obtusirostris, Pomacentrus Günther [A.] 1862:24 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] No locality stated. Syntypes: BMNH 1848.3.18.? (1), BMNH 1855.9.19.1541 (1). •The same as Pristotis jerdoni (Day 1873) -- (Allen 1991:252 [ref. 19344]). •Valid as Pristotis obtusirostris (Günther 1862) -- (Randall 1995:267 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:170 [ref. 23977], Anderson et al. 1998:26 [ref. 23611], Carpenter et al. 1997:197 [ref. 23922], Kuiter 1997:262 [ref. 25488], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:627 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:111 [ref. 25868], Allen & Adrim 2003:47 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S113 [ref. 27377], Adrim et al. 2004:124 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:383 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1469 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2012:627 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:173 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:174 [ref. 34464], Fowler et al. 2017:[5] 2253 [ref. 36358], Motomura et al. 2017:174 [ref. 35490], Golani & Fricke 2018:117 [ref. 36273], Yusuf in Kimura et al. 2018:217 [ref. 36460], Eagderi et al. 2019:97 [ref. 37020], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 24 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:522 [ref. 37272], Parenti 2021:80 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:161 [ref. 39911]). Current status: Valid as Pristotis obtusirostris (Günther 1862). Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles, Persian Gulf and Maldives east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, southern New South Wales (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.