atripectoralis, Chromis Welander [A. D.] & Schultz [L. P.] 1951:107, Fig. 1 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 41 (no. 3); ref. 12926] Channel reef, Eman Island, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, western Pacific. Holotype: USNM 112397. Paratypes: BMNH 1952.5.8.1-6 [ex USNM] (6); FMNH 44703 (orig. 20, now 14), 44704 (orig. 10, now 9), 44705 (2), 62624 (1); USNM (44 lots, 166). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:24 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Chromis atripectoralis Welander & Schultz 1951 -- (Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:192 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:104 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:45 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:257 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:238 [ref. 19344], Francis 1993:163 [ref. 25479], Allen 1997:166 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:258 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:257 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:177 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:370 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:928 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:318 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:108 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3342 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:928 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830] with authors as Schultz & Welander, Myers & Donaldson 2003:632 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:131 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:123 [ref. 27715], Heemstra et al. 2004:3324 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:354 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1447 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2009:78 [ref. 30213], Shibukawa 2009:204 [ref. 30449], Quéro et al. 2010:326 [ref. 30746], Allen & Erdmann 2012:577 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2018:263 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:209 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:50 [ref. 38418], Yusuf in Motomura et al. 2021:44 [ref. 38121], Allen 2022:132 [ref. 39911], Dewa et al. 2022:22 [ref. 40001], Allen & Erdmann 2024:599 [ref. 40796], Fricke et al. 2024:83 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Chromis atripectoralis Welander & Schultz 1951. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Seychelles, Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) and Maldives east to Tuamotu Archipelago and Gambier Islands (French Polynesia), north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Western Australia, Lord Howe Island (Australia), New Caledonia and Rapa (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.
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