Species that contain: Ostorhinchus and taeniophorus [ 3 ] records

saipanensis, Lovamia Fowler [H. W.] 1945:63, Figs. 5-6 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 97; ref. 13142] Saipan Island, western Pacific. Holotype: ANSP 71588. Paratypes: ANSP 71589-92 (4). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:21 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Apogon taeniophorus Regan 1908 -- (Randall & Lachner 1986:115 [ref. 9722], Myers & Donaldson 2003:624 [ref. 27495]). •Synonym of Ostorhinchus taeniophorus (Regan 1908). Current status: Synonym of Ostorhinchus taeniophorus (Regan 1908). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Habitat: marine.

stevensi, Amia fasciata McCulloch [A. R.] 1915:118, Pl. 16 (fig. 2) [Biological Results Endeavour v. 3 (pt 3); ref. 2941] Vanuatu; Suva, Fiji Islands. Syntypes: AMS I.13461 (1), I.4247 (1), 13471-80 (2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 18). •Synonym of Apogon taeniophorus Regan 1908 -- (Randall & Lachner 1986:115 [ref. 9722], Paxton et al. 1989:550 [ref. 12442], Allen et al. 2006:1095 [ref. 29004]). •Synonym of Ostorhinchus taeniophorus (Regan 1908) based on generic placement of taeniophorus. Current status: Synonym of Ostorhinchus taeniophorus (Regan 1908). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Habitat: marine.

taeniophorus, Apogon Regan [C. T.] 1908:226 [The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Second Series. Zoology v. 12 (pt 3); ref. 3634] Maldives, western Indian Ocean. Syntypes: BMNH 1908.3.23.90-92 (3). •Valid as Apogon taeniophorus Regan 1908 -- (Gon 1986:553 [ref. 5657], Randall & Lachner 1986:110 [ref. 9722], Allen & Swainston 1988:66 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:550 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:30 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:146 [ref. 15987], Allen 1993:16 [ref. 20779], Kuiter 1993:159 [ref. 23929], Matsuura & Tachikawa 1994:134 [ref. 21905], Goren & Dor 1994:31 [ref. 25356], Allen 1997:102 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:142 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:146 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:128 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:230 [ref. 24106], Allen 1999:2606 [ref. 24812], Randall 1999:14 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:87 [ref. 37268], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:614 [ref. 25122], Randall & Earle 2000:12 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:101 [ref. 25868], Randall 2001:61 [ref. 25215], Hutchins 2001:32 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:36 [ref. 26830], Fraser & Randall 2003:5 [ref. 26789], Myers & Donaldson 2003:624 [ref. 27495] dated 1905, Lobel & Lobel 2004:71 [ref. 27576] with date as 1905, Randall et al. 2004:14 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3320 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:183, 185 [ref. 28072], Allen et al. 2006:1095 [ref. 29004], Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:68 [ref. 35264], Yoshida et al. 2010:46 [ref. 31255], Yoshida et al. 2010:47 [ref. 31255] as cf taeniophorus, Motomura et al. 2010:109 [ref. 31256], Motomura et al. 2010:110 [ref. 31256] as cf taeniophoris, Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:68 [ref. 35264]). •Valid as Ostorhinchus taeniophorus (Regan 1908) -- (Randall 2005:210 [ref. 28239], Fricke et al. 2009:53 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:404 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:258 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:113 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:76 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:201 [ref. 33426], Mabuchi et al. 2015:44 [ref. 34429], Koeda et al. 2016:34 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:172 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:11 [ref. 36883], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:115 [ref. 36965], Fraser et al. 2022:202 [ref. 39752], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:155 [ref. 41223], Allen & Erdmann 2024:429 [ref. 40796], Fricke et al. 2024:65 [ref. 41255], Luo et al. 2024:9 [ref. 41630]). Current status: Valid as Ostorhinchus taeniophorus (Regan 1908). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Kiribati (Line Islands) and Pitcairn Group, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia), New Caledonia and Rapa (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.