hiatti, Acanthoplesiops Schultz [L. P.] in Schultz et al. 1953:407, Fig. 68 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 1; ref. 3975] Ocean reef in surf off Eniwetok Island, Rongerik Atoll, western Pacific. Holotype: USNM 140758. Paratypes: FMNH 62618 [ex USNM 140753] (1); USNM 140754-57 (1, 1, 1, 3), 141730 [not 141370] (1). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:4 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Acanthoplesiops hiatti Schultz 1953 -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:141 [ref. 6441], Hardy 1985:382 [ref. 5184], Smith-Vaniz & Johnson 1990:237 [ref. 16561], Myers 1999:123 [ref. 23965], Mooi 1999:2585 [ref. 24831], Mooi in Randall & Lim 2000:611 [ref. 25122], Allen & Adrim 2003:34 [ref. 26830], Mooi & Gill 2004:6 [ref. 27574], Mooi & Gill 2004:181 [ref. 27890], Allen & Erdmann 2012:345 [ref. 31980], Gill at al. 2013:216 [ref. 33020], Allen & Erdmann 2024:369 [ref. 40796]) Current status: Valid as Acanthoplesiops hiatti Schultz 1953. Plesiopidae: Acanthoclininae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Flores (Indonesia) east to Marshall Islands, north to Philippines Habitat: marine.