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Species in the genus Pseudanthias: [ 66 ] records

affinis, Franzia Tanaka [S.] 1915:566 [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 27 (no. 325); ref. 4324] Nagasaki fish market, Japan. Holotype (unique): ZUMT 6579. •Synonym of Pseudanthias squamipinnis (Peters 1855) -- (Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Parenti & Randall 2020:41 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudanthias squamipinnis (Peters 1855). Anthiadidae. Habitat: marine.

altus, Anthias Smith [J. L. B.] 1961:363, Fig. 2 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 21; ref. 18464] Off Lamu, Kenya, depth 43 fathoms. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 170. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 957 (1). •Valid as Anthias altus Smith 1961 -- (Evseenko 1996:727 [ref. 24666]). •Synonym of Pseudanthias cooperi (Regan 1902) -- (Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Heemstra & Akhilesh 2012:138 [ref. 32094], Parenti & Randall 2020:34 [ref. 37354], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:106 [ref. 39746]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudanthias cooperi (Regan 1902). Anthiadidae. Habitat: marine.

amoenus, Rosanthias Tanaka [S.] 1917:198 [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 29 (no. 345); ref. 4330] Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Holotype (unique): ZUMT 8468 (lost). Species originally spelled amaenus due to a typesetting error when first published in Japanese in above reference, spelling corrected to amoenus when later illustrated and described in more detail in English and Japanese in Tanaka 1918:503, Pl. 136 (fig. 379) [ref. 6073]. •Synonym of Pseudanthias elongatus (Franz 1910) -- (Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Parenti & Randall 2020:35 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudanthias elongatus (Franz 1910). Anthiadidae. Habitat: marine.

anthiam, Labrum Forster [J. R.] in Lichtenstein (ex Banks) 1844:155 [Descriptiones animalium quae in itinere ad Maris Australis; ref. 17531] No types known. Name only, apparently intended for Labrus anthias Linnaeus (see index on p. 420) and not an independent species description. Name in a list of species observed by J. Banks in Otahaitee [Tahiti] during the previous expedition. Not available. •Uncertain in genus Pseudanthias Bleeker 1871. Nomen Nudum. Anthiadidae.

ardens, Franzia Jordan [D. S.] & Thompson [W. F.] 1914:251, Pl. 30 (fig. 1) [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 6 (no. 4); ref. 2543] Misaki, Japan. Holotype: FMNH 57509 [ex CM 6451]. Type catalog: Henn 1928:92 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:36 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Pseudanthias squamipinnis (Peters 1855) -- (Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Parenti & Randall 2020:41 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudanthias squamipinnis (Peters 1855). Anthiadidae. Habitat: marine.

bimaculatus, Anthias Smith [J. L. B.] 1955:339, Fig. 1 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12) v. 8 (no. 89) (art. 42); ref. 4097] Bay of Bocage, 14°10'S, 40°50'E, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB 47. Paratypes: (3) SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 958-959 (2, 2). Type catalog: Anderson 2018:36 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Anthias bimaculatus Smith 1955 -- (Heemstra & Randall 1986:511 [ref. 5667]). •Valid as Pseudanthias bimaculatus (Smith 1955) -- (Randall & Hutomo 1988 [ref. 6679], Allen 1997:92 [ref. 23977], Fricke 1999:206 [ref. 24106], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2470 [ref. 24815], Ida & Sakaue 2001:267 [ref. 25544], Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Allen & Adrim 2003:32 [ref. 26830], Fricke et al. 2009:48 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:290 [ref. 31980], Heemstra & Akhilesh 2012:127, 130 [ref. 32094], Anderson 2018:36 [ref. 36146], Fricke et al. 2018:157 [ref. 35805], Parenti & Randall 2020:33 [ref. 37354], Akhilesh et al. 2021:55 [ref. 38701], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:103 [ref. 39746]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias bimaculatus (Smith 1955). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Mozambique), Aldabra (Seychelles), Madagascar, western Mascarenes (La Réunion), Maldives; Indonesia; New Caledonia; probably more widespread. Habitat: marine.

bitaeniatus, Anthias Kotthaus [A.] 1973:19, Fig. 289 [Meteor Forschungsergebnisse. Reihe D, Biologie No. 16; ref. 7572] East of Mumbai, Arabian Sea, 18°61'N, 70°39'E to 18°54'N, 70°41.3'E, depth 86-93 meters. Holotype (unique): ZMH 5126 [ex IOES 164]. Type catalog: Wilkens & Dohse 1993:416 [ref. 21161]. •Synonym of Pseudanthias townsendi (Boulenger 1897) -- (Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690]). • Probably a synonym of Paeudanthias conspicuus (Heemstra 1973) -- (Heemstra & Akhilesh 2012:137 [ref. 32094], Parenti & Randall 2020:34 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudanthias conspicuus (Heemstra 1973). Anthiadidae. Habitat: marine.

calloura, Pseudanthias Ida [H.] & Sakaue [J.] 2001:263, Figs. 1-5 [Ichthyological Research v. 48 (no. 3); ref. 25544] Southwestern reef of Koror Island, Palau Islands, central Pacific, rocky drop-off at depth of 56 meters. Holotype: NSMT-P 57228. Paratypes: NSMT-P 57229-30 (1, 1). Type catalog: Anderson 2018:37 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Pseudanthias calloura Ida & Sakaue 2001 -- (Motomura et al. 2010:119 [ref. 31101], Anderson 2018:37 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:33 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias calloura Ida & Sakaue 2001. Anthiadidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Palau. Habitat: marine.

carlsoni, Pseudanthias Randall [J. E.] & Pyle [R. L.] 2001:20, Figs. 1-4 [Raffles Bulletin of Zoology v. 49 (no. 1); ref. 25690] Yanutha Reef, southern end of No Name Pass, ocean side, 18°24'30"S, 177°56'E, Fiji, depth 37-46 meters. Holotype: BPBM 38665. Paratypes: AMS I.39906-001 (1), BMNH 2000.1.6.1 (1), BPBM 30630 (1), CAS 210368 (1), NSMT-P 58835 (1), ZRC 45768 (2), USNM 359477(2). •Valid as Pseudanthias carlsoni Randall & Pyle 2001 -- (Randall et al. 2004:12 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:140 [ref. 28239], Allen & Erdmann 2008:144 [ref. 29480]). •Synonym of Pseudanthias engelhardi (Allen & Starck 1982) -- (Motomura et al. 2010:119 [ref. 31101], Allen & Erdmann 2012:292 [ref. 31980], Parenti & Randall 2020:35 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudanthias engelhardi (Allen & Starck 1982). Anthiadidae. Habitat: marine.

caudalis, Pseudanthias Kamohara [T.] & Katayama [M.] 1959:1, Fig. 1 [Reports of the Usa Marine Biological Station v. 6 (no. 1); ref. 11923] Kashiwajima, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Holotype: BSKU 7492. Paratypes: BSKU 8205 (1). Type catalog: Kamohara 1961:3 [ref. 19282], Anderson 2018:37 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Pseudanthias caudalis Kamohara & Katayama 1959 -- (Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:137 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 2000:705 [ref. 25086], Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Nakabo 2002:705 [ref. 26001], Shao et al. 2008:248 [ref. 29952], Randall 2007:195 [ref. 30952], Anderson 2018:37 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:33 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias caudalis Kamohara & Katayama 1959. Anthiadidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Honshu (Japan) to Ogasawara Islands. Habitat: marine.

charleneae, Pseudanthias Allen [G. R.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2008:140, Figs. 1-3 [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 13 (nos 3-4); ref. 29480] Gayebi Reef, 2°08.246'S, 135°11.729'E, Tydeman Reefs, Cenderawasih Bay, Papua Province, Indonesia, depth 56 meters. Holotype (unique): NCIP 6322. Type catalog: Anderson 2018:37 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Pseudanthias charleneae Allen & Erdmann 2008 -- (Motomura et al. 2010:119 [ref. 31101], Allen & Erdmann 2012:291 [ref. 31980], Anderson 2018:37 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:33 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias charleneae Allen & Erdmann 2008. Anthiadidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Bali and West Papua (Indonesia). Habitat: marine.

