richardsoni, Abudefduf Snyder [J. O.] 1909:600 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 36 (no. 1688); ref. 4151] Naha, Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype: USNM 62948. Paratypes: CAS-SU 21134 (3), USNM 74589 (6). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:82 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Pomachromis richardsoni (Snyder 1909) -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:195 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:281 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:251 [ref. 19344], Allen 1997:162 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:281 [ref. 25919], Fricke 1999:385 [ref. 24106], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:627 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:931 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:267 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:38 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3345 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:931 [ref. 26193], Randall et al. 2004:21 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:124 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:383 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1468 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2009:81 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:159 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:626 [ref. 31980], Koeda et al. 2016:12 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2018:274 [ref. 35805], Parenti 2021:79 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:161 [ref. 39911], Furuhashi & Motomura 2022:13 [ref. 39607], Allen & Erdmann 2024:683 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Pomachromis richardsoni (Snyder 1909). Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Samoa and Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to Queensland (Australia) and Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia). Habitat: marine.