caudalis, Chromis Randall [J. E.] 1988:76, Fig. 2 [Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria v. 49 (no. 1); ref. 14250] Alite Reef off Malaita, Solomon Islands, depth 150 feet. Holotype: BPBM 15613. Paratypes: BPBM 9376 (2), ?14329 (1), 15637 (1), 19242 (2), 30948 (2), 30950 (4), 31299 (2); USNM 223920-21 (2, 4); WAM P.26080-003 (1), P.26099-012 (1). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:29 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:31 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Chromis caudalis Randall 1988 -- (Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344], Allen 1997:168 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:177 [ref. 23965], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3342 [ref. 26132], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Allen et al. 2006:1448 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2008:207 [ref. 29960], Allen & Erdmann 2012:578 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2019:210 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:51 [ref. 38418]). •Valid as Pycnochromis caudalis (Randall 1988) -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis caudalis (Randall 1988). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Christmas Island and Indonesia east to Marshall, Phoenix and Line islands, north to Philippines, south to Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.