laudandus, Pescadorichthys (Musgravius) Whitley [G. P.] 1961:63, Fig. 2 [Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales v. for 1958-59; ref. 4731] Barrier Reef of Nouméa, about 10 miles from [Baie des] Citrons, New Caledonia. Holotype (unique): AMS IB.4509. •Valid as Plagiotremus laudandus (Whitley 1961), subspecies laudandus (Whitley 1961) -- (Nakabo 2000:1118 [ref. 25182], Springer 2001:3546 [ref. 26290], Nakabo 2002:1118 [ref. 26193], Myers & Donaldson 2003:639 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:500 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Bray 2006:1562 [ref. 29000], Patzner et al. 2009:460 [ref. 30396], Hastings & Springer 2009:7 [ref. 31156], Motomura et al. 2010:195 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:796 [ref. 31980]). •Valid as Plagiotremus laudandus (Whitley 1961) -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:129 [ref. 4144], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:297 [ref. 6441], Fukao 1985:91 [ref. 21281], Smith-Vaniz 1987:49 [ref. 6404], Randall et al. 1990:372 [ref. 15987], Bath & Patzner 1991:54 [ref. 19212], Kuiter 1993:339 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:166 [ref. 25479], Allen 1997:210 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:372 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:219 [ref. 23965], Springer in Randall & Lim 2000:634 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:395 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:117 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:41 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:55 [ref. 26830], Patzner et al. 2009:460 [ref. 30396], Fricke et al. 2014:152 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:260 [ref. 36673], Smith-Vaniz et al. 2020:125 [ref. 37757], Wada et al. 2021:47 [ref. 38521]). Current status: Valid as Plagiotremus laudandus (Whitley 1961). Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia east to Marshall Islands, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to northern Australia and Lord Howe Island. Habitat: marine.