cheirospilos, Anthias Bleeker [P.] 1857:36 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 2 (art. 7); ref. 356] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: RMNH 5454 (2). Spelling chirospilus in Bleeker 1872: Pl. 288 (fig. 1) [Perc Pl. 10] [ref. 4861] is an unjustified emendation. •Synonym of Pseudanthias squamipinnis (Peters 1855) -- (Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Parenti & Randall 2020:41 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudanthias squamipinnis (Peters 1855). Anthiadidae. Habitat: marine.

cichlops, Serranus Bleeker [P.] 1853:245 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 12580] Priaman (Pariaman), Sumatra, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 5460. Type catalog: Anderson 2018:37 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Pseudanthias cichlops (Bleeker 1853) -- (Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:136 [ref. 6441], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2470 [ref. 24815], Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Allen & Adrim 2003:32 [ref. 26830], Anderson 2018:37 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:33 [ref. 37354], Akhilesh et al. 2021:55 [ref. 38701]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias cichlops (Bleeker 1853). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Sumatra east to Philippines, north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

connelli, Anthias Heemstra [P. C.] & Randall [J. E.] 1986:511, Pl. 33 (fig. 166.4 a,b) [Smiths' Sea Fishes; ref. 5667] Off Brighton Beach, south of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, wreck at 23 meters depth. Lectotype: SAIAB 10571. Paralectotypes: BPBM 24764 (3); CAS 57165 (2); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 458 (1), 10527 (1), 10572 (1); SAM 30453 (2); USNM 285752 (6). Type catalog: Anderson 2018:37 [ref. 36146]. Lectotype designated by Heemstra & Akhilesh 2012:134 [ref. 32094]. Was to have appeared in Heemstra & Randall "1986" in the Ichth. Bull. Rhodes Univ., but that work apparently not published; species name dates to reference as given above. •Valid as Pseudanthias connelli (Heemstra & Randall 1986) -- (Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Heemstra & Akhilesh 2012:124, 134 [ref. 32094], Anderson 2018:37 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:34 [ref. 37354], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:105 [ref. 39746]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias connelli (Heemstra & Randall 1986). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) north to southern Mozambique. Habitat: marine.

conspicuus, Anthias Heemstra [P. C.] 1973:200, Fig. 1 [Copeia 1973 (no. 2); ref. 55] Off Diu, India, Arabian Sea, 20°23'N, 70°00'E, depth 71 meters. Holotype: USNM 205864. Paratypes: FMNH 70651 (12); USNM 205862-63 (1, 1). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:9 [ref. 12367], Anderson 2018:38 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Pseudanthias conspicuus (Heemstra 1973) -- (Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690] as conspicuous, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S104 [ref. 27377], Heemstra & Akhilesh 2012:125, 136 [ref. 32094], Psomadakis et al. 2015:202 [ref. 34104] as cf. conspicuus, Anderson 2018:38 [ref. 36146], Eagderi et al. 2019:110 [ref. 37020], Parenti & Randall 2020:34 [ref. 37354], Akhilesh et al. 2021:55 [ref. 38701], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:105 [ref. 39746]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias conspicuus (Heemstra 1973). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: Somalia and Persian Gulf east to west coast of India. Habitat: marine.

cooperi, Anthias Regan [C. T.] 1902:273 [The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. Being the Account of the Work Carried on and of the Collections Made by an Expedition During the Years 1899 and 1900 v. 1, pt 3; ref. 14336] Haddummati Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean, depth 40 fathoms. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1901.12.31.15. Type catalog: Anderson 2018:38 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Anthias cooperi Regan 1902 -- (Heemstra & Randall 1986:511 [ref. 5667], Allen & Swainston 1988:54 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:501 [ref. 12442]). •Valid as Pseudanthias cooperi (Regan 1902) -- (Randall et al. 1990:91 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:138 [ref. 23929], Allen 1997:82 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:116 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:91 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:107 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:206 [ref. 24106], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2470 [ref. 24815], Nakabo 2000:701 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:610 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:197 [ref. 25191], Ida & Sakaue 2001:267 [ref. 25544], Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Hutchins 2001:262 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:30 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:701 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:32 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S104 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:620 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:12 [ref. 27624], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:161 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:140 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:992 [ref. 29078], Fricke et al. 2009:48 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2011:386 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:291 [ref. 31980], Heemstra & Akhilesh 2012:127, 138 [ref. 32094], Larson et al. 2013:103 [ref. 32988], Anderson 2018:38 [ref. 36146], Fricke et al. 2018:157 [ref. 35805], Zajonz et al. 2019:69 [ref. 36871], Fujiwara et al. 2020:33 [ref. 38631], Parenti & Randall 2020:34 [ref. 37354], Tea et al. 2020:3 [ref. 37258], Akhilesh et al. 2021:55 [ref. 38701], Durville et al. 2021:311 [ref. 38802], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:106 [ref. 39746], Balisco et al. 2023:5 [ref. 39932]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias cooperi (Regan 1902). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Aliwal Shoal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Line Islands (Kiribati), Tonga and Samoa, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

elongatus, Anthias Franz [V.] 1910:39, Pl. 6 (fig. 51) [Abhandlungen der math.-phys. Klasse der K. Bayer Akademie der Wissenschaften v. 4 (Suppl.) (no. 1); ref. 1481] Yokohama, Japan. Syntypes: ZSM [old collection] (31) destroyed in WW II. Type catalog: Neumann 2006:280 [ref. 28925], Anderson 2018:38 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Anthias elongatus Franz 1910 -- (Lee 1990:5 [ref. 19830]). •Valid as Pseudanthias elongatus (Franz 1910) -- (Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:136 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 2000:704 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:610 [ref. 25122], Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Suzuki 2001:114 [ref. 26143], Nakabo 2002:704 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:310, 594 [ref. 26218], Fricke et al. 2011:386 [ref. 31242], Anderson 2018:38 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:34 [ref. 37354], Sonoyama et al. 2020:56 [ref. 37637], Gill et al. 2021:49 [ref. 38405]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias elongatus (Franz 1910). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Taiwan to Korea and Japan; New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

emma, Pseudanthias Gill [A. C.] & Psomadakis [P. N.] 2018:526, Fig. 1 [Zootaxa 4455 (no. 3); ref. 36054] Off Tanintharyi coast, Myanmar, Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean, 11°39.96'N, 97°16.16'E, depth 105 meters. Holotype (unique): SAIAB 203722. •Valid as Pseudanthias emma Gill & Psomadakis 2018 -- (Psomadakis et al. 2020:396 [ref. 37272], Parenti & Randall 2020:35 [ref. 37354], Anderson 2022:573 [ref. 39757]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias emma Gill & Psomadakis 2018. Anthiadidae. Distribution: Northeastern Indian Ocean: Myanmar endemic. Habitat: marine.

engelhardi, Anthias Allen [G. R.] & Starck [W. A., II] 1982:48, Figs. 2-3 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 9 (no. 2); ref. 8518] Escape Reef, Great Barrier Reef, depth 58 meters. Holotype: AMS I.22632-005. Paratypes: AMS I.22629-003 (1), I.22632-011 (1); WAM P.27483-001 (1). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:18 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:19 [ref. 30117], Anderson 2018:39 [ref. 36146]. Species epithet in honor of the late Charles Engelhard and his family; the correct species epithet would have been engelhardorum. •Valid as Anthias engelhardi Allen & Starck 1982 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:501 [ref. 12442]). •Valid as Pseudanthias engelhardi (Allen & Starck 1982) -- (Randall et al. 1990:92 [ref. 15987], Randall et al. 1997:92 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:107 [ref. 23965], Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Allen et al. 2006:992 [ref. 29078], Fricke et al. 2011:386 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:292 [ref. 31980], Anderson 2018:39 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:35 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias engelhardi (Allen & Starck 1982). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia), Papua New Guinea, and Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia) to Fiji and Tonga. IUCN (2016): LC. Habitat: marine.

