Plectranthias Bleeker [P.] 1873:238 Masc. Plectropoma anthioides Günther 1872. Type by monotypy. Also in Bleeker 1875:21 [ref. 4861]. Check date, see ref. 12596. •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], Williams et al. 2013:167 [ref. 32703], Bineesh et al. 2014:490 [ref. 33319], Fricke et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33930], Allen & Walsh 2015:82 [ref. 33954], Roberts 2015:1197 [ref. 34193], Gill et al. 2016:349 [ref. 34957], Anderson 2018:25 [ref. 36146], Fricke et al. 2018:156 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:65 [ref. 36273], Shepherd et al. 2018:105 [ref. 35955], Wada et al. 2018:[1] [ref. 36335], Fricke et al. 2019:121 [ref. 36673], Wada et al. 2020:1 [ref. 37270], Gill & Roberts 2020:560 [ref. 37380], Parenti & Randall 2020:22 [ref. 37354], Tang et al. 2020:508 [ref. 37536], Shepherd et al. 2020:145 [ref. 37583], Gill et al. 2021:29 [ref. 38105], Fricke 2021:25 [ref. 38400], Koeda et al. 2021:1 [ref. 38721], Anderson 2022:569 [ref. 39757], Wada & Senou 2024:113 [ref. 40988]). Current status: Valid as Plectranthias Bleeker 1873. Anthiadidae.