pacifica, Chromis Allen [G. R.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2020:104, Figs. 1-4, 6A [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 35; ref. 37716] Holmes Reefs, Coral Sea, Australia, -16.4499°, 148.0014°, depth 5 - 8 meters. Holotype: WAM P.34767-002. Paratypes: BPBM, WAM. •Valid as Chromis pacifica Allen & Erdmann 2020 -- (Parenti 2021:56 [ref. 38418]). •Valid as Pycnochromis pacifica (Allen & Erdmann 2020) -- (Tang et al. 2021:271 [ref. 38308]). Current status: Valid as Pycnochromis pacifica (Allen & Erdmann 2020). Pomacentridae: Chrominae. Distribution: Western and central Pacific: Hawaiian Islands, Johnston Atoll, Line Islands, Pitcairn Island, Oeno Atoll, Gambier Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago, Society Islands, Austral Islands, Rapa, Cook Islands, Phoenix Islands, Fiji, Tonga, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Chesterfield Islands, Vanuatu, Coral Sea islands and reefs, Marshall Islands, Chuuk, Pohnpei, Yap, Wake Island, Mariana Islands and north to Ogasawara and Bonin Islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.