kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Chordata >
subphylum: Vertebrata >
infraphylum: Gnathostomata >
parvphylum: Osteichthyes >
class: Actinopterygii >
order: Perciformes >
family: Apogonidae >
genus: Ostorhinchus >
Western Indian Ocean: at present, known only from the Gulf of Aqaba and the Gulf of Suez.
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