psilogaster, Acanthoplesiops Hardy [G. S.] 1985:384, Fig. 13 [New Zealand Journal of Zoology v. 11; ref. 5184] Cut between large outstanding rock and Ch'uan-fan-shih, southern Taiwan. Holotype: USNM 257872. Paratypes: BPBM 23296 (2); NMNZ P.14813 (1); USNM 257871 (2, 1 c&s), 257872-73 (1, 1), 276528 (1). Type catalog: Hardy 1990:10 [ref. 18942], Ho & Shao 2011:43 [ref. 31432]. •Valid as Acanthoplesiops psilogaster Hardy 1985 -- (Smith-Vaniz & Johnson 1990:237 [ref. 16561], Mooi 1999:2585 [ref. 24831], Nakabo 2000:738 [ref. 25086], Mooi in Randall & Lim 2000:611 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:738 [ref. 26001], Mooi & Gill 2004:6 [ref. 27574], Mooi & Gill 2004:181 [ref. 27890], Motomura et al. 2010:102 [ref. 31256], Ho & Shao 2011:43 [ref. 31432], Allen & Erdmann 2012:346 [ref. 31980], Gill at al. 2013:216 [ref. 33020], Motomura et al. 2015:20 [ref. 34709], Koeda et al. 2016:31 [ref. 35333], Fujiwara & Shinohara 2022:6 [ref. 39788], Allen & Erdmann 2024:370 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Acanthoplesiops psilogaster Hardy 1985. Plesiopidae: Acanthoclininae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands (southern Japan) and Japan. Habitat: marine.