wassi, Pseudoplesiops Gill [A. C.] & Edwards [A. J.] 2003:2, Figs. 1-2 [Zootaxa No. 291; ref. 27432] Milli Bay, 13°40'19"S, 167°39'04"E, Mota Lava Island, Banks Islands, Vanuatu. Holotype: USNM 363283. Paratypes: AMS I.22584-032 (1), I.25107-066 (1), I.125112-001 (1), I.33731-084 (3); BMNH 1999.1.4.17 (1), 2003.1.22.10-14, 15, 16, and 17 (5, 1, 1, 1); BPBM 38969 (1); USNM 223334 (3), 242110 (2), 259385 (4), 283437 (3), 287661 (1), 290446 (1), 292059 (2), 338527 (1). •Valid as Pseudoplesiops wassi Gill & Edwards 2003 -- (Randall 2005:189 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1072 [ref. 29085], Allen & Erdmann 2012:322 [ref. 31980], Allen & Erdmann 2024:342 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Pseudoplesiops wassi Gill & Edwards 2003. Pseudochromidae: Pseudoplesiopinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Australia and Coral Sea, Papua New Guinea, east to Tonga, Samoa and Caroline Islands Habitat: marine.