pleurostictus, Callionymus (Calliurichthys) Fricke [R.] 1982:138, Figs. 7-8 [Journal of Natural History v. 16 (no. 1); ref. 8479] Bay of Nhatrang, Vietnam, 12°12'06"N, 109°17'30"E. Holotype: CAS 46723. Paratypes: CAS 46719 (1), 46724-26 (1, 1, 1). Type catalog: Fricke 1982:69 [ref. 5432]. May use Pseudocalliurichthys or Callionymus; authors differ. •Valid as Pseudocalliurichthys pleurostictus (Fricke 1982) -- (Nakabo & Hayashi 1991 [ref. 20443], Nakabo 2000:1135 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1135 [ref. 26193], Hoese & Bray 2006:1587 [ref. 29000], Larson et al. 2013:183 [ref. 32988], Wada et al. 2021:47 [ref. 38521]). •Valid as Callionymus pleurostictus Fricke 1982 -- (Fricke 1982:69 [ref. 5432], Fricke 1983:428 [ref. 8349], Fricke 1989:53 [ref. 15489], Fricke 1993:368 [ref. 22077], Fricke in Randall & Lim 2000:634 [ref. 25122], Fricke 2000:18 [ref. 25197], Fricke 2001:3555 [ref. 26292], Fricke 2002:37 [ref. 26547], Allen & Adrim 2003:56 [ref. 26830] dating to 1992, Fricke 2006:13 [ref. 28872], Allen & Erdmann 2012:846 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:154 [ref. 33932], Fricke 2016:62 [ref. 34390], Fricke 2016:51 [ref. 34468], Fricke 2016:21 [ref. 34659], Fricke 2017:183 [ref. 35548]). Current status: Valid as Callionymus pleurostictus Fricke 1982. Callionymidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Vietnam and eastern Indonesia east to Solomon Islands, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.