fasciata, Franzia Kamohara [T.] 1955:3, Fig. 1 [Research Reports of Kôchi University v. 3 (no. 26); ref. 12652] Okinoshima, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Holotype (unique): BSKU 3032. Type catalog: Kamohara 1961:3 [ref. 19282]. •Valid as Anthias fasciata (Kamohara 1955) -- (Allen & Starck 1982:49 [ref. 8518] dated 1954, Paxton et al. 1989:501 [ref. 12442], Lee 1990:6 [ref. 19830]). •Synonym of Pseudanthias gibbosus (Klunzinger 1884) -- (Heemstra & Akhilesh 2012:142 [ref. 32094] for Red Sea populations only, Gill & Psomadakis 2018:530 [ref. 36054], Golani & Fricke 2018:66 [ref. 36273] for Red Sea populations, Fricke et al. 2019:123 [ref. 36673], Parenti & Randall 2020:36 [ref. 37354]). •Valid as Pseudanthias fasciatus (Kamohara 1955) -- (Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:136 [ref. 6441], Kao & Lin 1986:80 [ref. 39481], Randall et al. 1990:93 [ref. 15987], Krupp & Paulus 1991:388 [ref. 20209], Kuiter 1993:140 [ref. 23929], Goren & Dor 1994:28 [ref. 25356], Allen 1997:92 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:116 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:93 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:107 [ref. 23965], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2470 [ref. 24815], Nakabo 2000:704 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:610 [ref. 25122], Ida & Sakaue 2001:267 [ref. 25544], Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Nakabo 2002:704 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:32 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:12 [ref. 27624], Allen et al. 2006:992 [ref. 29078], Motomura et al. 2010:123 [ref. 31101], Motomura et al. 2010:100 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:293 [ref. 31980], Akhilesh et al. 2021:55 [ref. 38701], Anderson 2018:39 [ref. 36146], Murase et al. 2023:39 [ref. 40935]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias fasciatus (Kamohara 1955). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.

flavicauda, Pseudanthias Randall [J. E.] & Pyle [R. L.] 2001:23, Figs. 5-8 [Raffles Bulletin of Zoology v. 49 (no. 1); ref. 25690] Beqa (Mbengga) Island, ocean side, Fiji, depth 61 meters. Holotype: BPBM 33921. Paratypes: AMS I.39907-001 (1); BMNH 2000.1.6.2 (1); BPBM 37209 (1), 38667-68 (1, 3); CAS 210369 (1); USNM 359478 (1). Type catalog: Anderson 2018:39 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Pseudanthias flavicauda Randall & Pyle 2001 -- (Myers & Donaldson 2003:620 [ref. 27495] with author as Randall (not this species, is tequila), Randall et al. 2004:12 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:141 [ref. 28239], Fricke et al. 2011:386 [ref. 31242], Gill et al. 2017:72 [ref. 35653], Anderson 2018:39 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:35 [ref. 37354], Victor et al. 2020:12 [ref. 37807], Galbraith et al. 2024:6 [ref. 40930]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias flavicauda Randall & Pyle 2001. Anthiadidae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Coral Sea (Australia); Fiji. Habitat: marine.

fucinus, Anthias Randall [J. E.] & Ralston [S.] 1985:222, Figs. 1-4 [Pacific Science v. 38 (no. 3); ref. 12313] Southwestern end of Penguin Bank, 20°52.4'N, 157°39.3'W, Hawaiian Islands, depth 170 meters. Holotype: BPBM 28622. Paratypes: AMS I.24334-001 (1); BMNH 1983.12.22.3 (1); BPBM 28123 (1), 28350 (1), 29265 (3), 29267 (2); CAS 54302 (1); NSMT-P 22995 (1); ROM 43016 (1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 19798 (1); USNM 264611 (1). Type catalog: Anderson 2018:40 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Pseudanthias fucinus (Randall & Ralston 1985) -- (Chave & Mundy 1994:367 [ref. 22375], Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Mundy 2005:343 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:194 [ref. 30952], Anderson 2018:40 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:35 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias fucinus (Randall & Ralston 1985). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Central Pacific: Johnston Atoll and Hawaiian Islands. Habitat: marine.

georgei, Anthias Allen [G. R.] 1976:28, Fig. 2 [Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia v. 59 (pt 1); ref. 7332] About 40 nautical miles west of Bernier Island, Western Australia, 24°59'S, 112°27'E, depth 71 fathoms (130 meters). Holotype: WAM P.25205-001. Paratypes: WAM P.25205-002 (2). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:18 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:19 [ref. 30117], Anderson 2018:40 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Anthias georgei Allen 1976 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:502 [ref. 12442]). •Questionably the same as Pseudanthias rubrolineatus (Fourmanoir & Rivaton 1979) -- (Motomura et al. 2010:119 [ref. 31101]). •Valid as Pseudanthias georgei (Allen 1976) -- (Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Hutchins 2001:30 [ref. 25847], Allen et al. 2006:993 [ref. 29078], Anderson 2018:40 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:36 [ref. 37354], Wada et al. 2021:110 [ref. 38530]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias georgei (Allen 1976). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: off Western Australia. Habitat: marine.

gibbosus, Anthias (Pseudanthias) Klunzinger [C. B.] 1884:9 [Die Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 2625] Al-Qusair, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea. Syntypes: SMNS 3482 (2, not found). Type catalog: Fricke 1992:17 [ref. 20296], Fricke 2005:58 [ref. 29864], Anderson 2018:40 [ref. 36146]. •Synonym of Anthias squamipinnis (Peters 1855) -- (Dor 1984:103 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Pseudanthias squamipinnis (Peters 1855) -- (Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690]). •Valid as Pseudanthias gibbosus (Klunzinger 1884) -- (Heemstra & Akhilesh 2012:126, 142 [ref. 32094], Gill & Psomadakis 2018:530 [ref. 36054], Anderson 2018:40 [ref. 36146], Golani & Fricke 2018:66 [ref. 36273], Psomadakis et al. 2020:397 [ref. 37272], Parenti & Randall 2020:36 [ref. 37354], Akhilesh et al. 2021:55 [ref. 38701], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:107 [ref. 39746]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias gibbosus (Klunzinger 1884). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indian Ocean: northern Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) north to Mozambique; Myanmar. Habitat: marine.

hangapiko, Pseudanthias Shepherd [B.], Pinheiro [H. T.], Phelps [T. A. Y.], Pérez-Matus [A.] & Rocha [L. A.] 2021:4, Figs. 1-3 [ZooKeys No. 1054; ref. 38559] Hanga Piko, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Chile, 27°9'12"S, 109°26'52"W. Holotype: CAS 247252. Paratypes: CAS 247254 (1), USNM 443821 (1). •Valid as Pseudanthias hangapiko Shepherd, Pinheiro, Phelps, Pérez-Matus & Rocha 2021 -- (Anderson 2022:573 [ref. 39757]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias hangapiko Shepherd, Pinheiro, Phelps, Pérez-Matus & Rocha 2021. Anthiadidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile). Habitat: marine.

hawaiiensis, Anthias (Pseudanthias) ventralis Randall [J. E.] 1979:9, Figs. 5-6 [Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) No. 302; ref. 12314] Off northern side at base of drop-off, Moku Manu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands, depth 49 meters. Holotype: BPBM 10560. Paratypes: AMS I.18720-001 (1); ANSP 134236 (1); BMNH 1976.3.15.2 (1); BPBM 15058-59 (1, 3), 10172 (1), 10561 (7); CAS 35679 (1); LACM 35578-1 (1), MNHN 1974-0017 (1); USNM 215285 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1984:10 [ref. 19232], Böhlke 1984:155 [ref. 13621], Anderson 2018:40 [ref. 36146]. The author states, Anthias (Pseudanthias) ventralis hawiiensis new species and subspecies (p. 9) and on p. 12 Anthias (Pseudanthias) ventralis ventralis new subspecies. The new taxa he is describing are the new species ventralis and the new subspecies hawaiiensis. The types of the subspecies hawaiiensis are not the types of the nominate subspecies ventralis. We regard the types on p. 9 as being the types of the subspecies hawaiiensis and the types of ventralis ventralis on p. 12 as the types of the new species ventralis. •Valid as Pseudanthias hawaiiensis (Randall 1979) -- (Randall 2005:146 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:343 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:195 [ref. 30952], Anderson 2018:40 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:36 [ref. 37354], Shepherd et al. 2021:10 [ref. 38559]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias hawaiiensis (Randall 1979). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Central Pacific: Johnston Atoll and Hawaiian Islands. Habitat: marine.

