Species that contain: Siphamia and mossambica [ 2 ] records

mossambica, Siphamia Smith [J. L. B.] 1955:63, Pl. 1 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12) v. 8 (no. 85) (art. 7); ref. 12473] Bazaruto, 21°30'S, 35°31'E, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 345. Non-types: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 785 (1) not definitely included. •Valid as Siphamia mossambica Smith 1955 -- (Gon 1986:557 [ref. 5657], Fricke 1999:236 [ref. 24106], Fricke et al. 2009:53 [ref. 30213], Gon & Allen 2012:54 [ref. 31960], Mabuchi et al. 2014:201 [ref. 33426], Fraser & Prokofiev 2016:229 [ref. 34742], Fricke et al. 2018:174 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:11 [ref. 36883], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:148 [ref. 36965], Fraser et al. 2022:208 [ref. 39752]). Current status: Valid as Siphamia mossambica Smith 1955. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: South Africa, East Africa (Mozambique, Kenya) and Oman east to Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius). Habitat: marine.

nigra, Siphamia Fourmanoir [P.] & Crosnier [A.] 1964:7, Fig. 4 [Cahiers O. R. S. T. O. M. (Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer) Série Océanographie No. 6 (1963); ref. 5568] Small pools in Ambatoloaka, Nosy Be [Nossi-Bé], Madagascar. Syntypes: MNHN 1973-0043 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:66 [ref. 12478], Fricke et al. 2018:174 [ref. 35805]. •Synonym of Siphamia mossambica Smith 1955 -- (Gon & Allen 2012:54 [ref. 31960], Fricke et al. 2018:174 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Synonym of Siphamia mossambica Smith 1955. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Habitat: marine.