Species that contain: Neoniphon and argenteus [ 4 ] records

achromopterus, Flammeo Fowler [H. W.] 1904:236, Fig. 6 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 56; ref. 1365] Samoa. Holotype (unique): ANSP 14141. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:113 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Neoniphon argenteus (Valenciennes 1831) -- (Kotlyar, pers. comm., 3/03). Current status: Synonym of Neoniphon argenteus (Valenciennes 1831). Holocentridae: Holocentrinae. Habitat: marine.

argenteum, Holocentrum Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:502 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] New Guinea. Lectotype: MNHN A-2638. Paralectotypes: MNHN A-2531 (1), A-2639 (2). Type catalog: Klausewitz & Bauchot 1967:124-125, Fig. 3 on p. 123 [ref. 20909], Bauchot 1970:13-14 [ref. 20740]. Lectotype selected by Klausewitz & Bauchot 1967:124 [ref. 20909]. Original genus should have been spelled Holocentrus. •Valid as Flammeo argenteus (Valenciennes 1831) -- (Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:112 [ref. 6441]). •Valid as Neoniphon argenteus (Valenciennes 1831) -- (Randall & Heemstra 1985:3 [ref. 5144], Randall & Heemstra 1986:416 [ref. 5707], Paxton et al. 1989:378 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:17 [ref. 13251], Kotlyar 1996:82 [ref. 23292], Allen 1997:68 [ref. 23977], Kotlyar 1998:204 [ref. 24674], Myers 1999:83 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:131 [ref. 24106], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2235 [ref. 24790], Nakabo 2000:492 [ref. 25086], Randall & Earle 2000:9 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:25 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:492 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:27 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:616 [ref. 27495], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:30 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:9 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:92 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:780 [ref. 29066], Fricke et al. 2011:373 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:172 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:42 [ref. 33932], Copus et al. 2015:2 [ref. 33666], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Eguchi & Motomura 2016:82 [ref. 34690], Fricke et al. 2019:83 [ref. 36673], Randall & Heemstra 2022:390 [ref. 39719], Allen & Erdmann 2024:189 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Neoniphon argenteus (Valenciennes 1831). Holocentridae: Holocentrinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles) and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, New Caledonia, Tonga, and Rapa (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.

laeve, Holocentrum Günther [A.] 1859:47 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 1; ref. 1961] Louisiade Archipelago, western Pacific; Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, western Pacific; Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (3) BMNH 1850.7.21.79 (1, stuffed), 1855.11.7.46 (1, stuffed), 1858.4.21.? (1) Ambon. Also listed was Plate VI. fig. B, but on preface p. vi it is stated, "The Plates referred to, and executed by Mr. Ford, will be published as a separate volume." •Synonym of Neoniphon argenteus (Valenciennes 1831) -- (Randall & Heemstra 1985:3 [ref. 5144], Fricke et al. 2019:83 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Synonym of Neoniphon argenteus (Valenciennes 1831). Holocentridae: Holocentrinae. Habitat: marine.

stercusmuscarum, Holocentrum Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:503 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-2637. Type catalog: Klausewitz & Bauchot 1967:125, Fig. 4 on p. 123 [ref. 20909], Bauchot 1970:18-19 [ref. 20740]. Originally as stercus muscarum. •Synonym of Neoniphon argenteus (Valenciennes 1831) -- (Randall & Heemstra 1985:3 [ref. 5144]). Current status: Synonym of Neoniphon argenteus (Valenciennes 1831). Holocentridae: Holocentrinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific from the African coast to Tuamotu (Gambier Island) [if valid]. Habitat: marine.