Plectranthias Bleeker [P.] 1873:238 [ref. 12596]. Masc. Plectropoma anthioides Günther 1872. Type by monotypy. Also in Bleeker 1875:21 [ref. 4861]. •Valid as Plectranthias Bleeker 1873 -- (Randall 1980:104 [ref. 6717], Kendall 1984:501, 503 [ref. 13663], Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:133 [ref. 6441], Heemstra & Randall 1986:514 [ref. 5667], Katayama & Yamamoto 1986 [ref. 6716], Paxton et al. 1989:506 [ref. 12442], Baldwin 1990:941 [ref. 21029], Randall & Shimizu 1994:109 [ref. 21441], Randall 1996:113 [ref. 23194], Heemstra 1997:139 [ref. 23064], Rojas M. & Pequeño 1998:44 [ref. 23540], Rojas M. & Pequeño 1998:184 [ref. 23775], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2448 [ref. 24815], Chen & Shao 2002:63 [ref. 25977], Heemstra et al. 2003:1316 [ref. 27060], Allen et al. 2006:989 [ref. 29078], Zajonz 2006:19 [ref. 29414], Anderson 2008:429 [ref. 29940], Heemstra & Randall 2009:5 [ref. 30535], Wu et al. 2011:247 [ref. 31227], Anderson & Heemstra 2012:35 [ref. 31956], Okamoto e al. 2012:55 [ref. 32087]). Current status: Valid as Plectranthias Bleeker 1873. Serranidae: Anthiinae.