multisquamata, Plesiops Inger [R. F.] 1955:264 [Pacific Science v. 9 (no. 3); ref. 12275] KwaZulu-Natal Coast, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 723. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] (1, apparently lost). •Valid as Plesiops multisquamatus Inger 1955 -- (Heemstra 1986:543 [ref. 5660], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:179 [ref. 28072]). •Valid as Plesiops multisquamata Inger 1955 -- (Mooi 1995:42 [ref. 22053], Mooi 2022:150 [ref. 39750]). Current status: Valid as Plesiops multisquamata Inger 1955. Plesiopidae: Plesiopinae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: ?Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa). Habitat: marine.