axillaris, Heliases Bennett [E. T.] 1831:128 [Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1830-31 (pt 1); ref. 16794] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. whereabouts unknown. •Valid as Chromis axillaris (Bennett 1831) -- (Bruner & Arnam 1979:57 [ref. 8844], Dor 1984:181 [ref. 29757], Allen 1986:673 [ref. 5631], Allen 1991:238 [ref. 19344], Collette & Parin 1991:15 [ref. 19110], Goren & Dor 1994:49 [ref. 25356], Fricke 1999:370 [ref. 24106], Allen 2001:3342 [ref. 26132], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S113 [ref. 27377], Allen & Erdmann 2009:133 [ref. 30466], Fricke et al. 2009:78 [ref. 30213], Quéro et al. 2010:326 [ref. 30746], Tea et al. 2020:3 [ref. 37258], Parenti 2021:50 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:132 [ref. 39911]). Current status: Valid as Chromis axillaris (Bennett 1831). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: East Africa (Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique) to Walters Shoals and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius); southwestern Pacific: New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.