japonicus, Paracirrhites Steindachner [F.] in Steindachner & Döderlein 1883:25 [Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 48 (1. Abth.); ref. 4247] Japan. Holotype (unique): NMW. Species not listed in earlier abstract [ref. 20490]. •Valid as Isobuna japonica (Steindachner 1883) -- (Randall 1963:394 [ref. 3599]). •Valid as Plectranthias japonicus (Steindachner 1883) -- (Randall 1980:139 [ref. 6717], Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:134 [ref. 6441], Shen & Lin 1984:20 [ref. 13822], Allen & Swainston 1988:54 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:506 [ref. 12442], Lee 1990:15 [ref. 19830], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:243 [ref. 27969], Randall 1996:116 [ref. 23194], Allen 1997:82 [ref. 23977] dated 1884, Chen et al. 1997:52 [ref. 26476] dated 1884, Heemstra & Randall 1999:2470 [ref. 24815], Nakabo 2000:696 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:610 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:30 [ref. 25847], Chen & Shao 2002:64 [ref. 25977], Shinohara et al. 2001:321 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:696 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:310, 593 [ref. 26218], Allen et al. 2006:990 [ref. 29078], Wu et al. 2011:252 [ref. 31227], Larson et al. 2013:102 [ref. 32988], Allen & Walsh 2015:83 [ref. 33954], Okamoto & Motomura 2017:51 [ref. 35248], Anderson 2018:29 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:26 [ref. 37354], Wada et al. 2020:9 [ref. 37270], Shepherd et al. 2020:159 [ref. 37583], Gill et al. 2021:67 [ref. 38105]). Current status: Valid as Plectranthias japonicus (Steindachner 1883). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: southern Indonesia, Philippines north to Taiwan and Japan; Northern Territory and Arafura Sea (Australia). Habitat: marine.