tapeinosoma, Pomacentrus Bleeker [P.] 1856:376 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 10; ref. 16853] Ternate, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Lectotype: RMNH 28801. Paralectotypes: (25) ?BMNH 1862.2.28.38 (1), ?NMV 46481-42 (2), RMNH 6456 (16). Lectotype selected by Emery 1983:1330 [ref. 5437]. •Valid as Lepidozygus tapeinosoma (Bleeker 1856) -- (Emery 1980:213 [ref. 6928], Emery 1983:1327 [ref. 5437], Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:194 [ref. 6441], Allen 1986:678 [ref. 5631], Winterbottom et al. 1989:48 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:270 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:245 [ref. 19344], Randall et al. 1997:270 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:179 [ref. 23965], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:918 [ref. 25182], Randall & Earle 2000:16 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:267 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3344 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:918 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:46 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S113 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:632 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:371 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1458 [ref. 29090], Shibukawa 2009:209 [ref. 30449], Allen & Erdmann 2012:602 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:264 [ref. 32706], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Parenti 2021:66 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:145 [ref. 39911], Allen & Erdmann 2024:617 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Lepidozygus tapeinosoma (Bleeker 1856). Pomacentridae: Microspathodontinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros and Madagascar east to Line Islands (Kiribati) and Tuamotu Islands (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.