cephalotaenia, Plesiops Inger [R. F.] 1955:272, Fig. 4 [Pacific Science v. 9 (no. 3); ref. 12275] Sitankai, Sulu Archipelago, Philippines. Holotype: FMNH 44708. Paratypes: FMNH 47293 (3); USNM 123384 (1), 146460 (1) 146462 (1), 146464 (1), 146466-67 (7, 1), 146469 (1), 151323 (1), 162704 (2). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:67 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Plesiops cephalotaenia Inger 1955 -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:141 [ref. 6441], Sano et al. 1984:15 [ref. 21465], Paxton et al. 1989:526 [ref. 12442], Mooi 1995:14 [ref. 22053], Myers 1999:123 [ref. 23965], Mooi 1999:2585 [ref. 24831], Nakabo 2000:740 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:740 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:34 [ref. 26830], Allen & Erdmann 2012:348 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:67 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:130 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Plesiops cephalotaenia Inger 1955. Plesiopidae: Plesiopinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia east to Palau and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.