amboinensis, Heliases Bleeker [P.] 1871:111 [Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 4; ref. 17079] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6505. •Valid as Chromis amboinensis (Bleeker 1871) -- (Randall et al. 1990:256 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:238 [ref. 19344], Randall et al. 1997:256 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:177 [ref. 23965], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:318 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:108 [ref. 25868], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Suzuki et al. 2001:2 [ref. 25313], Hutchins 2001:266 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3342 [ref. 26132], Allen & Adrim 2003:45 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:632 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Allen et al. 2006:1447 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2012:576 [ref. 31980], Allen & Erdmann 2014:20 [ref. 33350], Fricke et al. 2014:115 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:209 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:49 [ref. 38418]). •Valid as Pycnochromis amboinensis (Bleeker 1871) -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis amboinensis (Bleeker 1871). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Christmas Islands and Cocos-Keeling islands east to Micronesia and Papua New Guinea, north to Yaeyama Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia and Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.