chrysurus, Glyphisodon Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:476 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 999] Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-8125. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:10 [ref. 20862]. •Valid as Microspathodon chrysurus (Cuvier 1830) -- (Robins & Ray 1986:198 [ref. 23100], Lloris & Rucabado 1990:848 [ref. 15959], Allen 1991:245 [ref. 19344], Boschung 1992:151 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:385 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:352 [ref. 24474], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:286 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:163 [ref. 27754], Gasparini & Floeter 2001:1645 [ref. 25634], Rocha & Rosa 2001:991 [ref. 25909], Collette et al. 2003:114 [ref. 26784], Carter & Kaufman 2003:1700 [ref. 27102], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:91 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:41 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:154 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:497 [ref. 28815], Page et al. 2013:159 [ref. 32708], Pinheiro et al. 2015:23 [ref. 34324], Robertson et al. 2016:146 [ref. 34961], Robertson et al. 2020:161 [ref. 38098], Carvalho-Filho in Marceniuk et al. 2021:260 [ref. 38945], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:81 [ref. 38844], Parenti 2021:67 [ref. 38418], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:70 [ref. 39585], Carvalho-Filho 2023:195 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:161 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Microspathodon chrysurus (Cuvier 1830). Pomacentridae: Microspathodontinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Florida (U.S.A.) and Bermuda south to Espírito Santo (Brazil), including Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.