chrysurus, Heliastes Bliss [R.] 1883:56 [Transactions of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Mauritius (N. S.) v. 13; ref. 16966] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MCZ 6094. Original genus should have been Heliases. •Valid as Chromis chrysura (Bliss 1883) -- (Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:192 [ref. 6441] as chrysurus, Randall et al. 1990:257 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344], Kuiter 1993:236 [ref. 23929], Allen 1997:168 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:257 [ref. 25919], Fricke 1999:370 [ref. 24106], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:927 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:318 [ref. 25191], Allen 2001:3342 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:927 [ref. 26193], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3324 [ref. 27945], Allen et al. 2006:1448 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2009:78 [ref. 30213], Quéro et al. 2010:326 [ref. 30746], Motomura et al. 2010:149 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:28 [ref. 39915], Koeda et al. 2016:10 [ref. 35354], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:134 [ref. 40104], Durville et al. 2021:313 [ref. 38802], Parenti 2021:51 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:133 [ref. 39911]). Current status: Valid as Chromis chrysura (Bliss 1883). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues); Taiwan to southern Japan; New South Wales (Australia) and New Caledonia east to Fiji and Tonga. Habitat: marine.