pleurotaenia, Anthias Bleeker [P.] 1857:34 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 2 (art. 7); ref. 356] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 5452. Type catalog: Anderson 2018:45 [ref. 36146]. •Synonym of Anthias taeniatus Klunzinger 1884 -- (Dor 1984:104 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Anthias pleurotaenia Bleeker 1857 -- (Allen & Starck 1982:52 [ref. 8518], Paxton et al. 1989:502 [ref. 12442], Randall & Allen 1989:77 [ref. 13389], Lee 1990:7 [ref. 19830]). •Valid as Pseudanthias pleurotaenia (Bleeker 1857) -- (Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:136 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:96 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:92 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:116 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:96 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:108 [ref. 23965], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2470 [ref. 24815], Nakabo 2000:702 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:611 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:200 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:98 [ref. 25868], Ida & Sakaue 2001:267 [ref. 25544], Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Hutchins 2001:262 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:30 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:702 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:32 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:620 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:12 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:145 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:994 [ref. 29078], Motomura et al. 2010:100 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:387 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:299 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:64 [ref. 33932], Anderson 2018:45 [ref. 36146], Fricke et al. 2019:124 [ref. 36673], Parenti & Randall 2020:39 [ref. 37354], Allen & Erdmann 2024:317 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias pleurotaenia (Bleeker 1857). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Western Pacific and southeastern Indian Ocean: Indonesia east to Marshall Islands and Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.