abudafur, Chaetodon Fabricius [J. C.] in Niebuhr (ex Forsskål) 1775:65, xiii [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] Djiddae [Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea]. No types known. Originally as abu dafur, correction mandatory. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:47 [ref. 30182]. •Synonym of Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Dor 1984:183 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Dascyllus abudafur (Forsskål 1775) -- (Borsa et al. 2014:709 [ref. 34706], Fricke et al. 2018:267 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:115 [ref. 36273], Parenti 2021:63 [ref. 38418]). •Valid as Dascyllus abudafur (Fabricius 1775) -- (Parmentier et al. 2021:967 [ref. 40700], Fricke et al. 2024:84 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Dascyllus abudafur (Fabricius 1775). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indian Ocean: East and South Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Sunda Islands (Indonesia). Habitat: marine.