bimaculatus, Anthias Smith [J. L. B.] 1955:339, Fig. 1 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12) v. 8 (no. 89) (art. 42); ref. 4097] Bay of Bocage, 14°10'S, 40°50'E, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB 47. Paratypes: (3) SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 958-959 (2, 2). Type catalog: Anderson 2018:36 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Anthias bimaculatus Smith 1955 -- (Heemstra & Randall 1986:511 [ref. 5667]). •Valid as Pseudanthias bimaculatus (Smith 1955) -- (Randall & Hutomo 1988 [ref. 6679], Allen 1997:92 [ref. 23977], Fricke 1999:206 [ref. 24106], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2470 [ref. 24815], Ida & Sakaue 2001:267 [ref. 25544], Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Allen & Adrim 2003:32 [ref. 26830], Fricke et al. 2009:48 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:290 [ref. 31980], Heemstra & Akhilesh 2012:127, 130 [ref. 32094], Anderson 2018:36 [ref. 36146], Fricke et al. 2018:157 [ref. 35805], Parenti & Randall 2020:33 [ref. 37354], Akhilesh et al. 2021:55 [ref. 38701], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:103 [ref. 39746], Allen & Erdmann 2024:311 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias bimaculatus (Smith 1955). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Mozambique), Aldabra (Seychelles), Madagascar, western Mascarenes (La Réunion), Maldives; Indonesia; New Caledonia; probably more widespread. Habitat: marine.