xanthurus, Heliases Bleeker [P.] 1854:107 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 6 (no. 1); ref. 16924] Banda Neira, Banda Islands, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH.PISC 6510. •Valid as Chromis xanthura (Bleeker 1854) -- (Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:193 [ref. 6441] as xanthurus, Randall et al. 1990:262 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:241 [ref. 19344], Allen 1997:168 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:262 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:179 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:374 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:19 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122] as xanthurus, Nakabo 2000:929 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:320 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:16 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:109 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:929 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:632 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:123 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:362 [ref. 28239], Fricke et al. 2009:79 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:150 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:587 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:117 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Motomura et al. 2017:[9] [ref. 35661], Allen 2018:20 [ref. 35994], Fricke et al. 2019:212 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:58 [ref. 38418], Allen & Erdmann 2024:605 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Chromis xanthura (Bleeker 1854). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Réunion (Mascarenes), Christmas and Cocos-Keeling islands (Australia) east to Pitcairn Group, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. IUCN (2022): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.