aureus, Glyphisodon Valenciennes [A.] (ex Kuhl & Van Hasselt) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:472 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 999] Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH D2407. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:33 [ref. 20862]. Authorship is Valenciennes on p. 473. •Valid as Amblyglyphidodon aureus (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:197 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:251 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:235 [ref. 19344], Kuiter 1997:254 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:251 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:180 [ref. 23965], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:939 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:107 [ref. 25868], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3342 [ref. 26132], Allen & Randall 2002:144 [ref. 26191], Nakabo 2002:939 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:44 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:632 [ref. 27495] as Amblygliphidodon, Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:128 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:19 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:122 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:349 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1442 [ref. 29090], Shibukawa 2009:202 [ref. 30449], Motomura et al. 2010:147 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:566 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:112 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:205 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:43 [ref. 38418], Farhana-Azmi et al. 2022:10 [ref. 40448], Allen & Erdmann 2024:625 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Amblyglyphidodon aureus (Valenciennes 1830). Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Sea, Christmas Island and Indonesia east to Caroline Islands and Fiji, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.