oxycephalus, Plesiops Bleeker [P.] 1855:320 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch IndiĆ« v. 8 (no. 2); ref. 348] Batu Islands, Indonesia. Lectotype: RMNH 6353. Paralectotypes: RMNH 32451 [ex 6353] (1). •Valid as Plesiops oxycephalus Bleeker 1855 -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:141 [ref. 6441], Mooi 1995:51 [ref. 22053], Myers 1999:124 [ref. 23965], Mooi 1999:2585 [ref. 24831], Nakabo 2000:740 [ref. 25086], Mooi in Randall & Lim 2000:612 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:740 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:34 [ref. 26830], Allen & Erdmann 2012:349 [ref. 31980], Allen & Erdmann 2024:374 [ref. 40796], Fricke et al. 2014:68 [ref. 33932]). Current status: Valid as Plesiops oxycephalus Bleeker 1855. Plesiopidae: Plesiopinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia and Papua New Guinea to the Philippines, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Palau and north to Vietnam and Ryukyu Islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.
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