vaigiensis, Glyphisodon Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1825:391 [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Pulau Waigeo, Papua Barat, Indonesia, western Pacific. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-5317. Paralectotypes: MNHN 0000-5317 (4). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:15 [ref. 20862]. Lectotype designated by Wibowo et al. 2017:[1] [ref. 35515]. •Synonym of Abudefduf saxatilis (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Lloris & Rucabado 1990:843 [ref. 15959], Goren & Galil 1998:57 [ref. 23546]). •Valid as Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1825) -- (Dor 1984:179 [ref. 29757], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:196 [ref. 6441], Allen 1986:672 [ref. 5631], Allen & Swainston 1988:102 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:45 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:249 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:235 [ref. 19344], Kuiter 1993:234 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:163 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:49 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:259 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:466 [ref. 27969], Lee & Kim 1996:32 [ref. 25726], Allen 1997:160 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:196 [ref. 23922], Takahashi et al. 1997:45 [ref. 24971], Kuiter 1997:252 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:249 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:180 [ref. 23965], Francis et al. 1999:576 [ref. 24249], Randall & Earle 1999:339 [ref. 24306], Johnson 1999:740 [ref. 25471], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:935 [ref. 25182], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:190 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:107 [ref. 25868], Shinohara et al. 2000:180 [ref. 25987], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:103 [ref. 26368], Sakai et al. 2001:102 [ref. 25693], Shimizu 2001:33 [ref. 25799], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3342 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:935 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:363, 632 [ref. 26218], Goren & Aronov 2002:239 [ref. 26560], Allen & Adrim 2003:44 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S113 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:632 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:127 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:73 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:19 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:122 [ref. 27715], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:329 [ref. 28072], Golani 2005:49 [ref. 37112], Randall 2005:347 [ref. 28239], Randall 2005:348 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:425 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1441 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2009:77 [ref. 30213], Randall 2007:310 [ref. 30952], Fricke 2008:47 [ref. 30182], Ghanbarifardi & Malek 2009:[4] 498 [ref. 37937], Shibukawa 2009:201 [ref. 30449], Motomura et al. 2010:146 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:72 [ref. 39915], Allen & Erdmann 2012:564 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:263 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:169 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:173 [ref. 34464], Fricke et al. 2014:112 [ref. 33932], Psomadakis et al. 2015:297 [ref. 34104], Stewart et al. 2015:1410 [ref. 34288], Koeda et al. 2016:65 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:10 [ref. 35354], Kwun et al. 2017:142 [ref. 37287], Motomura et al. 2017:172 [ref. 35490], Wibowo et al. 2017:[9] [ref. 35515], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[21] 259 [ref. 36492], Fricke et al. 2018:261 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:113 [ref. 36273], Wibowo et al. 2018:[2] [ref. 35945], Arndt & Fricke 2019:26 [ref. 36883], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:141 [ref. 40104], Eagderi et al. 2019:95 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:205 [ref. 36673], Hoschke et al. 2019:157 [ref. 36626], Zajonz et al. 2019:86 [ref. 36871], Bariche & Fricke 2020:136 [ref. 37515], Dragičević et al. 2020:7 [ref. 38042], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 23 [ref. 38321], Kim et al. 2020:147 [ref. 39118], Lobel et al. 2020:3 [ref. 37334], Psomadakis et al. 2020:521 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:80 [ref. 37637], Golani 2021:66 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:74 [ref. 39014], Wibowo in Motomura et al. 2021:41 [ref. 38121], Parenti 2021:42 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:124 [ref. 39911], Dewa et al. 2022:22 [ref. 40001], Farhana-Azmi et al. 2022:9 [ref. 40448], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:235 [ref. 41223], Allen & Erdmann 2024:616 [ref. 40796], Fricke et al. 2024:83 [ref. 41255], Noushad K. et al. 2024:45 [ref. 40947]). Current status: Valid as Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1825). Pomacentridae: Glyphisodontinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion) east to Samoa and Tonga, north to southern Korea and central Japan, south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), Mallacoota (Victoria, Australia), and northern New Zealand; Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant); Hawaiian Islands introduction. Hybridizes at Johnston Atoll with A. abdominalis (Quoy & Gaimard 1825). Habitat: marine.