corallicola, Plesiops Bleeker [P.] 1853:280 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 12580] Priaman [Pariaman, Sumatra, Indonesia, eastern Indian Ocean]. Lectotype: RMNH 6352. Paralectotypes: RMNH 32450 [ex 6352] (1). Lectotype selected by Mooi 1995:25 [ref. 22053]. •Valid as Plesiops corallicola Bleeker 1853 -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:141 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:526 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:133 [ref. 15987], Mooi 1995:25 [ref. 22053], Myers 1999:123 [ref. 23965], Mooi 1999:2585 [ref. 24831], Johnson 1999:731 [ref. 25471], Allen 2000:87 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:740 [ref. 25086], Mooi in Randall & Lim 2000:612 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:740 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:34 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:623 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:13 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:191 [ref. 28239], Motomura 2009:98 [ref. 30446], Allen & Erdmann 2012:348 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2019:130 [ref. 36673], Allen & Erdmann 2024:372 [ref. 40796], Furuhashi et al. 2024:12 [ref. 41415]). Current status: Valid as Plesiops corallicola Bleeker 1853. Plesiopidae: Plesiopinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Sea, Christmas Island and Cocos-Keeling Islands (Australia) east to Howland and Baker islands and Suwarrow (Cook Islands), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.