vaiuli, Pomacentrus Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:280, Pl. 40 (fig. 2) [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51740 (1 of 5). Paratypes: MCZ 36007 [ex USNM 51740] (1); CAS-SU 8719 (8); USNM 51740 (4 of 5), 126355 (4). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:84 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Pomacentrus vaiuli Jordan & Seale 1906 -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:196 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:106 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:281 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:251 [ref. 19344], Allen 1997:170 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:281 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:187 [ref. 23965], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:627 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:948 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:326 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:111 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:267 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:38 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3345 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:948 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:47 [ref. 26830], Allen & Wright 2003:136 [ref. 27247], Myers & Donaldson 2003:633 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:21 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:124 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:382 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1468 [ref. 29090], Motomura et al. 2010:159 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:625 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:124 [ref. 33932], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 24 [ref. 38321] misidentified, Parenti 2021:79 [ref. 38418], Allen & Erdmann 2024:681 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Pomacentrus vaiuli Jordan & Seale 1906. Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: South China Sea east Micronesia and Samoa, north to japan, south to northern Western Australia and Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia). Habitat: brackish, marine.