Species that contain: Chromis and iomelas [ 1 ] records

iomelas, Chromis Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:292 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Pago Pago, American Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51743 (1 of 2). Paratypes: CAS-SU 8723 (2), USNM 51743 (1 of 2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:82 [ref. 12291]. Spelled isomelas by Fowler & Silvester 1922:121 [ref. 15447]. •Valid as Chromis iomelas Jordan & Seale 1906 -- (Randall et al. 1990:259 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:239 [ref. 19344], Allen 1997:168 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:259 [ref. 25919], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:319 [ref. 25191], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:358 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1449 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2012:581 [ref. 31980], Randall & DiBattista 2013:11 [ref. 32432], Allen & Erdmann 2020:112 [ref. 37716], Parenti 2021:53 [ref. 38418]). •Valid as Pycnochromis iomelas (Jordan & Seale 1906) -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308], Allen & Erdmann 2024:611 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis iomelas (Jordan & Seale 1906). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Papua New Guinea, Coral Sea and Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia) east to Tuamotu Archipelago (France). Habitat: marine.