nigromarginatus, Pomacentrus Allen [G. R.] 1973:38, Fig. 3 [Australian Zoologist v. 18 (pt 1); ref. 95] Outer reef slope off northern end of Kranket Island, about 3 nautical miles north of Madang, New Guinea, 5°11'24"S, 145°50'54"E, depth 35 meters. Holotype: USNM 207937. Paratypes: AMS I.16655-001 (1), BMNH 1972.8.14.3 (1), BPBM 13226 (2), USNM 207938 (1). •Valid as Pomacentrus nigromarginatus Allen 1973 -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:196 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:279 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:250 [ref. 19344], Allen 1997:172 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:279 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:186 [ref. 23965], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:627 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:946 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:267 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3345 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:946 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:47 [ref. 26830], Allen & Wright 2003:136 [ref. 27247], Randall 2005:380 [ref. 28239], Motomura et al. 2010:158 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:620 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:123 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:220 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:77 [ref. 38418], Allen & Erdmann 2024:675 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Pomacentrus nigromarginatus Allen 1973. Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: South China Sea east to New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.