indicus, Acanthoclinus Day [F.] 1888:264 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888 (pt 3) (art. 4) (for 1 May 1888); ref. 14480] Madras, India. Holotype (unique): ?BMNH 1889,8,17,5. Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:161 [ref. 23762]. •Valid as Acanthoplesiops indicus (Day 1888) -- (Hardy 1985:381 [ref. 5184], Smith 1986:541 [ref. 5712], Smith-Vaniz & Johnson 1990:234 [ref. 16561], Randall 1995:147 [ref. 22896], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S105 [ref. 27377], Mooi & Gill 2004:6 [ref. 27574], Randall et al. 2004:13 [ref. 27624], Mooi & Gill 2004:181 [ref. 27890], Gill at al. 2013:216 [ref. 33020], Mooi 2022:148 [ref. 39750]). Current status: Valid as Acanthoplesiops indicus (Day 1888). Plesiopidae: Acanthoclininae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya) and seychelles; east coast of India. Habitat: marine.