taeniurus, Pomacentrus Bleeker [P.] 1856:51 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 1; ref. 311] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Bleeker specimens: BMNH 1862.2.28.110 (1). Parenti 2021:69 [ref. 38418] treats Glyphidodon fallax as valid and a senior synonym of taeniurus, but taeniurus here retained due to prevailing usage. •Mention -- (Dor 1984:187 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Pomacentrus taeniurus Bleeker 1856 -- (Goren & Dor 1994:51 [ref. 25356]). •Synonym of Neopomacentrus fallax (Peters 1855) -- (Parenti 2021:69 [ref. 38418]). •Valid as Neopomacentrus taeniurus (Bleeker 1856) -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:195 [ref. 6441], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:543 [ref. 25598], Allen 1991:247 [ref. 19344], Allen 1991:143 [ref. 21090], Kottelat et al. 1993:123 [ref. 23448], Senou et al. 1994:4 [ref. 24348], Myers 1999:183 [ref. 23965], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:627 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:943 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:323 [ref. 25191], Sakai et al. 2001:102 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen et al. 2002:350 [ref. 25930], Jenkins & Allen 2002:382 [ref. 25999], Allen 2001:3344 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:943 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:46 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S113 [ref. 27377], Allen et al. 2006:1460 [ref. 29090], Motomura et al. 2010:154 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:608 [ref. 31980], Kottelat 2013:378 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:120 [ref. 33932], Allen et al. 2017:9 [ref. 35693], Fricke et al. 2018:270 [ref. 35805], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 23 [ref. 38321], Allen & Erdmann 2024:661 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Neopomacentrus taeniurus (Bleeker 1856). Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa and Madagascar east to Vanuatu and New Caledonia, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.