nigrurus, Chromis Smith [J. L. B.] 1960:325, Pl. 29 (fig. I); Fig. 3 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 19; ref. 11949] Inhaca, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 295. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 713-722 (2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 6). •Valid as Chromis nigrura Smith 1960 -- (Dor 1984:182 [ref. 29757], Allen 1986:675 [ref. 5631], Winterbottom et al. 1989:46 [ref. 13251], Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Goren & Dor 1994:49 [ref. 25356], Myers 1999:178 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:372 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Heemstra et al. 2004:3324 [ref. 27945], Fricke et al. 2009:78 [ref. 30213], Quéro et al. 2010:326 [ref. 30746], Allen & Erdmann 2012:583 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:264 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2018:264 [ref. 35805], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:134 [ref. 40104], Zajonz et al. 2019:85 [ref. 36871] as cf. nigrura, Parenti 2021:55 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:136 [ref. 39911]). •Valid as Pycnochromis nigrurus (Smith 1960) -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308], Allen & Erdmann 2024:612 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis nigrurus (Smith 1960). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Mozambique Strait, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to western Sumatra (Indonesia). Habitat: marine.