pleurotaenia, Gunnellichthys Bleeker [P.] 1858:10 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 3 (art. 11); ref. 361] Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Syntypes: RMNH 4799 (2). •Valid as Gunnellichthys pleurotaenia Bleeker 1858 -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:289 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:414 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1997:360 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:414 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:262 [ref. 23965], Nakabo 2000:1261 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Larson 2001:3608 [ref. 26296], Nakabo 2002:1261 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:61 [ref. 26830] with genus as Gunnelichthys, Kimura et al. 2003:2 [ref. 27051], Myers & Donaldson 2003:645 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:563 [ref. 28239], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:352 [ref. 28867], Hoese 2006:1704 [ref. 28998], Allen & Erdmann 2012:991 [ref. 31980]). Current status: Valid as Gunnellichthys pleurotaenia Bleeker 1858. Microdesmidae: Microdesminae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: east Africa to Samoa, Australia to Ryukyu Islands. Habitat: marine.