macrospilus, Plectorhinchus Satapoomin [U.] & Randall [J. E.] 2000:11, Figs. 1-5 [Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin No. 63; ref. 25341] Miang Island, 8°34'N, 97°38'E, western side of bay, Similan Islands, southwestern Thailand, Andaman Sea. Holotype: BPBM 22847. Paratypes: PMBC 17226 (1). •Valid as Plectorhinchus macrospilus Satapoomin & Randall 2000 -- (Satapoomin in Motomura et al. 2009:154 [ref. 31130], Allen & Erdmann 2012:476 [ref. 31980], Parenti 2019:182 [ref. 37021], Psomadakis et al. 2020:469 [ref. 37272], Habib et al. 2021:302 [ref. 38630], Damadi et al. 2023:142 [ref. 40426], Allen & Erdmann 2024:504 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Plectorhinchus macrospilus Satapoomin & Randall 2000. Haemulidae: Plectorhinchinae. Distribution: Northeastern Indian Ocean: Bangladesh, Myanmar, Andaman Sea and west coast of Thailand. Habitat: marine.