vanderbilti, Pycnochromis Fowler [H. W.] 1941:260, Fig. 12 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 93; ref. 1438] Waianae, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): ANSP 69749. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:147 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Chromis vanderbilti (Fowler 1941) -- (Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:193 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:261 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:241 [ref. 19344], Kuiter 1993:238 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:163 [ref. 25479], Randall et al. 1997:261 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:178 [ref. 23965], Francis et al. 1999:577 [ref. 24249], Randall 1999:19 [ref. 25829], Nakabo 2000:922 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:319 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:922 [ref. 26193], Myers & Donaldson 2003:632 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:73 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:361 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:427 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1451 [ref. 29090], Randall 2007:307 [ref. 30952], Motomura et al. 2010:150 [ref. 31256], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:116 [ref. 36167], Stewart et al. 2015:1416 [ref. 34288], Motomura et al. 2015:26 [ref. 34709], Koeda et al. 2016:67 [ref. 35333], Parenti 2021:57 [ref. 38418], Wada et al. 2021:43 [ref. 38521]). •Valid as Pycnochromis vanderbilti Fowler 1941 -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308], Allen & Erdmann 2024:613 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis vanderbilti Fowler 1941. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western and central Pacific: Philippines east to Hawaiian Islands and Pitcairn Group, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia), Lord Howe Island, New Caledonia, Kermadec Islands and New Zealand, Tonga and Rapa. Habitat: marine.