johnstonianus, Plectroglyphidodon Fowler [H. W.] & Ball [S. C.] 1924:271 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 76; ref. 1471] Johnston Island, Johnston Atoll, Central Pacific. Holotype: BPBM 3418. Paratypes: ANSP 85858 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:146 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus Fowler & Ball 1924 -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:197 [ref. 6441], Allen 1986:680 [ref. 5631], Allen & Swainston 1988:106 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:48 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:274 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:248 [ref. 19344], Francis 1993:164 [ref. 25479], Randall 1995:265 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:170 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:256 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:274 [ref. 25919], Anderson et al. 1998:25 [ref. 23611], Myers 1999:184 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:381 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:20 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:627 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:933 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:323 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:16 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:267 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Allen 2001:3344 [ref. 26132], Nakabo 2002:933 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:46 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S113 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:633 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:73 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3324 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:375 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:429 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1463 [ref. 29090], Randall 2007:311 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:80 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:155 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:609 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:265 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:121 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Fricke et al. 2018:271 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:27 [ref. 36883], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:137 [ref. 40104], Eagderi et al. 2019:96 [ref. 37020], Hoschke et al. 2019:157 [ref. 36626], Zajonz et al. 2019:87 [ref. 36871], Parenti 2021:71 [ref. 38418], Allen 2022:151 [ref. 39911]). Current status: Valid as Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus Fowler & Ball 1924. Pomacentridae: Microspathodontinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Pitcairn Group, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), Arrawarra (New South Wales, Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia), New Caledonia and Rapa (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.