rex, Abudefduf Snyder [J. O.] 1909:601 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 36 (no. 1688); ref. 4151] Naha, Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype: USNM 62949. Paratypes: CAS-SU 21135 (14), USNM 74535 (11). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:82 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Chrysiptera rex (Snyder 1909) -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:198 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:265 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:243 [ref. 19344], Kuiter 1993:241 [ref. 23929], Allen 1997:162 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:260 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:265 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:182 [ref. 23965], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:937 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:320 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:109 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:937 [ref. 26193], Allen & Bailey 2002:42 [ref. 26525], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Randall 2005:365 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1454 [ref. 29090], Motomura et al. 2010:152 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:594 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:118 [ref. 33932], Allen et al. 2015:18 [ref. 33797], Koeda et al. 2016:68 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:10 [ref. 35354], Parenti 2021:62 [ref. 38418], Allen & Erdmann 2024:647 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Chrysiptera rex (Snyder 1909). Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Vietnam, Malaysia and eastern Indonesia east to Philippines, north to Taiwan and Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Ashmore Reef (Western Australia). Habitat: marine.