Species that contain: Microspathodon and dorsalis [ 4 ] records

azurissimus, Microspathodon Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] in Jordan 1895:478, Pl. 44 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2) v. 5; ref. 2394] Venados Islands, near Mazatlán, Sinaloa, western Mexico. Syntypes: CAS-SU 2895 (1), 11610 (1, missing), 11636 (1, missing). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:83 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Microspathodon dorsalis (Gill 1862) -- (Allen 1991:245 [ref. 19344], Parenti 2021:67 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Microspathodon dorsalis (Gill 1862). Pomacentridae: Microspathodontinae. Habitat: marine.

cinereus, Microspathodon Gilbert [C. H.] 1890:71 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 13 (no. 797); ref. 1623] Clarion and Socorro Islands. Holotype: whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Microspathodon dorsalis (Gill 1862) -- (Allen 1991:245 [ref. 19344], Parenti 2021:67 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Microspathodon dorsalis (Gill 1862). Pomacentridae: Microspathodontinae. Habitat: marine.

dorsalis, Hypsypops Gill [T. N.] 1862:147 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14 (nos 3-4); ref. 1662] Cape San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. Holotype (unique): USNM 4369. •Valid as Microspathodon dorsalis (Gill 1862) -- (Allen 1991:245 [ref. 19344], Allen & Robertson 1994:189 [ref. 22193], Schneider & Krupp in Fischer et al. 1995:1401 [ref. 22830], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:477 [ref. 24023], Thomson et al. 2000:165 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:154 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:135 [ref. 37547], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:193 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:159 [ref. 32708], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:147 [ref. 34871], Fourriére et al. 2016:447 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:610 [ref. 34923], González-Murcia et al. 2019:305 [ref. 36544], Love et al. 2021:174 [ref. 39279], Parenti 2021:67 [ref. 38418], Page et al. 2023:161 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:167 [ref. 40816], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Microspathodon dorsalis (Gill 1862). Pomacentridae: Microspathodontinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Ecuador, including Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.

quadrigutta, Pomacentrus Gill [T. N.] 1862:149 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14 (nos 3-4); ref. 1662] Cape San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. Syntypes: BMNH 1862.5.21.17 [ex USNM] (1), USNM 3657 (2). •Synonym of Microspathodon dorsalis (Gill 1862) -- (Allen 1991:245 [ref. 19344], Parenti 2021:67 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Microspathodon dorsalis (Gill 1862). Pomacentridae: Microspathodontinae. Habitat: marine.