typus, Pseudoplesiops Bleeker [P.] 1858:217 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 15 (no. 1); ref. 362] Goram-Archipel [Pulau-Pulau Gorong, Molucca Islands]. Holotype (unique): RMNH 5969. Non-types: RMNH 31188 [ex RMNH 5969] (?). •Valid as Pseudoplesiops typus Bleeker 1858 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:522 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:132 [ref. 15987], Gill et al. 1991:78 [ref. 19722], Randall et al. 1997:132 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:122 [ref. 23965], Gill 1999:2577 [ref. 24817], Gill in Randall & Lim 2000:611 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:31 [ref. 25847], Gill & Edwards 2002:25 [ref. 26562], Allen & Adrim 2003:33 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:58 [ref. 27510], Allen et al. 2006:1072 [ref. 29085], Allen & Erdmann 2012:322 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:67 [ref. 33932]). Current status: Valid as Pseudoplesiops typus Bleeker 1858. Pseudochromidae: Pseudoplesiopinae. Distribution: Western Pacific and eastern Indian Ocean: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands to Australia, Coral Sea and Micronesia. Habitat: marine.