frontatus, Microspathodon Emery [A. R.] 1970:294, Figs. 1, 3 [Studies in Tropical Oceanography (Miami) No. 4 (pt 2); ref. 7735] Annobón Island, Isla la Piramide near town of Ambo, Equatorial Guinea, Gulf of Guinea. Holotype: USNM 202500. Paratypes: ANSP 111216 (5); FMNH 74356-8 (24, 5, 6); UF 223693 [ex UMML 23693] (9), ?UF 223984 [ex UMML 23984] (2); USNM 202501 (3). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:145 [ref. 13621], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:57 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Microspathodon frontatus Emery 1970 -- (Allen 1991:245 [ref. 19344], Afonso et al. 1999:77 [ref. 25466], Wirtz et al. 2007:37 [ref. 30263], Edwards in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2726 [ref. 34618], Almeida & Alves 2019:271 [ref. 37509], Reiner 2019:238 [ref. 38139], Parenti 2021:67 [ref. 38418], Fermon et al. 2022:251 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Microspathodon frontatus Emery 1970. Pomacentridae: Microspathodontinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Ghana south to Gabon, including Bioko (Equatorial Guinea), Annobón Island (Equatorial Guinea), and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: marine.
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