lepidogenys, Pomacentrus Fowler [H. W.] & Bean [B. A.] 1928:98, Pl. 8 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 100, v. 7; ref. 1475] Ligpo Point, Balayan Bay, Philippines. Holotype: USNM 89959. Paratypes: (2). •Valid as Pomacentrus lepidogenys Fowler & Bean 1928 -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:195 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:278 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:250 [ref. 19344], Allen 1997:172 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:278 [ref. 25919], Allen 1999:102 [ref. 23870], Myers 1999:185 [ref. 23965], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:627 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:944 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:325 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:111 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:267 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3345 [ref. 26132], Randall 2002:173 [ref. 26194], Nakabo 2002:944 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:47 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:140 [ref. 27510], Adrim et al. 2004:123 [ref. 27715], Allen et al. 2006:1465 [ref. 29090], Shibukawa 2009:213 [ref. 30449], Motomura et al. 2010:157 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:618 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:123 [ref. 33932], Allen et al. 2017:73 [ref. 35154], Fricke et al. 2019:220 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:75 [ref. 38418], Wada et al. 2021:44 [ref. 38521]). Current status: Valid as Pomacentrus lepidogenys Fowler & Bean 1928. Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Sea and Indonesia east to Palau and Vanuatu, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.