philippinus, Pomacentrus Evermann [B. W.] & Seale [A.] 1907:91, Fig. 18 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 26 (Doc. 607) (for 1906); ref. 1285] Bacon, Sorsogon, Philippines. Holotype: USNM 55901. Paratypes: CAS-SU 20009 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:84 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Pomacentrus philippinus Evermann & Seale 1907 -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:195 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:280 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:250 [ref. 19344], Allen 1997:172 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:280 [ref. 25919], Allen 1999:102 [ref. 23870], Myers 1999:186 [ref. 23965], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:627 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:944 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:326 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:111 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:267 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3345 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:944 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:47 [ref. 26830], Allen & Wright 2003:136 [ref. 27247], Randall et al. 2004:21 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:123 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:381 [ref. 28239], Allen & Randall 2005:101 [ref. 28411], Allen et al. 2006:1467 [ref. 29090], Shibukawa 2009:214 [ref. 30449], Motomura et al. 2010:158 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:621 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:123 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:71 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:12 [ref. 35354], Allen et al. 2017:73 [ref. 35154], Allen et al. 2017:30 [ref. 35605], Fricke et al. 2019:221 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:105 [ref. 36871] as cf. philippinus, Matsunuma in Motomura et al. 2021:50 [ref. 38121], Parenti 2021:77 [ref. 38418], Allen et al. 2022:1 [ref. 39104], Allen 2022:158 [ref. 39911], Allen & Erdmann 2024:676 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Pomacentrus philippinus Evermann & Seale 1907. Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Maldives, Sri Lanka and Andaman Sea east to Philippines, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Solomon Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.