violascens, Pristotis Bleeker [P.] 1848:637 [Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia (Singapore) v. 2 (no. 9); ref. 315] Bima, Sumbawa Island, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. Syntype or holotype: RMNH 6463 (1 or more of 11). •Valid as Neopomacentrus violascens (Bleeker 1848) -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:195 [ref. 6441] as violaceus, Allen 1991:247 [ref. 19344], Lee & Kim 1996:33 [ref. 25726], Allen 1997:162, 164 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:183 [ref. 23965], Nakabo 2000:943 [ref. 25182], Allen 2001:3344 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:943 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:364, 633 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:46 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:633 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:373 [ref. 28239], Allen & Erdmann 2012:608 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:121 [ref. 33932], Fricke & Allen 2021:298 [ref. 38415], Parenti 2021:69 [ref. 38418], Allen & Erdmann 2024:1275 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Neopomacentrus violascens (Bleeker 1848). Pomacentridae: Pomacentrinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Andaman Sea, Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea southeast to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.