ferrugatus, Centropyge Randall [J. E.] & Burgess [W. E.] in Burgess & Axelrod 1972:21, Figs. 30-31 [Pacific marine fishes. Book 1; ref. 7605] Reef one half mile off harbor of Ishigaki City, Ishigaki, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype: BPBM 6831. Paratypes: BPBM 35802 [ex BPBM 6831] (1). •Valid as Centropyge ferrugatus Randall & Burgess 1972 -- (Allen 1980:249 [ref. 22764], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:189 [ref. 6441], Pyle in Randall & Lim 2000:624 [ref. 25122]). •Valid as Centropyge ferrugata Randall & Burgess 1972 -- (Myers 1999:170 [ref. 23965], Nakabo 2000:905 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:905 [ref. 26193], Motomura et al. 2010:139 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:546 [ref. 31980], Koeda et al. 2016:59 [ref. 35333], Wada et al. 2021:43 [ref. 38521], Allen & Erdmann 2024:581 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Centropyge ferrugata Randall & Burgess 1972. Pomacanthidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines north to Taiwan, Amami Islands (southern Japan) and Ogasawara Islands. Habitat: marine.