sparoides, Glyphisodon Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1825:394 [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-8332 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:14 [ref. 20862] as paratype. •Valid as Abudefduf sparoides (Quoy & Gaimard 1825) -- (Allen 1986:672 [ref. 5631], Allen 1991:234 [ref. 19344], Fricke 1999:366 [ref. 24106], Heemstra et al. 2004:3324 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:224 [ref. 28072], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:329 [ref. 28072], Fricke et al. 2009:77 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2013:263 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2018:261 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:26 [ref. 36883], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:140 [ref. 40104], Parenti 2021:42 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:123 [ref. 39911], Fricke et al. 2024:83 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Abudefduf sparoides (Quoy & Gaimard 1825). Pomacentridae: Glyphisodontinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and East Africa (Mozambique, Kenya) to Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues). Habitat: marine.