Species that contain: Chromis and caeruleus [ 2 ] records

caeruleus, Cantharus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:342 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-8813 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot & Daget 1972:81-82 [ref. 20898] as coeruleus, Bauchot et al. 1978:6 [ref. 20862]. Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

caeruleus, Heliases Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:497 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 999] New Guinea; Uléa, Caroline Islands, western Pacific. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-5644 (2) New Guinea. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:16 [ref. 20862]. On Official Index (Opinion 1563) for purposes of priority but not homonymy -- (see Randall et al. 1990:261 [ref. 15987]). •Valid as Chromis caerulea (Cuvier 1830) -- (Dor 1984:181 [ref. 29757] as caeruleus, Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:192 [ref. 6441] as caeruleus, Allen 1986:674 [ref. 5631], Fricke et al. 2014:115 [ref. 33932]). •Synonym of Chromis ternatensis (Bleeker 1856) -- (Allen 1991:241 [ref. 19344], Randall 2005:360 [ref. 28239], Parenti 2021:57 [ref. 38418]). Suppressed. Current status: Synonym of Chromis ternatensis (Bleeker 1856). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.