atripes, Chromis Fowler [H. W.] & Bean [B. A.] 1928:43, Pl. 2 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 100, v. 7; ref. 1475] Sablayan, Mindoro, Philippines. Holotype: USNM 89952. Paratypes: ANSP 85282 (3), USNM (55 lots, ca. 176 spec.). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:145 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Chromis atripes Fowler & Bean 1928 -- (Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:193 [ref. 6441], Randall 1988:56 [ref. 14252], Winterbottom et al. 1989:45 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:257 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:238 [ref. 19344], Allen 1997:168 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:257 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:177 [ref. 23965], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:923 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:108 [ref. 25868], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3342 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:923 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:123 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:355 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1448 [ref. 29090], Motomura et al. 2010:148 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:578 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:115 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:67 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2019:210 [ref. 36673], Wada et al. 2021:43 [ref. 38521], Parenti 2021:50 [ref. 38418]). •Valid as Pycnochromis atripes (Fowler & Bean 1928) -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis atripes (Fowler & Bean 1928). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Christmas Island and Indonesia east to Marshall Islands and Fiji, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.