leucurus, Chromis Gilbert [C. H.] 1905:620, Pl. 77 (fig. 2) [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]; ref. 1631] Avau Channel, between Maui Island and Lanai Island, Hawaiian Islands, Albatross station 3875, depth 34-65 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 51587. Paratypes: CAS-SU 8623 (1), USNM 51660 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:82 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Chromis leucura Gilbert 1905 -- (Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:193 [ref. 6441] as leucurus, Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Fricke 1999:372 [ref. 24106], Randall 2001:96 [ref. 25124], Nakabo 2000:927 [ref. 25182], Randall & Earle 2000:16 [ref. 25806], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:927 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830] dated 1903, Myers & Donaldson 2003:632 [ref. 27495], Heemstra et al. 2004:3324 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:359 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:426 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:305 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:78 [ref. 30213], Quéro et al. 2010:326 [ref. 30746], Motomura et al. 2010:149 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:582 [ref. 31980], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Fricke et al. 2018:264 [ref. 35805], Tea et al. 2020:3 [ref. 37258], Parenti 2021:54 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:136 [ref. 39911]). •Valid as Pycnochromis leucurus (Gilbert 1905) -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308], Abe et al. 2024:7 [ref. 41435], Allen & Erdmann 2024:611 [ref. 40796], Galbraith et al. 2024:7 [ref. 40930] as leucura). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis leucurus (Gilbert 1905). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), Marquesas Islands and Gambier Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.