heemstrai, Pseudanthias Schuhmacher [H.], Krupp [F.] & Randall [J. E.] 1989:339, Figs. 1-3, Pls. 1-9 [Fauna of Saudi Arabia v. 10; ref. 13857] In front of Marine Science Station, 12 kilometers south of Aqaba, Jordan, 29°45'N, 34°58'E, Red Sea, depth 20 meters. Holotype: SMF 23176. Paratypes: BMNH 1989.10.11.1 (1); BPBM 28867 (8); SMF 23177 (5). Non-types: BPBM 17787 (1), 7888 (3); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 26175 (1). Type catalog: Anderson 2018:40 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Pseudanthias heemstrai Schuhmacher, Krupp & Randall 1989 -- (Krupp & Paulus 1991:388 [ref. 20210], Goren & Dor 1994:28 [ref. 25356], Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Heemstra & Akhilesh 2012:125, 145 [ref. 32094], Anderson 2018:40 [ref. 36146], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[16] 254 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:66 [ref. 36273], Parenti & Randall 2020:36 [ref. 37354], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:107 [ref. 39746]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias heemstrai Schuhmacher, Krupp & Randall 1989. Anthiadidae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden (Djibouti). Habitat: marine.

hiva, Pseudanthias Randall [J. E.] & Pyle [R. L.] 2001:25, Figs. 9-11 [Raffles Bulletin of Zoology v. 49 (no. 1); ref. 25690] Hiva Oa, northwestern side of Tepuhiaatuna Point, Marquesas Islands, depth 20 meters. Holotype: BPBM 12223. Paratypes AMS I.39908-00 1(1), I.33909-001 (1); BPBM 11792 (1), 11861 (5), 11929 (4), 38530 (3), 38671 (1); CAS 210370-71(1. 1); MNHN 2000-3 (1), 2000-4 (1); NSMT-P 58836 (1); USNM 359479-80 (1, 1). Type catalog: Anderson 2018:41 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Pseudanthias hiva Randall & Pyle 2001 -- (Randall 2005:142 [ref. 28239], Williams et al. 2013:76 [ref. 32703], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Anderson 2018:41 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:36 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias hiva Randall & Pyle 2001. Anthiadidae. Distribution: South Pacific: Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.

huchtii, Anthias Bleeker [P.] 1857:38 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 2 (art. 7); ref. 356] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (6) ?BMNH 1880.4.21.50 (1), ?NMV 46523 (1), RMNH 5453 (some or all of 6). Type catalog: Anderson 2018:41 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Anthias huchtii Bleeker 1857 -- (Allen & Starck 1982:49 [ref. 8518], Paxton et al. 1989:502 [ref. 12442]). •Valid as Pseudanthias huchtii (Bleeker 1857) -- (Randall et al. 1990:93 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:90 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:114 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:93 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:108 [ref. 23965], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2470 [ref. 24815], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:610 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:98 [ref. 25868], Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Hutchins 2001:262 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:30 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:32 [ref. 26830], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:55 [ref. 27510], Allen et al. 2006:993 [ref. 29078], Allen & Erdmann 2012:294 [ref. 31980], Williams et al. 2013:179 [ref. 32703], Fricke et al. 2014:64 [ref. 33932], Anderson 2018:41 [ref. 36146], Fricke et al. 2019:124 [ref. 36673], Parenti & Randall 2020:36 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias huchtii (Bleeker 1857). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Eastern Indonesia east to Palau and Solomon Islands, north to Philippines, south to northern Australia and Vanuatu. Habitat: marine.

hutomoi, Anthias Allen [G. R.] & Burhanuddin [A. I.] 1976:46, Fig. 1 [Marine Research in Indonesia No. 16; ref. 7333] Seram, Seleman Bay, Maluku Islands, Indonesia, depth 54 meters. Holotype: LON NCIP 3493. Paratypes: LON NCIP 3494-3499 (6), WAM P.25199-001 (4). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:18 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:19 [ref. 30117], Anderson 2018:41 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Pseudanthias hutomoi (Allen & Burhanuddin 1976) -- (Randall & Hutomo 1988:671 [ref. 6679], Senou & Imai 1998:5 [ref. 24385], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2470 [ref. 24815], Allen 2000:98 [ref. 25868], Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Allen & Adrim 2003:32 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:620 [ref. 27495], Allen & Erdmann 2012:295 [ref. 31980], Anderson 2018:41 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:37 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias hutomoi (Allen & Burhanuddin 1976). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Brunei and Indonesia east to Philippines and Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

hypselosoma, Pseudanthias Bleeker [P.] 1877:3 [Processen-verbaal van de gewone vergaderingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen; Afdeeling Natuurkunde 1877-1878 (no. 4); ref. 17115] New Guinea. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Described in more detail in Bleeker 1878:58 [ref. 456] Pl. 2 (fig. 2). •Valid as Pseudanthias hypselosoma Bleeker 1877 (often seen as 1878) -- (Randall et al. 1990:94 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:131 [ref. 23929], Allen 1997:92 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:114 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:94 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:108 [ref. 23965], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2470 [ref. 24815], Nakabo 2000:703 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:610 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:198 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:98 [ref. 25868], Ida & Sakaue 2001:267 [ref. 25544], Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Nakabo 2002:703 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:32 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:12 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:142 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:993 [ref. 29078], Fricke et al. 2011:386 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:295 [ref. 31980], Heemstra & Akhilesh 2012:125, 146 [ref. 32094], Fricke et al. 2014:64 [ref. 33932], Motomura et al. 2015:20 [ref. 34709], Anderson 2018:41 [ref. 36146], Fricke et al. 2019:124 [ref. 36673], Parenti & Randall 2020:37 [ref. 37354], Akaike et al. 2021:21 [ref. 38809], Akhilesh et al. 2021:55 [ref. 38701], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:108 [ref. 39746]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias hypselosoma Bleeker 1877. Anthiadidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Maldives east to Samoa and Palau, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.

kashiwae, Leptanthias Tanaka [S.] 1918:525, Pl. 138 (fig. 387) [Figures and descriptions of the fishes of Japan v. 29; ref. 4331] Kashiwajima, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Holotype (unique): ZUMT 8459 (lost). •Valid as Anthias kashiwae (Tanaka 1918) -- (Allen & Starck 1982:50 [ref. 8518]). •Valid as Pseudanthias kashiwae (Tanaka 1918) -- (Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:137 [ref. 6441], Fricke 1999:207 [ref. 24106], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2470 [ref. 24815]). •Synonym of Pseudanthias cooperi (Regan 1902) -- (Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:610 [ref. 25122], Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Randall 2005:140 [ref. 28239], Heemstra & Akhilesh 2012:138 [ref. 32094], Parenti & Randall 2020:34 [ref. 37354], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:106 [ref. 39746]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudanthias cooperi (Regan 1902). Anthiadidae. Habitat: marine.

lepidolepis, Anthias Bleeker [P.] 1857:37 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 2 (art. 7); ref. 356] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (3) RMNH 4555 (2 or 3 of 3). •Synonym of Pseudanthias squamipinnis (Peters 1855) -- (Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Parenti & Randall 2020:41 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudanthias squamipinnis (Peters 1855). Anthiadidae. Habitat: marine.

leucozonus, Anthias (Pseudanthias) Katayama [M.] & Masuda [H.] 1982:393, Fig. 1 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 28 (no. 4); ref. 8464] Izu Peninsula, Japan, depth 40 meters. Holotype: ZUMT 54295. Paratypes: NSMT-P 54296 (1). Type catalog: Anderson 2018:42 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Pseudanthias leucozonus (Katayama & Masuda 1982) -- (Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:136 [ref. 6441], Senou & Mishiku 1994:2 [ref. 24342], Nakabo 2000:702 [ref. 25086], Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Nakabo 2002:702 [ref. 26001], Anderson 2018:42 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:37 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias leucozonus (Katayama & Masuda 1982). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Japan. Habitat: marine.

