orientalis, Anthias Bloch [M. E.] 1793:10, Pl. 326 (fig. 3) [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 7; ref. 4868] Japan. Syntypes: ZMB 8718 (1, dry). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:85 [ref. 24282]. On p. 8 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 10 [ref. 21381]. •Valid as Plectorhinchus orientalis (Bloch 1793) -- (Winterbottom et al. 1989:38 [ref. 13251], Senou & Shimada 1991:5 [ref. 24307], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:282 [ref. 24014], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:355 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:126 [ref. 23977], Allen 2000:88 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:846 [ref. 25086], Hutchins 2001:263 [ref. 25841], Nakabo 2002:846 [ref. 26001], Peristiwady et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:97 [ref. 27510], Damadi et al. 2023:142 [ref. 40426]). •Synonym of Plectorhinchus vittatus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Satapoomin & Randall 2000:15 [ref. 25341], Randall & Johnson 2000:478 [ref. 25807], Allen 2000:103 [ref. 25868], McKay 2001:2982 [ref. 26103], Randall 2005:271 [ref. 28239], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:335 [ref. 28867], Allen et al. 2006:1223 [ref. 29090], Motomura et al. 2010:123 [ref. 31256], Parenti 2019:184 [ref. 37021], Heemstra 2022:276 [ref. 39773]). Current status: Synonym of Plectorhinchus vittatus (Linnaeus 1758). Haemulidae: Plectorhinchinae. Habitat: marine.