yamakawai, Plectranthias Yoshino [T.] 1972:53, Figs. 1B, 3 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 19 (no. 2); ref. 7659] Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype: FAKU 44565. Paratypes: FAKU 44566-68 (3), Yamakawa's coll. 6978 (1), 6980 (1). Type catalog: Anderson 2018:34 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Plectranthias yamakawai Yoshino 1972 -- (Randall 1980:184 [ref. 6717], Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:134 [ref. 6441], Lee 1990:19 [ref. 19830], Randall 1996:118 [ref. 23194], Nakabo 2000:695 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:610 [ref. 25122], Chen & Shao 2002:64 [ref. 25977], Nakabo 2002:695 [ref. 26001], Motomura et al. 2010:99 [ref. 31256], Wu et al. 2011:253 [ref. 31227], Allen & Walsh 2015:83 [ref. 33954], Okamoto & Motomura 2017:51 [ref. 35248], Anderson 2018:34 [ref. 36146], Wada et al. 2020:11 [ref. 37270], Parenti & Randall 2020:31 [ref. 37354], Gill et al. 2021:72 [ref. 38105], Cababe-Barnuevo et al. 2022:300 [ref. 39847]). Current status: Valid as Plectranthias yamakawai Yoshino 1972. Anthiadidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines and Taiwan north to Japan; Samoa. Habitat: marine.