amboinensis, Pomacentrus Bleeker [P.] 1868:334 [Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2) v. 2; ref. 425] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (3) RMNH 6474 (3 of 4). •Valid as Pomacentrus amboinensis Bleeker 1868 -- (Randall et al. 1990:275 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:249 [ref. 19344], Kuiter 1993:246 [ref. 23929], Allen 1997:168 [ref. 23977], Allen 1997:170 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:364 [ref. 23967], Randall et al. 1997:275 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:184 [ref. 23965], Johnson 1999:741 [ref. 25471], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:627 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:948 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:324 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:110 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:267 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3344 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:948 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:46 [ref. 26830], Allen & Wright 2003:136 [ref. 27247], Myers & Donaldson 2003:633 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:139 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:21 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:123 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:377 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1464 [ref. 29090], Shibukawa 2009:212 [ref. 30449], Motomura et al. 2010:156 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:612 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:172 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:122 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:70 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:12 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2019:218 [ref. 36673], Allen et al. 2020:45 [ref. 38057], Parenti 2021:73 [ref. 38418], Farhana-Azmi et al. 2022:10 [ref. 40448], Allen & Erdmann 2024:663 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Pomacentrus amboinensis Bleeker 1868. Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia and Sabah (Malaysia) east to Caroline Islands and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Ryukyu and Ogasawara islands, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.