nigriocellus, Centropyge Woods [L. P.] & Schultz [L. P.] in Schultz et al. 1953:607, Fig. 89 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 1; ref. 3975] Johnston Island, Northern Central Pacific, reef along northern side of atoll. Holotype (unique): USNM 141312. The name nigriocellus is a noun in apposition [database changed late 2011]. •Valid as Centropyge nigriocella Woods & Schultz 1953 -- (Myers 1999:171 [ref. 23965], Pyle 2001:3277 [ref. 26118], Myers & Donaldson 2003:631 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:337 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:406 [ref. 28379], Allen & Erdmann 2012:549 [ref. 31980], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988]). •Valid as Centropyge nigriocellus Woods & Schultz 1953 -- (Allen 1980:250 [ref. 22764], Allen & Erdmann 2024:583 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Centropyge nigriocellus Woods & Schultz 1953. Pomacanthidae. Distribution: Western and central Pacific: Papua New Guinea, Mariana Islands, Admiralty Islands, Johnston Atoll, Samoa, Line Islands, Society Islands (French Polynesia), Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.