nigricans, Holocentrus Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1802:332, 367 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] No locality stated [probably Mauritius, southwestern Indian Ocean]. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:49 [ref. 20740], Bauchot et al. 1978:34 [ref. 20862]. Based on description in manuscript by Commerson (Philibert Commerson, 1727-1773, French explorer and naturalist). •Valid as Pomacentrus nigricans (Lacepède 1802) -- (Brüss 1973:34 [ref. 41498]). •Valid as Stegastes nigricans (Lacepède 1802) -- (Dor 1984:188 [ref. 29757], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:194 [ref. 6441], Allen & Emery 1985:22 [ref. 5236], Allen 1986:682 [ref. 5631], Allen & Swainston 1988:106 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:49 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:284 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:253 [ref. 19344], Goren & Dor 1994:51 [ref. 25356], Allen 1997:170 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:284 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:187 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:388 [ref. 24106], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:627 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:950 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:327 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:267 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:38 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3345 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:950 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:47 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S114 [ref. 27377], dated 1803. Lobel & Lobel 2004:73 [ref. 27576] dated 1803, Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:143 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:21 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3325 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:385 [ref. 28239], Randall 2005:386 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1470 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2009:82 [ref. 30213], Caratini & Soriano 2011:40 [ref. 39915] as nigrican, Allen & Erdmann 2012:629 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:265 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:125 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:72 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:12 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2018:275 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:117 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:27 [ref. 36883], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:138 [ref. 40104], Fricke et al. 2019:222 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:84 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:163 [ref. 39911], Allen & Erdmann 2024:621 [ref. 40796], Fricke et al. 2024:85 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Stegastes nigricans (Lacepède 1802). Pomacentridae: Microspathodontinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Mozambique Channel, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Wake Atoll and Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.