| Citation | Parenti, P. and J.E. Randall, 2020, An annotated checklist of the fishes of the family Serranidae of the world with description of two new related families of fishes.. FishTaxa 15:1-170. |
| Ref. | Parenti, P. and J.E. Randall, 2020 |
| Page | 27 |
| Named Used as Valid | Plectranthias kelloggi melanesius |
| Comment | checklist; subspecific epithet misspelled (as melanesicus) |
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