similis, Pomacentrus Allen [G. R.] 1991:157, 232, Fig. [Damselfishes of the world; ref. 19344] Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, about 8°30'N, 81°06'E, depth 3 meters. Holotype: WAM P.26511-001 [not 16511 as published]. Paratypes: PMBC 5170 (2 or 1), WAM P.26504-003 (1). Type catalog: Nateewanthana 1990:71 [ref. 20165] prior to the original description, Hutchins & Smith 1991:31 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:34 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Pomacentrus similis Allen 1991 -- (Allen 2001:3345 [ref. 26132], Allen & Adrim 2003:47 [ref. 26830], Allen & Wright 2003:136 [ref. 27247], Shibukawa 2009:215 [ref. 30449], Allen & Erdmann 2012:623 [ref. 31980], Liu et al.2013:8 [ref. 32931], Bourjon et al. 2019:60 [ref. 36582], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 24 [ref. 38321], Islam & Habib 2020:60 [ref. 38117], Parenti 2021:78 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:159 [ref. 39911], Allen & Erdmann 2024:678 [ref. 40796], Kumar et al. 2024:4 [ref. 41064]). Current status: Valid as Pomacentrus similis Allen 1991. Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Sri Lanka, eastern India and Bangladesh east to Indonesia and Philippines. Habitat: marine.