plinthus, Alaeops Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] 1904:623, Pl. 5 (fig. 2) [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 [1902]; ref. 2526] Suruga Bay, Japan, Albatross station 3708, depth 60-70 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 51406. Paratypes: CAS-SU 8389 (6); USNM 51408 (1), 51413 (6). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:140-141 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Poecilopsetta plinthus (Jordan & Starks 1904) -- (Amaoka in Okamura et al. 1982:301, 408 [ref. 8256], Sakamoto 1984:210 [ref. 5273], Sakamoto in Masuda et al. 1984:353 [ref. 6441], Matsuura in Okamura et al. 1985:621, 740 [ref. 8056], Quéro et al. 1988:328 [ref. 12837], Lindberg & Fedorov 1993:177 [ref. 21500], Li & Wang 1995:265 [ref. 16193], Evseenko 1996:730 [ref. 24666], Evseenko 1998:60 [ref. 23643], Hoshino 2000:98 [ref. 24485], Hoshino et al. 2000:268 [ref. 24804], Amaoka in Randall & Lim 2000:645 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1380 [ref. 25182], Hensley 2001:3873 [ref. 26313], Hoshino et al. 2001:80 [ref. 25689], Uyeda & Sasaki 2001:415 [ref. 25795], Guibord & Chapleau 2001:1081 [ref. 25825], Shinohara et al. 2001:336 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:1380 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:432, 686 [ref. 26218], Guibord & Chapleau 2002:135 [ref. 26820], Evseenko 2004:17 [ref. 27606], Shinohara et al. 2005:443 [ref. 28370], Kawai & Amaoka 2006:266 [ref. 28777], Hoese & Bray 2006:1835 [ref. 29000], Ho et al. 2009:11 [ref. 31461], Kawai at al. 2010:196 [ref. 30791], Shinohara et al. 2011:58 [ref. 31715], Ohashi & Motomura 2011:101 [ref. 32413], Shinohara et al. 2014:278 [ref. 33330], Kim et al. 2020:193 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:122 [ref. 37637], Tashiro 2022:85 [ref. 39012]). Current status: Valid as Poecilopsetta plinthus (Jordan & Starks 1904). Poecilopsettidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine.