jerdoni, Pomacentrus Day [F.] 1873:237 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873 (pt 1) (art. 4) (for 4 Mar. 1873); ref. 18824] Madras, India. Syntypes: (3) ZSI 1612 (1). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:160 [ref. 23762]. •Valid as Pristotis jerdoni (Day 1873) -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:231 [ref. 19754], Dor 1984:188 [ref. 29757], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:194 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:106 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:282 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:252 [ref. 19344], Kuiter 1993:246 [ref. 23929], Goren & Dor 1994:51 [ref. 25356], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:472 [ref. 27969], Nakabo 2000:931 [ref. 25182], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:103 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:38 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3345 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:931 [ref. 26193], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:40 [ref. 27712]). •Synonym of Pristotis obtusirostris (Günther 1862) -- (Randall 1995:267 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:170 [ref. 23977], Anderson et al. 1998:26 [ref. 23611], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:341 [ref. 28867], Golani & Fricke 2018:117 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:97 [ref. 37020], Parenti 2021:80 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:161 [ref. 39911]). Current status: Synonym of Pristotis obtusirostris (Günther 1862). Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae. Habitat: marine.