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Species in the genus Plectrypops: [ 7 ] records

carneus, Myripristis Ramsay [E. P.] & Ogilby [J. D.] 1886:474 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (Series 2) v. 1 (pt 2); ref. 18603] Admiralty Islands. Holotype (unique): AMS I.214. •Synonym of Plectrypops lima (Valenciennes 1831) -- (Kotlyar, pers. comm., 3/03). Current status: Synonym of Plectrypops lima (Valenciennes 1831). Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

exasperatus, Holocentrus Breder [C. M., Jr.] 1927:26, Fig. 13 [Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 1 (art. 1); ref. 635] West Indies. Holotype: YPM 505. Paratypes: YPM 506 (2), 507 (3). Type catalog: Moore & Boardman 1991:14 [ref. 16741]. •Synonym of Plectrypops retrospinis (Guichenot 1843) -- (Kotlyar, pers. comm., 3/03). Current status: Synonym of Plectrypops retrospinis (Guichenot 1843). Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

lima, Myripristis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:493 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-7586 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:22 [ref. 20740]. •Valid as Plectrypops lima (Valenciennes 1831) -- (Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:114 [ref. 6441], Randall & Heemstra 1986:426 [ref. 5707], Paxton et al. 1989:379 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:53 [ref. 14125], Winterbottom et al. 1989:17 [ref. 13251], Chen et al. 1990:259 [ref. 16678], Randall et al. 1990:64 [ref. 15987], Francis 1993:159 [ref. 25479], Allen & Robertson 1994:95 [ref. 22193], Kotlyar 1996:90 [ref. 23292], Allen 1997:68 [ref. 23977], Allen & Robertson 1997:822 [ref. 41086], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:274 [ref. 24023], Randall et al. 1997:64 [ref. 25919], Kotlyar 1998:210 [ref. 24674], Myers 1999:81 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:134 [ref. 24106], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2234 [ref. 24790], Randall 1999:9 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:85 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:493 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:602 [ref. 25122], Randall & Earle 2000:9 [ref. 25806], Nakabo 2002:493 [ref. 26001], Myers & Donaldson 2003:616 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:9 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3318 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:92 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:310 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:781 [ref. 29066], Randall 2007:150 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2011:373 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:173 [ref. 31980], Page et al. 2013:112 [ref. 32708], Fricke et al. 2014:42 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Fourriére et al. 2016:443 [ref. 34668], Fourrière et al. 2016:Suppl. p. 6 [ref. 42488], Eguchi & Motomura 2016:81 [ref. 34690], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:608 [ref. 34923], Fricke et al. 2018:115 [ref. 35805], Yoshigou 2021:51 [ref. 38991], Randall & Heemstra 2022:410 [ref. 39719], Balisco et al. 2023:5 [ref. 39932], Page et al. 2023:107 [ref. 40505], Allen & Erdmann 2024:191 [ref. 40796], Fricke et al. 2024:256 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Plectrypops lima (Valenciennes 1831). Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Indo-Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa (Mozambique), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar, eastern Mascarenes (Mauritius, Rodrigues) and Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory) east to Cocos Island (Costa Rica), Clipperton Island (France) and Revillagigedo Islands (Mexico) (eastern Pacific), north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Queensland (Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia), New Caledonia, Tonga, and Rapa (French Polynesia). IUCN (2017): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

prospinosum, Holocentrum Poey [F.] 1861:343 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Havana, Cuba. No types known. Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:183-184 [ref. 22926] with MCZ 21884 as lectotype, but Poey says no specimens. Unneeded new name for Holocentrum retrospinus Guichenot. •Synonym of Plectrypops retrospinis (Guichenot 1843) -- (Kotlyar, pers. comm., 3/03). Current status: Synonym of Plectrypops retrospinis (Guichenot 1843). Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

retrospinis, Holocentrum Guichenot [A.] 1843:35, Pl. 1 (fig. 3) [Historia fisica, politica y natural de la isla de Cuba. Segunda parte. Historia natural. Tomo 4. Reptiles y peces; ref. 41293] Cuba. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-2596. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:18 [ref. 20740]. Also appeared as new in Guichenot 1853:35, Pl. 1 (fig. 3) [ref. 18164]. •Valid as Plectrypops retrospinis (Guichenot 1843) (often dated 1853) -- (Robins & Ray 1986:115 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1991:251 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:341 [ref. 23827], Kotlyar 1996:90 [ref. 23292], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:1023 [ref. 23897], Kotlyar 1998:210 [ref. 24674], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:185 [ref. 25013], Collette et al. 2003:104 [ref. 26784], Greenfield 2003:1201 [ref. 27041], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:70 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:17 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:110 [ref. 27807], Randall 2005:92 [ref. 28239], Page et al. 2013:112 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:34 [ref. 33341], Pinheiro et al. 2015:10 [ref. 34324], Robertson et al. 2020:156 [ref. 38098], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:74 [ref. 38844], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:72 [ref. 39585], Carvalho-Filho 2023:98 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:107 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:257 [ref. 41622], Estape et al. 2025:62 [ref. 42467]). Current status: Valid as Plectrypops retrospinis (Guichenot 1843). Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bahamas and Florida (U.S.A.) south to São Paulo (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

riukiuensis, Holotrachys Fowler [H. W.] 1946:125, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 98; ref. 1456] Aguni Shima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype (unique): ANSP 72002. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:113 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Plectrypops lima (Valenciennes 1831) -- (Kotlyar, pers. comm., 3/03). Current status: Synonym of Plectrypops lima (Valenciennes 1831). Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.

rosea, Harpage De Vis [C. W.] 1884:448 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 8 (pt 4); ref. 1089] South Sea islands. No types known. •Synonym of Plectrypops lima (Valenciennes 1831) -- (Kotlyar, pers. comm., 3/03). Current status: Synonym of Plectrypops lima (Valenciennes 1831). Holocentridae: Myripristinae. Habitat: marine.