Species that contain: Pomacentrus and brachialis [ 3 ] records

brachialis, Pomacentrus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:420 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 999] Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-8240 (1), RMNH 0936 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:22 [ref. 20862] with MNHN 8240 as holotype. •Valid as Pomacentrus brachialis Cuvier 1830 -- (Randall et al. 1990:276 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:249 [ref. 19344], Allen 1997:172 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:276 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:185 [ref. 23965], Johnson 1999:741 [ref. 25471], Allen 2000:110 [ref. 25868], Allen 2001:3344 [ref. 26132], Allen & Adrim 2003:47 [ref. 26830], Allen & Wright 2003:136 [ref. 27247], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:140 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:21 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:378 [ref. 28239], Allen & Randall 2005:101 [ref. 28411], Allen et al. 2006:1464 [ref. 29090] with a holotype, Allen & Erdmann 2012:614 [ref. 31980], Kottelat 2013:378 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:122 [ref. 33932], Allen et al. 2017:73 [ref. 35154], Frable & Tea 2019:328 [ref. 36783], Fricke et al. 2019:219 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:74 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Valid as Pomacentrus brachialis Cuvier 1830. Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to Fiji, south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

melanopterus, Pomacentrus Bleeker [P.] 1852:562 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 3 (no. 4); ref. 16834] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Bleeker specimens: BMNH 1862.2.28.109 (1), NMV 45907 (1). •Synonym of Pomacentrus brachialis Cuvier 1830 -- (Randall et al. 1990:276 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:249 [ref. 19344], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:341 [ref. 28867], Allen & Erdmann 2012:614 [ref. 31980], Kottelat 2013:378 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:74 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Pomacentrus brachialis Cuvier 1830. Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae. Habitat: marine.

rainfordi, Pseudopomacentrus Whitley [G. P.] 1935:236 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 19 (no. 4); ref. 4683] Hayman Island, Queensland, Australia. Holotype: AMS IA.6389. Paratypes: AMS IA.385-87 (1, 1, 3), IA.912 (1), IA.1999 (1), IA.2283-86 (1, 1, 1, 1), IA.6390 (1). •Synonym of Pomacentrus brachialis Cuvier 1830 -- (Allen 1991:249 [ref. 19344], Allen et al. 2006:1465 [ref. 29090], Kottelat 2013:378 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:74 [ref. 38418]). Current status: Synonym of Pomacentrus brachialis Cuvier 1830. Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae. Habitat: marine.