Lethrinus Cuvier [G.] 1829:184 Masc. Sparus choerorynchus Bloch & Schneider 1801. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan & Thompson 1912:558 [ref. 2541] (not by Bleeker 1876:281 of a non-included species). Spelled Lethrynus by Temminck & Schlegel 1844:74 [ref. 4372]. •Valid as Lethrinus Cuvier 1829 -- (Sato 1978 [ref. 8884], Johnson 1980:11 [ref. 13553], Sato in Masuda et al. 1984:179 [ref. 6441], Smith 1986:596 [ref. 5712], Carpenter & Allen 1989:33 [ref. 13577], Carpenter 2001:3006 [ref. 26105], Lo Galbo et al. 2002:754 [ref. 26970], Allen et al. 2006:1234 [ref. 29090], Kottelat 2013:350 [ref. 32989], Motomura et al. 2017:155 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:213 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:98 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:170 [ref. 36673], Allen et al. 2021:66 [ref. 38562]). Current status: Valid as Lethrinus Cuvier 1829. Lethrinidae: Lethrininae.