Plectranthias retrofasciatus Fourmanoir & Randall, 1979

Plectranthias pallidus Randall & Hoese, 1995

Holotype: BPBM 22487, 61.8 mm SL, male (?).

Type locality: New Caledonia, Gazelle Pass, near northwest tip of island, depth 200 meters.

Illustrations: Fourmanoir & Randall, 1979:320, fig. 2; Peristiwady, Makaitipu, Satrioajie & Wibowo, 2014:88, fig. 1.

Counts: D: X, 16. A: III, 7. P: 13. C: 17. V: 26. GR: 16 (5 + 11). LL: 29. CP: 14.

Distribution: western South Pacific: off New Caledonia and North Sulawesi, Indonesia.