kasmira, Sciaena Fabricius [J. C.] in Niebuhr (ex Forsskål) 1775:46, xi [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] No locality stated (Red Sea). Lectotype: ZMUC P4777 (dry skin). Paralectotypes: ZMUC P4778 (1, dry skin). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:64 [ref. 9588], Fricke 2008:35 [ref. 30182]. Lectotype selected by Klausewitz & Nielsen 1965:18 [ref. 20847]. Types figured in Klausewitz & Nielsen 1965:Pl. 13 [ref. 20847]. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:35 [ref. 30182]. •Valid as Lutjanus kasmira (Forsskål 1775) -- (Kyushin et al. 1977:70 [ref. 19756], Kyushin et al. 1982:61 [ref. 19754], Akazaki in Masuda et al. 1984:170 [ref. 6441], Dor 1984:140 [ref. 29757], Allen & Talbot 1985:46 [ref. 6491], Allen 1985:96 [ref. 6843], Allen in Anderson 1986:575 [ref. 5634], Allen & Swainston 1988:80 [ref. 25477], Iwatsuki et al. 1989:476 [ref. 12750], Winterbottom et al. 1989:36 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:181 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:183 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:161 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:37 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:200 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:280 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:122 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:84 [ref. 26476], Kuiter 1997:184 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:181 [ref. 25919], Iwatsuki et al. 1999:315 [ref. 23961], Myers 1999:146 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:271 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:735 [ref. 25471], Randall 1999:15 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:88 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:820 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:618 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:246 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:119 [ref. 25480], Randall & Earle 2000:14 [ref. 25806], Sakai et al. 2001:98 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:263 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:34 [ref. 25847], Anderson & Allen 2001:2879 [ref. 26099], Nakabo 2002:820 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:38 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S108 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:626 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:16 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3321 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:200 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:248 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:382 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1200 [ref. 29090], Randall 2007:253 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:61 [ref. 30213], Iwatsuki & Satapoomin 2009:139 [ref. 31128], Motomura et al. 2010:119 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:122 [ref. 39915], Allen & Erdmann 2012:450 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:259 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:86 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2014:1 [ref. 35337], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33988], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:114 [ref. 36167], Psomadakis et al. 2015:244 [ref. 34104], Roberts 2015:1282 [ref. 34193], Iwatsuki et al. 2016:526 [ref. 34361], Koeda et al. 2016:41 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:6 [ref. 35354], Fowler et al. 2017:[4] 2252 [ref. 36358], Fricke et al. 2018:197 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:91 [ref. 36273], Suresh et al. 2018:229 [ref. 36495], Eagderi et al. 2019:81 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:153 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:77 [ref. 36871], Psomadakis et al. 2020:451 [ref. 37272], Durville et al. 2021:312 [ref. 38802], Zajonz et al. 2022:146 [ref. 40522]). •Valid as Lutjanus kasmira (Fabricius 1775) -- (Fricke 2008:35 [ref. 30182], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:239 [ref. 39746]). Current status: Valid as Lutjanus kasmira (Fabricius 1775). Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (a Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), Line Islands (Kiribati) and Pitcairn Group, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, southern New South Wales (Australia), New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island, Kermadec Islands and Rapa (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.