azumanus, Pseudanthias Jordan [D. S.] & Richardson [R. E.] 1910:470 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 37 (no. 1714); ref. 2494] Tokyo Bay, Japan. Syntypes: NMW 42378-79 (1, 3). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:70 [ref. 12291]. Replacement name for Anthias japonicus Döderlein 1883, preoccupied by Anthias japonicus Bloch 1793. •Synonym of Plectranthias kelloggi (Jordan & Evermann 1903), but a valid subspecies azumanus (Jordan & Richardson 1910) -- (Amaoka in Okamura et al. 1982:219, 373 [ref. 8256], Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:134 [ref. 6441], Yamakawa in Okamura et al. 1985:465, 666 [ref. 8056], Nakabo 2000:696 [ref. 25086], Shinohara et al. 2001:321 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:696 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2005:431 [ref. 28370], Shinohara et al. 2014:259 [ref. 33330], Okamoto & Motomura 2017:51 [ref. 35248], Parenti & Randall 2020:27 [ref. 37354], Sonoyama et al. 2020:55 [ref. 37637], Wada et al. 2020:9 [ref. 37270], Koeda et al. 2021:6 [ref. 38857]). •Synonym of Plectranthias kelloggi (Jordan & Evermann 1903) -- (Randall 1980:104 [ref. 6717], Shen & Lin 1984:19 [ref. 13822], Lee 1990:16 [ref. 19830]). •Valid as Plectranthias azumanus (Jordan & Richardson 1910) -- (Gill et al. 2021:38 [ref. 38105], Wada et al. 2022:25 [ref. 39599], Anderson 2022:569 [ref. 39757]). Replacement Name. Current status: Valid as Plectranthias azumanus (Jordan & Richardson 1910). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Taiwan to southern Japan; Western Australia. Habitat: marine.