aruanus, Chaetodon Linnaeus [C.] 1758:275 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] "Habitat in Indiis" [Aru Islands, Molucca Islands, Indonesia]. No types known. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:378 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. •Valid as Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Dor 1984:183 [ref. 29757], Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:191 [ref. 6441], Allen 1986:677 [ref. 5631], Allen & Swainston 1988:104 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:47 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:267 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:243 [ref. 19344], Kuiter 1993:241 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:163 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:50 [ref. 25356], Allen 1997:166 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:262 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:267 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:179 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:378 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:741 [ref. 25471], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:930 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:321 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:16 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:109 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3354 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:930 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:46 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S113 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:632 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:134 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:73 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3324 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:367 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:429 [ref. 28379], Fricke et al. 2009:80 [ref. 30213], Shibukawa 2009:208 [ref. 30449], Motomura et al. 2010:153 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:29 [ref. 39915], Allen & Erdmann 2012:596 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:264 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:118 [ref. 33932], Borsa et al. 2014:709 [ref. 34706], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Koeda et al. 2016:69 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:10 [ref. 35354], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:135 [ref. 40104], Fricke et al. 2019:215 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:63 [ref. 38418], Parmentier et al. 2021:967 [ref. 40700], Allen 2022:143 [ref. 39911], Noushad K. et al. 2024:45 [ref. 40947]). Current status: Valid as Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus 1758). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to Wake Atoll, Marquesas Islands and Gambier Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Lord Howe Island (Australia), New Caledonia and Rapa (French Polynesia). Red Sea and Indian Ocean records are based on Dascyllus abudafur (Fabricius 1775). Habitat: marine.
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