verecundus, Plesiops Mooi [R. D.] 1995:57, Fig. 33 [Royal Ontario Museum Life Science Contributions No. 159; ref. 22053] Great Astrolabe Reef, Dravuni Islands, Kandavu, 0-50 meters offshore, Fiji Islands, 18°45'52"S, 178°31'13"E, depth 0-2 meters. Holotype: ROM 60208. Paratypes: AMS I.18361-024 (1); ANSP 157384 (7), 157387 (1), 157391 (5), 157402 (5); CAS 72677 (1); ROM 46746-48 (10, 23, 5); USNM 243989 (1). •Valid as Plesiops verecundus Mooi 1995 -- (Allen 1997:94 [ref. 23977], Mooi 1999:2585 [ref. 24831], Mooi in Randall & Lim 2000:612 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:31 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:34 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:13 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:191 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Gates 2006:1056 [ref. 28997], Allen & Erdmann 2012:350 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:68 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:31 [ref. 35333], Wada et al. 2021:40 [ref. 38521], Allen & Erdmann 2024:374 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Plesiops verecundus Mooi 1995. Plesiopidae: Plesiopinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: eastern Indonesia and Papua New Guinea to the Philippines to Solomon Islands, Fiji, Palau to Australia and north to Taiwan and Amami Islands (southern Japan) and Vietnam. Habitat: marine.