melas, Plesiops Bleeker [P.] 1849:9 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [7]; ref. 321] Boleling, northern Bali, Indonesia. Holotype: RMNH 23432 [ex RMNH 6352]. •Synonym of Plesiops coeruleolineatus Rüppell 1835 -- (Mooi 1995:18 [ref. 22053], Randall 2005:190 [ref. 28239], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:329 [ref. 28867], Mooi 2022:149 [ref. 39750]). Current status: Synonym of Plesiops coeruleolineatus Rüppell 1835. Plesiopidae: Plesiopinae. Habitat: marine.