immaculatus, Pseudoplesiops Gill [A. C.] & Edwards [A. J.] 2002:20, Figs. 1-2 [Bulletin of the Natural History Museum London (Zoology) v. 68 (no. 1); ref. 26562] Coral gutter, western end of Raine Island, Great Barrier Reef, 11°36'S, 144°01'E, depth 2-20 meters. Holotype: AMS I.20757-069. Paratypes: AMS I.17090-043 (1), I.17094-013 to 014 (1 ea.), I.17096-008 (1), I.20756-014 (1, c&s), I.20756-124 (2), I.20757-039 (1), I.20757-091 (3), I.20784-040 (2), I.21972-004 (1), I.22616-044 (1), I.22619-025 (1); ANSP 131727-28 (2, 1), 178041 (1); ASIZT 57016 (1), 56991 (1); BMNH 1974.5.25.973 (1); CAS 58686 (2); MNHN 1994-45 (1); QM I.15527 (2); RMNH 31188 (1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 35701 (1); USNM 209591 (3), 209965 (1), 290118 (6), 290327 (5), 290437 (1), 290749 (3), 290791 (1), 290808 (1), 291609 (1), 292031 (1), 322986 (1), 322994 (1), 328198 (1), 356587 (1), 357981 (1), 358382 (1); WAM P.26083-041 (1), P.26085-030 (1), P.26093-015 (1), P.26104-005 (1), P.26107-004 (1), P.26113-003 (2), P.27825-034 (3), P.29626-001 (1), P.29927-004 (1). Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:21 [ref. 30117], Ho & Shao 2011:43 [ref. 31432]. •Valid as Pseudoplesiops immaculatus Gill & Edwards 2002 -- (Gill & Edwards 2003:6 [ref. 27432], Allen et al. 2006:1071 [ref. 29085], Ho & Shao 2011:43 [ref. 31432], Allen & Erdmann 2012:321 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:67 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2017:56 [ref. 36669], Gill 2022:131 [ref. 39748], Allen & Erdmann 2024:341 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Pseudoplesiops immaculatus Gill & Edwards 2002. Pseudochromidae: Pseudoplesiopinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Maldives and Christmas Island (Australia) east to Philippines, north to southern Japan, south to Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia). Habitat: marine.
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