reticulatus, Heliases Richardson [J.] 1846:254 [Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]; ref. 3742] China Seas. Holotype (unique): BMNH. •Valid as Dascyllus reticulatus (Richardson 1846) -- (Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:191 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:104 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:268 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:244 [ref. 19344], Francis 1993:163 [ref. 25479], Allen 1997:166 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:264 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:268 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:179 [ref. 23965], Randall 1999:20 [ref. 25829], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:930 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:321 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:195 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:109 [ref. 25868], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:930 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:46 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:135 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:123 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:369 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1456 [ref. 29090], Motomura et al. 2010:153 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:597 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:119 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:69 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2019:215 [ref. 36673], Arshad in Motomura et al. 2021:45 [ref. 38121], Parenti 2021:64 [ref. 38418], Allen & Erdmann 2024:607 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Dascyllus reticulatus (Richardson 1846). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Christmas Islands and Cocos-Keeling Islands (eastern Indian Ocean), Malaysia and Indonesia east to Marshall Islands and Samoa, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. IUCN (2022): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.