octospina, Neamia Smith [H. M.] & Radcliffe [L.] in Radcliffe 1912:441, Pl. 36 (fig. 2) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 41 (no. 1868); ref. 3576] Rasa Island, Mantaguin Bay, Palawan [Southeast of Panakan, Narra Municipality, Palawan, Philippines, Sulu Sea, western Pacific]. Holotype (unique): USNM 70251. •Valid as Neamia octospina Smith & Radcliffe 1912 -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:144 [ref. 6441], Gon 1986:556 [ref. 5657], Paxton et al. 1989:555 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:32 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:152 [ref. 15987], Allen 1993:16 [ref. 20779], Goren & Dor 1994:32 [ref. 25356], Allen 1997:106 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:152 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:132 [ref. 23965], Allen 1999:2607 [ref. 24812], Nakabo 2000:756 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:614 [ref. 25122], Fraser & Allen 2001:163 [ref. 25214], Hutchins 2001:32 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:756 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:36 [ref. 26830], Gon & Randall 2003:38 [ref. 26750], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S106 [ref. 27377], Randall 2005:201 [ref. 28239], Fraser & Allen 2006:4 [ref. 28906], Allen et al. 2006:1105 [ref. 29004], Fraser 2010:153 [ref. 30912], Yoshida et al. 2010:54 [ref. 31255], Motomura et al. 2010:112 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:384 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:72 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:196 [ref. 33426], Mabuchi et al. 2015:40 [ref. 34429], Golani & Fricke 2018:75 [ref. 36273], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:16 [ref. 36965], Fraser et al. 2022:176 [ref. 39752], Onishi & Yoshida 2024:62 [ref. 40825]). Current status: Valid as Neamia octospina Smith & Radcliffe 1912. Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Tanzania, Mozambique), Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Saint Brandon's Shoals (Cargados Carajos) and Chagos Archipelago east to New Guinea, north to Wakayama Prefecture (Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.