Plectrypops Gill [T. N.] 1862:237 Masc. Holocentrum retrospinis Guichenot 1853. Type by monotypy. Correct spelling for genus of type species is Holocentrus. •Valid as Plectrypops Gill 1862 -- (Woods & Sonoda 1973:382 [ref. 6899], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:114 [ref. 6441], Randall & Heemstra 1986:426 [ref. 5707], Paxton et al. 1989:379 [ref. 12442], Chen et al. 1990:259 [ref. 16678], Kotlyar 1996:90 [ref. 23292], Kotlyar 1998:210 [ref. 24674], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2226 [ref. 24790], Greenfield 2003:1195 [ref. 27041], Allen et al. 2006:781 [ref. 29066], Dornburg et al. 2012:733 [ref. 32550], Greenfield et al. 2017:2 [ref. 35170], Fricke et al. 2018:115 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Plectrypops Gill 1862. Holocentridae: Myripristinae.