albifasciatus, Pomacentrus Schlegel [H.] & Müller [S.] 1840:21 [Verhandelingen over de natuurlijke geschiedenis der Nederlandsche overzeesche bezittingen / door de Leden der Natuurkundige Commissie in Indië en andere schrijvers; uitgegeven ... door C. J. Temminck Zoologie, No. 2; ref. 18698] Northeastern coast of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Syntypes: RMNH 938 (2). •Valid as Stegastes albifasciatus (Schlegel & Müller 1840) -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:194 [ref. 6441], Allen & Emery 1985:11 [ref. 5236], Randall et al. 1990:283 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:252 [ref. 19344], Randall et al. 1997:283 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:187 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:385 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Randall 2001:107 [ref. 25124], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:627 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:950 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:267 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:38 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3345 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:950 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:47 [ref. 26830] dating to 1844, Myers & Donaldson 2003:633 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:73 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:21 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3325 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:383 [ref. 28239], Randall 2005:385 [ref. 28239], Fricke et al. 2009:81 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:628 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:125 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:222 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:81 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:162 [ref. 39911]). Current status: Valid as Stegastes albifasciatus (Schlegel & Müller 1840). Pomacentridae: Microspathodontinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya), Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Saint Brandon's Shoals (Cargados Carajos) and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Wake Atoll, Line Islands (Kiribati) and Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), south to Western Australia, New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.