flavilatus, Pomacentrus Gill [T. N.] 1862:148 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14 (nos 3-4); ref. 1662] Cape San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. Holotype (unique): not identified. Possible unique holotype in: USNM 3671 (3). MCZ 36023 (1) is not the type. •Valid as Stegastes flavilatus (Gill 1862) -- (Allen & Woods 1980:176 [ref. 6919], Allen 1991:253 [ref. 19344], Allen & Robertson 1994:191 [ref. 22193], Schneider & Krupp in Fischer et al. 1995:1403 [ref. 22830], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:482 [ref. 24023], Novelli et al. 2000:6 [ref. 25094], Thomson et al. 2000:158 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:154 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:135 [ref. 37547], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:193 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:159 [ref. 32708], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:147 [ref. 34871], Fourriére et al. 2016:447 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:610 [ref. 34923], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:92 [ref. 35859], Love et al. 2021:175 [ref. 39279], Parenti 2021:83 [ref. 38418], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Stegastes flavilatus (Gill 1862). Pomacentridae: Microspathodontinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of central Baja California (Mexico) south to Peru, including southern Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.