Species that contain: Glyphisodon and melas [ 5 ] records

ater, Glyphisodon Cuvier [G.] (ex Ehrenberg) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:473 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 999] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Syntypes: ZMB 2730 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:33 [ref. 20862]. •Synonym of Paraglyphidodon melas (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Dor 1984:185 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Neoglyphidodon melas (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Allen 1991:246 [ref. 19344], Kottelat 2013:377 [ref. 32989] as Neoglyphydodon, Parenti 2021:67 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Neoglyphidodon melas (Valenciennes 1830). Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae. Habitat: marine.

melanopus, Glyphisodon Bleeker [P.] 1856:82 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 11 (no. 1); ref. 16856] Ora Malang, southeastern Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: (2) BMNH 1862.2.28.25 (1). •Synonym of Paraglyphidodon melas (Cuvier 1830) -- (Dor 1984:185 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Neoglyphidodon melas (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Allen 1991:246 [ref. 19344], Kottelat 2013:377 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:67 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Neoglyphidodon melas (Valenciennes 1830). Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae. Habitat: marine.

melas, Glyphisodon Valenciennes [A.] (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:472 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 999] Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: RMNH D1283 (1, stuffed), D1284 (1, stuffed). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:34 [ref. 20862] and note on authorship. Kottelat (2013) records a freshwater record from the Philippines. Authorship is Valenciennes on p. 473, not Cuvier (Kottelat 2013). •Valid as Paraglyphidodon melas (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Dor 1984:185 [ref. 29757], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:198 [ref. 6441], Allen 1986:679 [ref. 5631], Allen & Swainston 1988:102 [ref. 25477], Goren & Dor 1994:50 [ref. 25356]). •Valid as Neoglyphidodon melas (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Randall et al. 1990:271 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:246 [ref. 19344], Allen 1997:160 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:364 [ref. 23967], Kuiter 1997:254 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:271 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:183 [ref. 23965], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:627 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:941 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:110 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:267 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3344 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:941 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:46 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S113 [ref. 27377], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:137 [ref. 27510], Adrim et al. 2004:123 [ref. 27715], Allen et al. 2006:1458 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2009:80 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:153 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:603 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:171 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:377 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:120 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:70 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:269 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:115 [ref. 36273], Imamura in Kimura et al. 2018:215 [ref. 36460], Fricke et al. 2019:216 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:86 [ref. 36871], Matsunuma in Motomura et al. 2021:47 [ref. 38121], Parenti 2021:67 [ref. 38418], Wada et al. 2021:43 [ref. 38521], Allen 2022:146 [ref. 39911]). Current status: Valid as Neoglyphidodon melas (Valenciennes 1830). Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya), Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Philippines, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Vanuatu, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

violaceus, Glyphisodon Brevoort [J. C.] 1856:264 [12] [Notes on some figures of Japanese fish taken from recent specimens by the artists of the U. S. Japan Expedition. Pp. 253-288, Pls. 3-12 (color) In: M. C. Perry, Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan.; ref. 17284] Ryukyu Islands, Japan. No types known. On p. 12 of separate. Based on a drawing. •Synonym of Neoglyphidodon melas (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Allen 1991:246 [ref. 19344], Kottelat 2013:377 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:67 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Neoglyphidodon melas (Valenciennes 1830). Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae. Habitat: marine.

xanthonotus, Glyphisodon Bleeker [P.] 1859:357 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 18; ref. 16983] Sancapura, Bawean, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6493. •Synonym of Neoglyphidodon melas (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Allen 1991:246 [ref. 19344], Parenti 2021:67 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:146 [ref. 39911]). Current status: Synonym of Neoglyphidodon melas (Valenciennes 1830). Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae. Habitat: marine.