gracilis, Plesiops Mooi [R. D.] & Randall [J. E.] 1991:374, Pl. 1A; Figs. 1-3 [Copeia 1991 (no. 2); ref. 19340] Auluptagel Island, southeastern end, eastern side of T-shaped peninsula, Palau Islands, 7°18'50"N, 134°29'52"E, depth 6-14 meters. Holotype: BPBM 31410. Paratypes: AMS I.17089-006 (5); BPBM 9732 (2); CAS 13985 (4, missing), 13988-89 (5, 2), 67419-22 (3, 5, 8, 1), 67423 (2, c&s); ROM: 56860-61 (2, 2); USNM 226939-40 (1, 1); WAM P.27654-027 (2). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:21 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:22 [ref. 30117] •Valid as Plesiops gracilis Mooi & Randall 1991 -- (Mooi 1995:35 [ref. 22053], Myers 1999:123 [ref. 23965], Mooi 1999:2585 [ref. 24831], Hutchins 2001:31 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:34 [ref. 26830], Hoese & Gates 2006:1056 [ref. 28997], Allen & Erdmann 2012:349 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:68 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:130 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Plesiops gracilis Mooi & Randall 1991. Plesiopidae: Plesiopinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to Caroline Islands, south to Western Australia and Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.