Haemulon Cuvier [G.] 1829:175 Neut. Haemulon elegans Cuvier 1829. Type by subsequent designation. Type apparently designated first by Jordan 1917:128 [ref. 2407]. Spelled Haemulion by Griffith & Smith 1834:Pl. 21 (opp. p. 156) [ref. 1908] and Swainson 1839:17 [ref. 4303], Haemylum by Scudder 1863:12 [not researched]. Haemylum Agassiz 1846:170 [ref. 64] is an unjustified emendation. •Valid as Haemulon Cuvier 1829 -- (Courtenay 1961:70 [ref. 21095], Hong 1977:493 [ref. 21409], Johnson 1980:11 [ref. 13553], Matsuura in Uyeno et al. 1983:355 [ref. 14275], Rocha & Rosa 1999:447 [ref. 23802], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:333 [ref. 24550], Lindeman & Toxey 2003:1524 [ref. 27094], Ren & Zhang 2007:837 [ref. 32149], Rocha et al. 2008:918 [ref. 29817], Sanciangco et al. 2011:41 [ref. 31422], Tavera et al. 2012:6 [ref. 32469], Parenti 2019:158 [ref. 37021], Carvalho et al. 2021:[1] [ref. 37554], Acero P. & Tavera 2023:2 [ref. 40763]). Current status: Valid as Haemulon Cuvier 1829. Haemulidae: Haemulinae.