Species that contain: Chromis and ternatensis [ 3 ] records

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.

philippinus, Chromis Fowler [H. W.] 1918:63, Fig. 25 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 70; ref. 1396] Philippines. Holotype: ANSP 47541. Paratypes: ANSP 47542-47 (6, in jar with holotype). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:147 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Chromis ternatensis (Bleeker 1856) -- (Allen 1991:241 [ref. 19344], Parenti 2021:57 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Chromis ternatensis (Bleeker 1856). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Habitat: marine.

ternatensis, Heliases Bleeker [P.] 1856:377 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 10; ref. 16853] Ternate, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (3) ?BMNH 1862.2.28.41 (1), ?NMV 46061 (1), RMNH 6512 (1 or more of 5). •Valid as Chromis ternatensis (Bleeker 1856) -- (Dor 1984:182 [ref. 29757], Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:193 [ref. 6441], Allen 1986:675 [ref. 5631], Winterbottom et al. 1989:46 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:260 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:241 [ref. 19344], Randall 1994:43 [ref. 21604], Goren & Dor 1994:49 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:260 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:168 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:260 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:178 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:373 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:626 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:928 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:109 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3343 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:928 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S113 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:632 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:123 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:360 [ref. 28239], Fricke et al. 2009:79 [ref. 30213], Shibukawa 2009:206 [ref. 30449], Quéro et al. 2010:326 [ref. 30746], Motomura et al. 2010:150 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:585 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:264 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:116 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2018:265 [ref. 35805], Eagderi et al. 2019:95 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:211 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:86 [ref. 36871], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 23 [ref. 38321], Parenti 2021:57 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:138 [ref. 39911]). Current status: Valid as Chromis ternatensis (Bleeker 1856). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Mariana Islands, Samoa and Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Former Red Sea records are now assigned to C. flavaxilla Randall 1994. Habitat: marine.