lunulatus, Anthias Kotthaus [A.] 1973:20, Fig. 290 [Meteor Forschungsergebnisse. Reihe D, Biologie No. 16; ref. 7572] Somali Basin, Somalia, western Indian Ocean, 7°43.3'N, 49°57.5'E to 7°45.2'N 49°59'E, depth 72-41 meters. Holotype: ZMH 5127 [ex IOES 161a]. Paratypes: ZMH 5128 [ex IOES 161b] (1). Type catalog: Wilkens & Dohse 1993:416 [ref. 21161], Anderson 2018:42 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Anthias lunulatus Kotthaus 1973 -- (Dor 1984:103 [ref. 29757], Heemstra & Randall 1986:512 [ref. 5667], Goren & Dor 1994:28 [ref. 25356], Fricke 1999:174 [ref. 24106]). •Valid as Pseudanthias lunulatus (Kotthaus 1973) -- (Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S104 [ref. 27377], Allen & Erdmann 2012:297 [ref. 31980], Heemstra & Akhilesh 2012:125, 149 [ref. 32094], Anderson 2018:42 [ref. 36146], Golani & Fricke 2018:66 [ref. 36273], Parenti & Randall 2020:37 [ref. 37354], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:108 [ref. 39746]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias lunulatus (Kotthaus 1973). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), Somalia, Maldives, Mascarenes (Mauritius), and Bali (Indonesia). Habitat: marine.

luzonensis, Anthias (Pseudanthias) Katayama [M.] & Masuda [H.] 1983:340, Figs. 1-2 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 29 (no. 4); ref. 8326] Off Batangas, Luzon Island, Philippines. Holotype: NSMT-P21435. Paratypes: NSMT-P 21436 (1). Type catalog: Anderson 2018:42 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Anthias luzonenesis Katayama & Masuda 1983 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:502 [ref. 12442], Lee 1990:7 [ref. 19830]). •Valid as Pseudanthias luzonensis (Katayama & Masuda 1983) -- (Randall et al. 1990:95 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:92 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:116 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:95 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:108 [ref. 23965], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2470 [ref. 24815], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:610 [ref. 25122], Ida & Sakaue 2001:267 [ref. 25544], Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Allen & Adrim 2003:32 [ref. 26830], Allen et al. 2006:993 [ref. 29078], Allen & Erdmann 2012:297 [ref. 31980], Anderson 2018:42 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:38 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias luzonensis (Katayama & Masuda 1983). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia east to Vanuatu and Fiji, north to Taiwan and Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

manadensis, Anthias Bleeker [P.] 1856:39 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 1 (6); ref. 352] Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 5456. Type catalog: Anderson 2018:43 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Pseudanthias manadensis (Bleeker 1856) -- (Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Anderson 2018:43 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:38 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias manadensis (Bleeker 1856). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: eastern Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

marcia, Pseudanthias Randall [J. E.] & Hoover [J. P.] 1993:47, Figs. 1-5 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 20 (no. 2); ref. 21009] Off Rahah Bay, southwestern coast of Oman, 16°57.0'N, 54°49.2'E, depth 14 meters. Holotype: BPBM 35457. Paratypes: BMNH 1993.7.22.1 (1), BPBM 35455-56 (1, 2), SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 525 (1), USNM 320765 (1). Type catalog: Anderson 2018:43 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Pseudanthias marcia Randall & Hoover 1993 -- (Randall 1995:123 [ref. 22896], Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S104 [ref. 27377], Nair 2008:99 [ref. 37707], Heemstra & Akhilesh 2012:124, 151 [ref. 32094], Anderson 2018:43 [ref. 36146], Zajonz et al. 2019:69 [ref. 36871], Parenti & Randall 2020:38 [ref. 37354], Akhilesh et al. 2021:56 [ref. 38701], Silambarasan et al. 2021:[4] [ref. 38784], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:109 [ref. 39746]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias marcia Randall & Hoover 1993. Anthiadidae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden (Djibouti), Socotra (Yemen) and Oman east to Kerala and Visakhapatnam (India). Habitat: marine.

mica, Pseudanthias Allen [G. R.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2012:1106, Figs 1-3 [Reef fishes of the East Indies.; ref. 31980] Suangi, southwestern Lembata Island, Sawu Sea, 8°34.111'S, 123°13.452'E, Indonesia, depth 52 meters. Holotype: MZB 20600. Paratypes: MZB 20601 (1), WAM P.33406-002 (3). Type catalog: Anderson 2018:43 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Pseudanthias mica Allen & Erdmann 2012 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2012:298 [ref. 31980], Williams et al. 2013:176 [ref. 32703], Anderson 2018:43 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:38 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias mica Allen & Erdmann 2012. Anthiadidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: Sawu Sea (Indonesia). Habitat: marine.

mooreanus, Anthias Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1935:405 [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 18 (no. 12); ref. 2109] Moorea Island, Society Islands. Holotype (unique): FMNH 17325. Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:9 [ref. 12367], Anderson 2018:43 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Pseudanthias mooreanus (Herre 1935) -- (Heemstra & Randall 1999:2470 [ref. 24815], Randall 1999:12 [ref. 25829], Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Randall 2005:143 [ref. 28239], Anderson 2018:43 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:38 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias mooreanus (Herre 1935). Anthiadidae. Distribution: South Pacific: Society, Tuamotu and Pitcairn islands. Habitat: marine.

mortoni, Anthias Macleay [W.] 1883:253 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 8 (pt 2); ref. 17587] Pitt Bay, Moresby Island, New Guinea. Syntypes: AMS I.9223-25 (1, 1, 1). •Synonym of Pseudanthias huchtii (Bleeker 1857) -- (Randall et al. 1990:93 [ref. 15987], Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Parenti & Randall 2020:36 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudanthias huchtii (Bleeker 1857). Anthiadidae. Habitat: marine.

nobilis, Anthias Franz [V.] 1910:38, Pl. 6 (fig. 44) [Abhandlungen der math.-phys. Klasse der K. Bayer Akademie der Wissenschaften v. 4 (Suppl.) (no. 1); ref. 1481] Misaki, Japan. Syntypes: ZSM [old collection] (3) destroyed in WWII. Type catalog: Neumann 2006:280-281 [ref. 28925]. •Valid as Pseudanthias nobilis (Franz 1910) -- (Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Anderson 2018:43 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:38 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias nobilis (Franz 1910). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Japan. Habitat: marine.

olivaceus, Anthias (Pseudanthias) Randall [J. E.] & McCosker [J. E.] 1982:59, Figs. 6-8 [Journal of Aquariculture v. 2 (no. 3); ref. 8559] Outside reef east of Avaavaroa Pass, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, depth 33.5 meters. Holotype: BPBM 13907. Paratypes: AMS I.22165-001 [ex BPBM 7520](2); BMNH 1981.3.18.1-2 (2); BPBM 7570 (8), 13094 (1), 14030 (2), 19572 (2), 26533 (1); CAS 42080 (5), 48006-07 (5, 1); MNHN 1981-0858 (2); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 511 (2); USNM 226551 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1984:9 [ref. 19232], Anderson 2018:44 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Pseudanthias olivaceus (Randall & McCosker 1982) -- (Heemstra & Randall 1999:2470 [ref. 24815], Ida & Sakaue 2001:267 [ref. 25544], Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Randall 2005:143 [ref. 28239], Anderson 2018:44 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:38 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias olivaceus (Randall & McCosker 1982). Anthiadidae. Distribution: South Pacific: Cook Islands. Habitat: marine.

oumati, Pseudanthias Williams [J. T.], Delrieu-Trottin [E.] & Planes [S.] 2013:175, Fig. 9 [Zootaxa 3647 (no. 1); ref. 32703] Fatu Hiva, south of Baie Hanavave (Baie des Vierges) at tip of Pointe Matautu, Marquesas, French Polynesia, 10°28'17.40''S, 138°40'40.44''W, depth 50-55 meters. Holotype (unique): USNM 409433. Type catalog: Anderson 2018:44 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Pseudanthias oumati Williams, Delrieu-Trottin & Planes 2013 -- (Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Gill et al. 2017:72 [ref. 35653], Anderson 2018:44 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:38 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias oumati Williams, Delrieu-Trottin & Planes 2013. Anthiadidae. Distribution: South Pacific: Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.

