conspicuus, Anthias Heemstra [P. C.] 1973:200, Fig. 1 [Copeia 1973 (no. 2); ref. 55] Off Diu, India, Arabian Sea, 20°23'N, 70°00'E, depth 71 meters. Holotype: USNM 205864. Paratypes: FMNH 70651 (12); USNM 205862-63 (1, 1). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:9 [ref. 12367], Anderson 2018:38 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Pseudanthias conspicuus (Heemstra 1973) -- (Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690] as conspicuous, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S104 [ref. 27377], Heemstra & Akhilesh 2012:125, 136 [ref. 32094], Psomadakis et al. 2015:202 [ref. 34104] as cf. conspicuus, Anderson 2018:38 [ref. 36146], Eagderi et al. 2019:110 [ref. 37020], Parenti & Randall 2020:34 [ref. 37354], Akhilesh et al. 2021:55 [ref. 38701], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:105 [ref. 39746]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias conspicuus (Heemstra 1973). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: Somalia and Persian Gulf east to west coast of India. Habitat: marine.