Species that contain: Chromis and dimidiatus [ 2 ] records

dimidiatus, Heliastes Klunzinger [C. B.] 1871:529 [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 21; ref. 2622] Al-Qusair, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea. Holotype (unique): SMNS 1765. Type catalog: Fricke 1992:16 [ref. 20296], Fricke 2005:55 [ref. 29864]. Original genus should have been Heliases. Some earlier references refer to Chromis fieldi. •Valid as Chromis dimidiata (Klunzinger 1871) -- (Dor 1984:181 [ref. 29757], Allen 1986:674 [ref. 5631], Winterbottom et al. 1989:45 [ref. 13251], Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344], Goren & Dor 1994:49 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:260 [ref. 22896], Randall & Kunzmann 1998:481 [ref. 23919], Fricke 1999:371 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830] as dimidata, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S113 [ref. 27377], Heemstra et al. 2004:3324 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:332 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:358 [ref. 28239], Fricke et al. 2009:78 [ref. 30213], Shibukawa 2009:205 [ref. 30449], Quéro et al. 2010:326 [ref. 30746], Allen & Erdmann 2012:579 [ref. 31980], Randall & DiBattista 2013:11 [ref. 32432], Fricke et al. 2013:264 [ref. 32706], DiBattista et al. 2015:20 [ref. 35706], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[5] 243 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:113 [ref. 36273], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:134 [ref. 40104], Durville et al. 2021:313 [ref. 38802], Parenti 2021:52 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:134 [ref. 39911]). •Valid as Pycnochromis dimidiatus (Klunzinger 1871) -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis dimidiatus (Klunzinger 1871). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Red Sea endemic. Previous Indian Ocean records are based on Pycnochromis fieldi (Randall & DiBattista 2013). Habitat: marine.

margaritifer, Chromis dimidiatus Fowler [H. W.] 1946:140, Figs. 9-10 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 98; ref. 1456] Aguni Shima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype (unique): ANSP 72008. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:146 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Chromis margaritifer Fowler 1946 -- (Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:193 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:104 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:259 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:240 [ref. 19344], Kuiter 1993:236 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:163 [ref. 25479], Senou et al. 1994:4 [ref. 24348], Allen 1997:166 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:258 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:259 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:178 [ref. 23965], Johnson 1999:741 [ref. 25471], Allen 2000:108 [ref. 25868], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:926 [ref. 25182], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Randall 2001:96 [ref. 25124], Nakabo 2002:926 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:632 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:359 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1450 [ref. 29090], Motomura et al. 2010:149 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:582 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:116 [ref. 33932], Myoung et al. 2014:21 [ref. 36302], Koeda et al. 2016:67 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2019:211 [ref. 36673], Allen & Erdmann 2020:112 [ref. 37716], Kim et al. 2020:149 [ref. 39118], Parenti 2021:54 [ref. 38418]). •Valid as Pycnochromis margaritifer (Fowler 1946) -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis margaritifer (Fowler 1946). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Cocos-Keeling Island and Christmas Island (Australia) east to Line Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago, north to southern Korea and Japan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.