paralourgus, Pseudanthias Gill [A. C.], Pogonoski [J. J.], Johnson [J. W.] & Tea [Y.-K.] 2021:53, Fig. 2 [Zootaxa 4996 (no. 1); ref. 38405] Off Cape Moreton, Queensland, Australia, 27°03'S, 153°33'E, depth 110 - 114 meters. Holotype: QM I.38668. Paratypes: (4) QM. •Valid as Pseudanthias paralourgus Gill, Pogonoski, Johnson & Tea 2021 -- (Anderson 2022:573 [ref. 39757]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias paralourgus Gill, Pogonoski, Johnson & Tea 2021. Anthiadidae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: southern Queensland (Australia) Habitat: marine.

pectoralis, Franzia Tanaka [S.] 1917:268 [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 29; ref. 4332] Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Holotype (unique): ZUMT 9896. •Synonym of Pseudanthias squamipinnis (Peters 1855) -- (Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Parenti & Randall 2020:41 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudanthias squamipinnis (Peters 1855). Anthiadidae. Habitat: marine.

pictilis, Anthias Randall [J. E.] & Allen [G. R.] 1978:34, Figs. 1-2 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 5 (no. 2); ref. 8795] Southeastern side of North Rock, Lord Howe Island, depth 25-30.5 meters. Holotype: BPBM 14811. Paratypes: AMS I.17365-010 [sic] (1), I.17366-021 (12 or 66), I.17466-013 (1); ANSP 138769 (1); BMNH 1977.11.21.1 (1); BPBM 20856 (13); CAS 40396 (1), MNHN 1977-0761 (1); QM I.14498 (3); RMNH 27663 (1); USNM 217906 (2); WAM P.25939-001 (3). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1984:9 [ref. 19232], Böhlke 1984:156 [ref. 13621], Hutchins & Smith 1991:18 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:19 [ref. 30117], Anderson 2018:45 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Anthias pictilis Randall & Allen 1978 -- (Allen & Starck 1982:52 [ref. 8518], Paxton et al. 1989:502 [ref. 12442], Kuiter 1993:140 [ref. 23929]). •Valid as Pseudanthias pictilis (Randall & Allen 1978) -- (Randall et al. 1990:94 [ref. 15987], Francis 1993:160 [ref. 25479], Randall et al. 1997:96 [ref. 25919], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2470 [ref. 24815], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:200 [ref. 25191], Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Randall et al. 2004:12 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:144 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:994 [ref. 29078], Fricke et al. 2011:386 [ref. 31242], Anderson 2018:45 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:39 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias pictilis (Randall & Allen 1978). Anthiadidae. Distribution: South Pacific: Middleton Reef (Australia), Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, New Caledonia, Tonga. Habitat: marine.

pillai, Pseudanthias Heemstra [P. C.] & Akhilesh [K. V.] 2012:152, Figs. 39-40 [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 18 (no. 3); ref. 32094] Off Charakkadu, 10°30'N, 75°24'E, Kerala, India, depth 150-200 meters. Holotype: SAIAB 86517. Paratypes: SAIAB 97562 (1). Type catalog: Anderson 2018:45 [ref. 36146]. Type locality and depth from electronic version; printed version gives incorrect type locality as 'Charakkadu' and depth as '175-200 m.' •Valid as Pseudanthias pillai Heemstra & Akhilesh 2012 -- (Krishna et al. 2017:214 [ref. 35669], Gill & Psomadakis 2018:528 [ref. 36054], Anderson 2018:45 [ref. 36146], Akhilesh et al. 2020:137 [ref. 37976], Parenti & Randall 2020:39 [ref. 37354], Psomadakis et al. 2020:397 [ref. 37272], Akhilesh et al. 2021:56 [ref. 38701], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:109 [ref. 39746], Anderson 2022:573 [ref. 39757]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias pillai Heemstra & Akhilesh 2012. Anthiadidae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: Ratnagiri (southwest coast of India) and east coast of India east to Myanmar. Habitat: marine.

pleurotaenia, Anthias Bleeker [P.] 1857:34 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 2 (art. 7); ref. 356] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 5452. Type catalog: Anderson 2018:45 [ref. 36146]. •Synonym of Anthias taeniatus Klunzinger 1884 -- (Dor 1984:104 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Anthias pleurotaenia Bleeker 1857 -- (Allen & Starck 1982:52 [ref. 8518], Paxton et al. 1989:502 [ref. 12442], Randall & Allen 1989:77 [ref. 13389], Lee 1990:7 [ref. 19830]). •Valid as Pseudanthias pleurotaenia (Bleeker 1857) -- (Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:136 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:96 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:92 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:116 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:96 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:108 [ref. 23965], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2470 [ref. 24815], Nakabo 2000:702 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:611 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:200 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:98 [ref. 25868], Ida & Sakaue 2001:267 [ref. 25544], Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Hutchins 2001:262 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:30 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:702 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:32 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:620 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:12 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:145 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:994 [ref. 29078], Motomura et al. 2010:100 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:387 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:299 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:64 [ref. 33932], Anderson 2018:45 [ref. 36146], Fricke et al. 2019:124 [ref. 36673], Parenti & Randall 2020:39 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias pleurotaenia (Bleeker 1857). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Western Pacific and southeastern Indian Ocean: Indonesia east to Marshall Islands and Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

preopercularis, Planctanthias Fowler [H. W.] 1935:385, Figs. 18-19 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 87; ref. 1421] Washed ashore, KwaZulu-Natal coast, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype: ANSP 63916 (with paratypes). Paratypes: ANSP 63917-31 (15). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:156 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Anthias cooperi Regan 1902 -- (Heemstra & Randall 1986:511 [ref. 5667]). •Synonym of Pseudanthias cooperi (Regan 1902) -- (Heemstra & Akhilesh 2012:138 [ref. 32094], Parenti & Randall 2020:34 [ref. 37354], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:106 [ref. 39746]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudanthias cooperi (Regan 1902). Anthiadidae. Habitat: marine.

pulcherrimus, Anthias Heemstra [P. C.] & Randall [J. E.] 1986:512, Pl. 33 (fig. 166.8 a,b) [Smiths' Sea Fishes; ref. 5667] Mauritius, west coast off Wolmar, 56 m depth. Lectotype: SAIAB 86492. Paralectotypes: BPBM 16375 (1), 16378 (2), 22541 (1), 34647 (4); ROM 87931 (2); SAIAB 7773 (1), 17260 (2). Type catalog: Anderson 2018:45 [ref. 36146]. Was to have appeared in Heemstra & Randall "1986" in the Ichth. Bull. Rhodes Univ., but that work apparently not published; species name dates to reference as given above. Lectotype selected by Heemstra & Akhilesh 2012:154 [ref. 32094]. •Valid as Pseudanthias pulcherrimus (Heemstra & Randall 1986) -- (Fricke 1999:207 [ref. 24106], Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Fricke et al. 2009:49 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:300 [ref. 31980], Heemstra & Akhilesh 2012:126, 154 [ref. 32094], Williams et al. 2013:176 [ref. 32703], Gill et al. 2017:72 [ref. 35653], Fricke et al. 2018:157 [ref. 35805], Anderson 2018:45 [ref. 36146], Tea et al. 2020:3 [ref. 37258], Parenti & Randall 2020:40 [ref. 37354], Akhilesh et al. 2021:56 [ref. 38701], Durville et al. 2021:311 [ref. 38802], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:110 [ref. 39746]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias pulcherrimus (Heemstra & Randall 1986). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: Aliwal Shoal and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), Madagascar, Seychelles and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Maldives, Chagos Archipelago and Andaman Islands. Habitat: marine.

