Paracaesio Bleeker [P.] 1874:38, footnote Fem. Caesio xanthurus Bleeker 1869. Type by monotypy. For date of publication (as latest in Dec. 1874), see Kottelat 2013 [ref. 32740]. •Valid as Paracaesio Bleeker 1874 -- (Johnson 1980:10 [ref. 13553], Raj & Seeto 1983 [ref. 6817], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:168 [ref. 6441], Allen 1985:130 [ref. 6843], Anderson 1986:578 [ref. 5634], Akazaki & Iwatsuki 1986 [ref. 6316], Anderson 1987:13 [ref. 13770], Anderson et al. 1992:445 [ref. 20198], Anderson 1994:320 [ref. 23560], Leis et al. 1997:697 [ref. 23517], Anderson & Allen 2001:2842 [ref. 26099], Allen et al. 2006:1204 [ref. 29090], White & Last 2012:51 [ref. 32118], Roberts 2015:1283 [ref. 34193], Motomura et al. 2017:134 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:200 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:92 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:156 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Paracaesio Bleeker 1874. Lutjanidae: Apsilinae.