heraldi, Centropyge Woods [L. P.] & Schultz [L. P.] in Schultz et al. 1953:602, Pl. 59 (fig. a) [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 1; ref. 3975] 100 yards offshore in lagoon, Ariji Island, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, depth 20-40 feet. Holotype: USNM 140093. Paratypes: FMNH 62623 (1); USNM 140092 (1), 140094-96 (13, 1, 1). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:21 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Centropyge heraldi Woods & Schultz 1953 -- (Allen 1980:249 [ref. 22764], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:188 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:239 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1998:87 [ref. 23587], Allen 1997:158 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:127 [ref. 26476], Kuiter 1997:230 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:239 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:170 [ref. 23965], Randall 1999:18 [ref. 25829], Randall & Carlson 2000:1 [ref. 25137], Pyle in Randall & Lim 2000:624 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:903 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:307 [ref. 25191], Kuiter & Debelius 2001:37 [ref. 26232], Pyle 2001:3275 [ref. 26118], Nakabo 2002:903 [ref. 26193], Myers & Donaldson 2003:630 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:19 [ref. 27624] with author as Woods, Randall 2005:334 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1304 [ref. 29090], Motomura et al. 2010:139 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:547 [ref. 31980], Gaither et al. 2014:43 [ref. 35448], Shen et al. 2016:1 [ref. 34943], Koeda et al. 2016:59 [ref. 35333], Wada et al. 2021:43 [ref. 38521], Allen & Erdmann 2024:582 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Centropyge heraldi Woods & Schultz 1953. Pomacanthidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Sri Lanka east to Melanesia, Micronesia and French Polynesia, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia). Habitat: marine.