Species that contain: Hemiglyphidodon and plagiometapon [ 3 ] records

batjanensis, Glyphisodon Bleeker [P.] 1855:373 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 7 (no. 3); ref. 16937] Batjan, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): ? RMNH whereabouts unknown. Bleeker specimens: ?BMNH 1862.2.28.32 (1). •Synonym of Hemiglyphidodon plagiometopon (Bleeker 1852) -- (Allen 1991:244 [ref. 19344] as plagiometapon, Kottelat 2013:377 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:66 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Hemiglyphidodon plagiometopon (Bleeker 1852). Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae. Habitat: marine.

melanopselion, Abudefduf Fowler [H. W.] 1918:59, Fig. 23 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 70; ref. 1396] Philippines. Holotype: ANSP 47538. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:146 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Hemiglyphidodon plagiometopon (Bleeker 1852) -- (Allen 1991:244 [ref. 19344] as plagiometapon, Kottelat 2013:377 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:66 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Hemiglyphidodon plagiometopon (Bleeker 1852). Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae. Habitat: marine.

plagiometopon, Glyphisodon Bleeker [P.] 1852:67 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 3 (no. 1); ref. 16832] Singapore. Holotype (unique): ?BMNH 1862.2.28.70. Bleeker specimens: RMNH 6499 (2). Kottelat (2013) quotes a freshwater record from Anambas Islands. •Valid as Hemiglyphidodon plagiometopon (Bleeker 1852) -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:199 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:102 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:270 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:244 [ref. 19344] as plagiometapon, Mohsin & Ambak 1996:471 [ref. 27969], Chen et al. 1997:144 [ref. 24620] as plagiometopton, Allen 1997:160 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:270 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:183 [ref. 23965], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:627 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:936 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:110 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:267 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3344 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:936 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:46 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:137 [ref. 27510], Tan & Lim 2004:110 [ref. 27716], Adrim et al. 2004:123 [ref. 27715], Allen et al. 2006:1457 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2012:601 [ref. 31980], Kottelat 2013:377 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:119 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:216 [ref. 36673], Matsunuma in Motomura et al. 2021:47 [ref. 38121], Parenti 2021:66 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Hemiglyphidodon plagiometopon (Bleeker 1852). Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Sea, Malaysia and Indonesia east to Palau, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Solomon Islands, north to Philippines, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.