ternatensis, Heliases Bleeker [P.] 1856:377 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 10; ref. 16853] Ternate, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (3) ?BMNH 1862.2.28.41 (1), ?NMV 46061 (1), RMNH 6512 (1 or more of 5). •Valid as Chromis ternatensis (Bleeker 1856) -- (Dor 1984:182 [ref. 29757], Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:193 [ref. 6441], Allen 1986:675 [ref. 5631], Winterbottom et al. 1989:46 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:260 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:241 [ref. 19344], Randall 1994:43 [ref. 21604], Goren & Dor 1994:49 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:260 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:168 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:260 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:178 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:373 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:928 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:109 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:928 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S113 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:632 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:123 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:360 [ref. 28239], Fricke et al. 2009:79 [ref. 30213], Shibukawa 2009:206 [ref. 30449], Quéro et al. 2010:326 [ref. 30746], Motomura et al. 2010:150 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:585 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:264 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:116 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2018:265 [ref. 35805], Eagderi et al. 2019:95 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:211 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:86 [ref. 36871], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 23 [ref. 38321], Parenti 2021:57 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:138 [ref. 39911], Allen & Erdmann 2024:603 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Chromis ternatensis (Bleeker 1856). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Mariana Islands, Samoa and Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. IUCN (2022): Least Concern. Former Red Sea records are now assigned to C. flavaxilla Randall 1994. Habitat: marine.
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