altivelis, Plesiops Steindachner [F.] 1903:17 [Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse v. 40 (no. 3) (for 22 Jan. 1903); ref. 19244] Nias Island, off western coast of Sumatra [Pulau Nias, Sumatera Utara Province, Indonesia, eastern Indian Ocean]. Holotype (unique): NMW 71398. Described in more detail in Steindachner 1903:17 [ref. 4240]. •Valid as Calloplesiops altivelis (Steindachner 1903) -- (Dor 1984:107 [ref. 29757], Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:141 [ref. 6441], Heemstra 1986:542 [ref. 5660], Allen & Swainston 1988:60 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:525 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:28 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:133 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:29 [ref. 25356], Allen 1997:94 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:132 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:133 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:123 [ref. 23965], Mooi 1999:2585 [ref. 24831], Nakabo 2000:739 [ref. 25086], Mooi in Randall & Lim 2000:611 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:99 [ref. 25868], Allen 2000:87 [ref. 37268], Hutchins 2001:31 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:739 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:34 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:623 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:13 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:190 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Gates 2006:1053 [ref. 28997], Motomura 2009:97 [ref. 30446], Motomura et al. 2010:103 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:347 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:67 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2018:161 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:69 [ref. 36273], Mooi 2022:148 [ref. 39750], Allen & Erdmann 2024:371 [ref. 40796], Golani & Fricke 2026:114 [ref. 42831]). Current status: Valid as Calloplesiops altivelis (Steindachner 1903). Plesiopidae: Plesiopinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar, Maldives and Chagos Achipelago east to Line Islands (Kiribati) and Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to Australia and New Caledonia. IUCN (2020): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.