pembae, Chromis Smith [J. L. B.] 1960:323, Pl. 31 (fig. E) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 19; ref. 11949] Pemba Island, off Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 58. Paratypes: (3) SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 2336 (?3 of 4). •Valid as Chromis pembae Smith 1960 -- (Dor 1984:182 [ref. 29757], Winterbottom et al. 1989:46 [ref. 13251], Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Goren & Dor 1994:49 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:261 [ref. 22896], Anderson et al. 1998:25 [ref. 23611], Randall 2001:102 [ref. 25124], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S113 [ref. 27377], Randall 2005:354 [ref. 28239], Allen & Erdmann 2005:94 [ref. 28410], Allen & Erdmann 2009:129 [ref. 30466], Golani & Fricke 2018:114 [ref. 36273], Arango et al. 2019:13 [ref. 36621], Zajonz et al. 2019:86 [ref. 36871], Parenti 2021:56 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:138 [ref. 39911]). Current status: Valid as Chromis pembae Smith 1960. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: East Africa, Socotra (Yemen) and Seychelles east to Maldives and Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory). Habitat: marine.