randalli, Anthias Lubbock [R.] & Allen [G. R.] 1978:260, Figs. 1-2 [Records of the Western Australian Museum v. 6 (pt 2); ref. 8914] Large cave on vertical drop-off, Baring, Olango Island, Cebu Strait, Philippines. Holotype: BMNH 1977.1.21.1. Paratypes: AMS I.19756-001 (1); BMNH 1976.1.21.2-3 (1, 1); BPBM 9532 (1), 19983 (2); MHNG 1551.39 (1); RMNH 28182 [ex WAM P25239-002] (2); USNM 217534 (1); WAM P25233-007 (6), P.25239-002 (8), P.25628-001 (3). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:18 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:19 [ref. 30117], Anderson 2018:46 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Pseudanthias randalli (Lubbock & Allen 1978) -- (Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:137 [ref. 6441], Allen 1997:92 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:108 [ref. 23965], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2470 [ref. 24815], Nakabo 2000:704 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:611 [ref. 25122], Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Nakabo 2002:704 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:32 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:12 [ref. 27624], Mundy 2005:344 [ref. 28379], Fricke et al. 2011:387 [ref. 31242], Williams et al. 2013:176 [ref. 32703], Gill et al. 2017:72 [ref. 35653], Anderson 2018:46 [ref. 36146], Fricke et al. 2019:125 [ref. 36673], Parenti & Randall 2020:40 [ref. 37354], Durville et al. 2021:311 [ref. 38802] as cf. randalli). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias randalli (Lubbock & Allen 1978). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western and central Pacific: Indonesia east to Marshall Islands and perhaps Johnston Atoll, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

ruber, Franzia Tanaka [S.] 1917:268 [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 29; ref. 4332] Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Syntypes: ZUMT 9906 (1), described syntype lost. •Synonym of Pseudanthias squamipinnis (Peters 1855) -- (Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Parenti & Randall 2020:41 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudanthias squamipinnis (Peters 1855). Anthiadidae. Habitat: marine.

rubrizonatus, Anthias Randall [J. E.] 1983:35, Figs. 5-8 [Freshwater and Marine Aquarium v. 6 (no. 9); ref. 6022] Southwestern side of Savo Island [Central Province], Solomon Islands, western Pacific, depth 46 meters. Holotype: BPBM 15590. Paratypes: AMS I.22915-001 (2); BMNH 1982.7.27.31-36 (6); BPBM 15572 (3), 15881 (1), 16987 (2); CAS 50933 (1); NSMT-P 21412 (1); ROM 40323 (2); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 17147 (1); USNM 235346 (1); WAM P.27647-001 (1). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:18 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:19 [ref. 30117], Anderson 2018:46 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Anthias rubrizonatus Randall 1983 -- (Chen et al. 1997:53 [ref. 26476]). •Valid as Pseudanthias rubrizonatus (Randall 1983) -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:60 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:97 [ref. 15987], Ho et al. 1993:7 [ref. 22789], Kuiter 1993:139 [ref. 23929], Allen 1997:94 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:114 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:97 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:109 [ref. 23965], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2470 [ref. 24815], Nakabo 2000:703 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:611 [ref. 25122], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:90 [ref. 25480], Ida & Sakaue 2001:267 [ref. 25544], Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Hutchins 2001:30 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:703 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:32 [ref. 26830], Allen et al. 2006:994 [ref. 29078], Motomura in Motomura & Satapoomin 2009:94 [ref. 30492], Fricke et al. 2011:387 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:301 [ref. 31980], Motomura et al. 2017:92 [ref. 35490], Anderson 2018:46 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:40 [ref. 37354], Psomadakis et al. 2020:397 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:56 [ref. 37637], Akhilesh et al. 2021:56 [ref. 38701], Murase et al. 2023:39 [ref. 40935]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias rubrizonatus (Randall 1983). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Myanmar, Andaman Sea, Indonesia and Western Australia east to Philippines and Fiji, north to central Japan, south to Queensland (Australia), Western Australia and Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia). Habitat: marine.

rubrolineatus, Anthias Fourmanoir [P.] & Rivaton [J.] 1979:413, Fig. 7 [Cahiers de l'Indo-Pacifique v. 1 (no. 4); ref. 8833] Leleizour Island, northwest of New Caledonia, depth 400 meters. Holotype (unique): MNHN 1978-0686. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1984:10 [ref. 19232], Anderson 2018:46 [ref. 36146]. •Synonym of Pseudanthias fasciatus (Kamohara 1954) -- (Heemstra & Randall 1999:2470 [ref. 24815]). •Valid as Pseudanthias rubrolineatus (Fourmanoir & Rivaton 1979) -- (Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Motomura et al. 2010:120 [ref. 31101], Fricke et al. 2011:387 [ref. 31242], Anderson 2018:46 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:40 [ref. 37354], Wada et al. 2021:107 [ref. 38530]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias rubrolineatus (Fourmanoir & Rivaton 1979). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: New Caledonia; Ryukyu Islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.

sheni, Pseudanthias Randall [J. E.] & Allen [G. R.] 1989:74, Figs. 1-5 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 15 (no. 3) [for 1988]; ref. 13389] Northeastern end of Mermaid Reef, 17°02'S, 119°38'E, Rowley Shoals, Western Australia, depth 46 meters. Holotype: WAM P.29660-001. Paratypes: BMNH 1988.2.1.1 (1); BPBM 31983-86 (2, 1, 2, 2); CAS 62327 (1); USNM 292906 (1); WAM P.27668-001 (1). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:20 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:20 [ref. 30117], Anderson 2018:46 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Pseudanthias sheni Randall & Allen 1989 -- (Heemstra & Randall 1999:2470 [ref. 24815], Ida & Sakaue 2001:267 [ref. 25544], Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Hutchins 2001:262 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:30 [ref. 25847], Randall 2005:145 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:994 [ref. 29078], Anderson 2018:46 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:40 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias sheni Randall & Allen 1989. Anthiadidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: Western Australia (Rowley Shoals, Scott Reef). Habitat: marine.

squamipinnis, Serranus (Anthias) Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1855:429 [Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1855; ref. 3449] Mozambique, 15°S, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: ZMB 258. Type catalog: Anderson 2018:47 [ref. 36146]. Also described as new in Peters 1855:236 [ref. 13448]. •Valid as Franzia squamipinnis (Peters 1855) -- (Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:136 [ref. 6441]). •Valid as Anthias squamipinnis (Peters 1855) -- (Allen & Starck 1982:52 [ref. 8518], Dor 1984:103 [ref. 29757], Heemstra & Randall 1986:512 [ref. 5667], Paxton et al. 1989:503 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:27 [ref. 13251], Lee 1990:4 [ref. 19830]). •Valid as Pseudanthias squamipinnis (Peters 1855) -- (Randall et al. 1990:98 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:139 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:160 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:28 [ref. 25356], Allen 1997:92 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:114 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:98 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:109 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:208 [ref. 24106], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2470 [ref. 24815], Allen 2000:87 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:701 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:611 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:201 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:98 [ref. 25868], Shinohara et al. 2000:177 [ref. 25987], Ida & Sakaue 2001:267 [ref. 25544], Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Hutchins 2001:263 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:30 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:701 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:310, 594 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:32 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S104 [ref. 27377], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:55 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:12 [ref. 27624], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:160 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:146 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:995 [ref. 29078], Fricke et al. 2009:49 [ref. 30213], Motomura in Motomura & Satapoomin 2009:94 [ref. 30492], Motomura et al. 2010:101 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:14 [ref. 39915], Fricke et al. 2011:387 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:302 [ref. 31980], Heemstra & Akhilesh 2012:126, 156 [ref. 32094], Williams et al. 2013:179 [ref. 32703], Fricke et al. 2013:257 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:65 [ref. 33932], Motomura et al. 2015:20 [ref. 34709], Koeda et al. 2016:29 [ref. 35333], Anderson 2018:47 [ref. 36146], Fricke et al. 2018:157 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:66 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:110 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:125 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:69 [ref. 36871], Bariche & Fricke 2020:138 [ref. 37515], Kim et al. 2020:115 [ref. 39118], Parenti & Randall 2020:41 [ref. 37354], Sonoyama et al. 2020:56 [ref. 37637], Akhilesh et al. 2021:56 [ref. 38701], Durville et al. 2021:311 [ref. 38802], Dewa et al. 2022:17 [ref. 40001], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:110 [ref. 39746], Murase et al. 2023:39 [ref. 40935]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias squamipinnis (Peters 1855). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal, straying to Eastern Cape (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Madagascar, Agalega Islands (Mauritius) and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Korea and central Japan, south to Western Australia, New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island (Australia) and Tonga. Habitat: marine.

