taeniometopon, Pomacentrus Bleeker [P.] 1852:283 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 3 (no. 2); ref. 16825] Wahai, northern Ceram, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): ?RMNH 27434 [ex RMNH 6468] (1 of 7). •Valid as Pomacentrus taeniometopon Bleeker 1852 -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:196 [ref. 6441], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:543 [ref. 25598], Kottelat et al. 1993:123 [ref. 23448], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:627 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:947 [ref. 25182], Sakai et al. 2001:103 [ref. 25693], Jenkins & Allen 2002:382 [ref. 25999], Allen 2001:3345 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:947 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:47 [ref. 26830], Allen & Wright 2003:136 [ref. 27247], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:142 [ref. 27510], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:142 [ref. 27510], Tan & Lim 2004:110 [ref. 27716], Allen & Erdmann 2012:624 [ref. 31980], Kottelat 2013:378 [ref. 32989], Koeda et al. 2016:12 [ref. 35354], Habib et al. 2020:421 [ref. 37844], Parenti 2021:78 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Pomacentrus taeniometopon Bleeker 1852. Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Palau, north to Taiwan and Ryukyu Islands. Habitat: brackish, marine.