fuliginosus, Abudefduf Smith [J. L. B.] 1960:339, Fig. 6 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 19; ref. 11949] Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 61. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 792-793 (1, 2). •Valid as Neopomacentrus fuliginosus (Smith 1960) -- (Allen 1986:678 [ref. 5631], Allen 1991:247 [ref. 19344], Fricke 1999:379 [ref. 24106], Fricke et al. 2013:264 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2018:269 [ref. 35805], Parenti 2021:69 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:148 [ref. 39911]). Current status: Valid as Neopomacentrus fuliginosus (Smith 1960). Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya) to Madagascar and Mauritius (Mascarenes). Habitat: marine.