taira, Pseudanthias Schmidt [P. Yu.] 1931:37, Pl. 3 (fig. 2) [Transactions of the Pacific Committee of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. v. 1; ref. 3937] Kominato, Amami-Oshima Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Syntypes: ZIN 23235 (4). Type catalog: Anderson 2018:47 [ref. 36146]. Appeared as name only in Schmidt 1930:514 [ref. 18734]. •Valid as Pseudanthias taira Schmidt 1931 -- (Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:137 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 2000:700 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:700 [ref. 26001], Anderson 2018:47 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:41 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias taira Schmidt 1931. Anthiadidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Japan. Habitat: marine.