taeniatus, Anthias (Pseudanthias) Klunzinger [C. B.] 1884:9, Pl. 3 (fig. 2) [Die Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 2625] Al-Qusair, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea. Lectotype: SMNS 3447. Type catalog: Fricke 1992:17-18 [ref. 20296] as syntypes; see his comment on lectotype designation; Fricke 2005:58 [ref. 29864], Anderson 2018:47 [ref. 36146]. Lectotype established by Dor 1984:104 [ref. 29757] (on Heemstra selection) if not designated earlier. •Valid as Anthias taeniatus Klunzinger 1884 -- (Dor 1984:104 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Pseudanthias taeniatus (Klunzinger 1884) -- (Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Randall 2005:140 [ref. 28239], Heemstra & Akhilesh 2012:125, 158 [ref. 32094], DiBattista et al. 2015:19 [ref. 35706], Anderson 2018:47 [ref. 36146], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[4] 242 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:66 [ref. 36273], Parenti & Randall 2020:41 [ref. 37354], Akhilesh et al. 2021:56 [ref. 38701], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:111 [ref. 39746]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias taeniatus (Klunzinger 1884). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden. Habitat: marine.

taira, Pseudanthias Schmidt [P. Yu.] 1931:37, Pl. 3 (fig. 2) [Transactions of the Pacific Committee of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. v. 1; ref. 3937] Kominato, Amami-Oshima Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Syntypes: ZIN 23235 (4). Type catalog: Anderson 2018:47 [ref. 36146]. Appeared as name only in Schmidt 1930:514 [ref. 18734]. •Valid as Pseudanthias taira Schmidt 1931 -- (Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:137 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 2000:700 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:700 [ref. 26001], Anderson 2018:47 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:41 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias taira Schmidt 1931. Anthiadidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Japan. Habitat: marine.

tequila, Pseudanthias Gill [A. C.], Tea [Y.-K.] & Senou [H.] 2017:68, Figs. 1-3, 4A-B, 5-6 [Zootaxa 4341 (no. 1); ref. 35653] Japan, Ogasawara Islands, Chichi-jima Islands, Ototo-jima Island, depth 40 meters. Holotype: KPM-NI 3759. Paratypes: KPM-NI. Type catalog: Anderson 2018:47 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Pseudanthias tequila Gill, Tea & Senou 2017 -- (Anderson 2018:47 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:41 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias tequila Gill, Tea & Senou 2017. Anthiadidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Ogasawara Islands, Mariana Islands. Habitat: marine.

thompsoni, Caesioperca Fowler [H. W.] 1923:379 [Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History v. 8 (no. 7); ref. 1398] Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): BPBM 3376. Type catalog: Anderson 2018:48 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Pseudanthias thompsoni (Fowler 1923) -- (Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Mundy 2005:344 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:195 [ref. 30952], Anderson 2018:48 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:41 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias thompsoni (Fowler 1923). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Western and central Pacific: Ogasawara Islands, Hawaiian Islands. Habitat: marine.

townsendi, Anthias Boulenger [G. A.] 1897:420 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 20 (no. 119) (art. 49); ref. 14628] Mekran coast, Iran. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1897.9.22.1. Type catalog: Anderson 2018:48 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Pseudanthias townsendi (Boulenger 1897) -- (Randall 1995:124 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:146 [ref. 23922], Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S104 [ref. 27377], Heemstra & Akhilesh 2012:125, 159 [ref. 32094], Psomadakis et al. 2015:202 [ref. 34104], Anderson 2018:48 [ref. 36146], Eagderi et al. 2019:110 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:69 [ref. 36871], Parenti & Randall 2020:41 [ref. 37354], Akhilesh et al. 2021:56 [ref. 38701], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:111 [ref. 39746]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias townsendi (Boulenger 1897). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Socotra (Yemen), Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea. Habitat: marine.

truncatus, Anthias (Pseudanthias) Katayama [M.] & Masuda [H.] 1983:142, Figs. 1-3 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 30 (no. 2); ref. 8327] Zamami Island, Kerama Islands, Okinawa, Japan, depth 18 meters. Holotype: NSMT-P 21793. Paratypes: NSMT-P 21794-95 (1, 1), 21796-803 (8, 1 ea.). •Valid as Pseudanthias truncatus (Katayama & Masuda 1983) -- (Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:137 [ref. 6441]). •Valid as Anthias truncatus Katayama & Masuda 1983 -- (Shen et al. 1986:66 [ref. 13818], Paxton et al. 1989:503 [ref. 12442], Lee 1990:8 [ref. 19830]). •Synonym of Pseudanthias hypselosoma Bleeker 1877 -- (Randall et al. 1990:94 [ref. 15987], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2470 [ref. 24815], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:610 [ref. 25122], Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Randall 2005:142 [ref. 28239], Parenti & Randall 2020:37 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudanthias hypselosoma Bleeker 1877. Anthiadidae. Habitat: marine.

venator, Pseudanthias Snyder [J. O.] 1911:529 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 40 (no. 1836); ref. 4152] Kagoshima, Japan. Holotype: USNM 68230. Type catalog: Anderson 2018:49 [ref. 36146]. •Valid as Pseudanthias venator Snyder 1911 -- (Randall & Hutomo 1988:671 [ref. 6679], Nakabo 2000:703 [ref. 25086], Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Nakabo 2002:703 [ref. 26001], Anderson 2018:49 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:42 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias venator Snyder 1911. Anthiadidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Japan. Habitat: marine.

ventralis, Anthias (Pseudanthias) ventralis Randall [J. E.] 1979:12, Fig. 7 [Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) No. 302; ref. 12314] Patch reef on northern side off Gannet Ridge, Pitcairn Island, depth 40-44 meters. Holotype: BPBM 16883. Paratypes: BMNH 1976.3.25.1 (1); BPBM 13530 (8), 19895 (1); LACM 35586-1 (1); USNM 215289 (1). Type catalog: Anderson 2018:49 [ref. 36146]. See status notes under Anthias (P.) ventralis hawaiiensis. •Valid as Anthias ventralis Randall 1979 -- (Allen & Starck 1982:54 [ref. 8518], Paxton et al. 1989:503 [ref. 12442]). •Valid as Pseudanthias ventralis (Randall 1979), subspecies ventralis (Randall 1979) -- (Nakabo 2000:700 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:700 [ref. 26001], Myers & Donaldson 2003:620 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:12 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:146 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:995 [ref. 29078], Fujiwara et al. 2020:33 [ref. 38631]). •Valid as Pseudanthias ventralis (Randall 1979) -- (Randall et al. 1990:99 [ref. 15987], Senou & Suzuki 1993:2 [ref. 24322], Allen 1997:92 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:99 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:109 [ref. 23965], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2470 [ref. 24815], Randall 1999:12 [ref. 25829], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:202 [ref. 25191], Randall & Pyle 2001:34 [ref. 25690], Lobel & Lobel 2004:70 [ref. 27576], Fricke et al. 2011:387 [ref. 31242], Anderson 2018:49 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:42 [ref. 37354], Shepherd et al. 2021:9 [ref. 38559]). Current status: Valid as Pseudanthias ventralis (Randall 1979). Anthiadidae. Distribution: Western and central Pacific: Mariana Ids, Marshall Ids, Kahoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), Ogasawara Islands, Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia, Tuamotu Archipelago, Pitcairn Group. Habitat: marine.

vizagensis, Pseudanthias Krishna [N. M.], Rao [V. G.] & Venu [D.] 2017:213, Figs. 1A-E, 2 [Journal of Experimental Zoology of India v. 20 (no. 1); ref. 35669] Off Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India (17°10'N, 18°10'E [in error 83°10'E ?]), depth 180 meters. Holotype: not defined. Syntypes (44). Type catalog: Anderson 2018:49 [ref. 36146]. Authors list 44 specimens as holotype. This is incorrect. We treat one specimen as a holotype, but no description is available. Holotype is at the Department of Marine Living Resources Museum, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam and Andhra Pradesh, India. •Possible a synonym of Pseudanthias pillai Heemstra & Akhilesh 2012 -- (Gill & Psomadakis 2018:528 [ref. 36054]). •Valid as Pseudanthias vizagensis Krishna, Rao & Venu 2017 -- (Anderson 2018:49 [ref. 36146]). •Synonym of Pseudanthias pillai Heemstra & Akhilesh 2012 -- (Akhilesh et al. 2020:137 [ref. 37976], Parenti & Randall 2020:39 [ref. 37354], Anderson 2022:573 [ref. 39757]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudanthias pillai Heemstra & Akhilesh 2012. Anthiadidae. Habitat: marine.