taupou, Abudefduf Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:288, Pl. 43 (fig. 3) [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51741. Paratypes: BPBM 5327 [ex USNM 51741] (1); CAS-SU 8717 (7), 8720 (3). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:82 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Chrysiptera taupou (Jordan & Seale 1906) -- (Randall et al. 1990:266 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:243 [ref. 19344], Randall et al. 1997:266 [ref. 25919], Johnson 1999:741 [ref. 25471], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:321 [ref. 25191], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Allen & Bailey 2002:42 [ref. 26525], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:366 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:428 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1455 [ref. 29090], Allen et al. 2015:18 [ref. 33797], Parenti 2021:63 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Chrysiptera taupou (Jordan & Seale 1906). Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Western Coral Sea (Australia), Grande Terre group (New Caledonia), Loyalty Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, and Samoa. Habitat: marine.