040 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:62 [ref. 12478]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Apogon ocellatus Weber 1913 and secondarily by Amia ocellata von Bonde 1923 (when in Apogon). •Synonym of Apogon guamensis Valenciennes 1832 -- (Fraser et al. 1999:9 [ref. 24562]). •Synonym of Nectamia fusca (Quoy & Gaimard 1825) -- (Fraser 2008:15 [ref. 29471], Fraser et al. 2022:218 [ref. 39752]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Nectamia fusca (Quoy & Gaimard 1825). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Habitat: marine.

spongicolus, Ostorhynchus Smith [J. L. B.] 1965:529, Fig. 1 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 13) v. 7 (no. 81) (for 1964); ref. 9254] Coast of Eritrea, Red Sea. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 354. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 744-745 (1, 2). •Valid as Apogon spongicolus (Smith 1965) -- (Dor 1984:114 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:31 [ref. 25356]). •Synonym of Apogon guamensis Valenciennes 1832 -- (Fraser et al. 1999:9 [ref. 24562], Gon & Randall 2003:16 [ref. 26750]). •Synonym of Nectamia fusca (Quoy & Gairmard 1825) -- (Fraser 2008:15 [ref. 29471], Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:68 [ref. 35264], Golani & Fricke 2018:76 [ref. 36273], Fraser et al. 2022:218 [ref. 39752]). Current status: Synonym of Nectamia fusca (Quoy & Gaimard 1825). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Habitat: marine.