gascoynei, Pseudopomacentrus Whitley [G. P.] 1964:173, Fig. 7 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 26 (no. 5); ref. 3772] Kenn Reef, Coral Sea. Holotype: AMS IB.4987. Paratypes: AMS IB.4856 (1), IB.4950 (1), IB.4984-86 (1, 1, 1), IB.4988-89 (1, 1). •Valid as Stegastes gascoynei (Whitley 1964) -- (Allen & Emery 1985:17 [ref. 5236], Paulin et al. 1989:199 [ref. 24556], Randall et al. 1990:284 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:253 [ref. 19344], Kuiter 1993:242 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:164 [ref. 25479], Randall et al. 1997:284 [ref. 25919], Johnson 1999:742 [ref. 25471], Allen 2001:3345 [ref. 26132], Randall 2005:385 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1470 [ref. 29090], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:116 [ref. 36167], Francis & Duffy 2015:483 [ref. 36161], Stewart et al. 2015:1423 [ref. 34288], Parenti 2021:83 [ref. 38418]). •Valid as Plectroglyphidodon gascoynei (Whitley 1964) -- (Tang et al. 2021:286 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Valid as Plectroglyphidodon gascoynei (Whitley 1964). Pomacentridae: Microspathodontinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Coral Sea east to New Caledonia and Kermadec Islands, south to northern New Zealand. Habitat: marine.