dovii, Apogon Günther [A.] 1862:371 [2] [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1861 (pt 3); ref. 1968] Panama (Pacific). Syntypes: BMNH 1861.8.13.13 (1), ZMB 6796 (3). On p. 2 of separate. Named for Capt. Dow, but Günther used this name in this form many times; perhaps that is the name he wanted; incorrectly emended to dowii by some authors. •Valid as Apogon dovii Günther 1862 -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:122 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:98 [ref. 23101], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:54 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:348 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:336 [ref. 24555], Thomson et al. 2000:112 [ref. 25640], Fraser & Randall 2002:26 [ref. 25969], Nelson et al. 2004:138 [ref. 27807] dating 1861, McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:191 [ref. 30957] dated 1861, Page et al. 2013:142 [ref. 32708], Mabuchi et al. 2014:197 [ref. 33426], Fourriére et al. 2016:445 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:609 [ref. 34923], Piñeros et al. 2018:234 [ref. 36377], González-Murcia et al. 2019:301 [ref. 36544], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:29 [ref. 36965], Lea et al. 2022:111 [ref. 39165]). Current status: Valid as Apogon dovii Günther 1862. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: El Salvador south to northern Peru. Habitat: marine.