Species that contain: Centropyge and aurantia [ 1 ] records aurantius, Centropyge Randall [J. E.] & Wass [R. C.] 1974:140, Fig. 2 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 21 (no. 3); ref. 7536] Pago Pago Harbor, Tutuila, Aua Reef, American Samoa, depth 36 meters. Holotype: BPBM 17000. Paratypes: BMNH 1974.7.3.2 (1), CAS 30691 (1), USNM 212153 (1). •Valid as Centropyge aurantius Randall & Wass 1974 -- (Allen 1980:249 [ref. 22764], Randall et al. 1990:237 [ref. 15987], Randall et al. 1997:237 [ref. 25919]). •Valid as Centropyge aurantia Randall & Wass 1974 -- (Myers 1999:169 [ref. 23965], Pyle 2001:3273 [ref. 26118], Allen & Adrim 2003:43 [ref. 26830], Allen et al. 2006:1303 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2012:544 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:105 [ref. 33932], Gaither et al. 2014:43 [ref. 35448], Allen & Erdmann 2024:579 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Centropyge aurantia Randall & Wass 1974. Pomacanthidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Great Barrier Reef, Caroline Islands and Samoa. Habitat: marine.
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