Caesio Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1801:85 Fem. Caesio caerulaureus Lacepède 1801. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bleeker 1876:274 [ref. 447]. Cesio Rafinesque 1818:85 [ref. 3584] and Coesio Griffith & Smith 1834:Pl. 49 (opp. p. 170) [ref. 1908] are incorrect subsequent spellings. See Carpenter 1987:5 [ref. 6430] for discussion of why gender is feminine. Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:24 (vol. 8) [ref. 30473]. •Valid as Caesio Lacepède 1801 -- (Johnson 1980:10 [ref. 13553], Akazaki in Masuda et al. 1984:171 [ref. 6441], Smith 1986:579 [ref. 5712], Carpenter 1987:15 [ref. 6430], Carpenter 1988:35 [ref. 9296], Carpenter 1990:697 [ref. 16573], Reader & Leis 1996:310 [ref. 21284], Carpenter 2001:2921 [ref. 26100], Allen et al. 2006:1194 [ref. 29090] in Lutjanidae, Holleman et al. 2013:262 [ref. 32876], Motomura et al. 2017:137 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:201 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:93 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:158 [ref. 36673], Kar et al. 2023:2 [ref. 40502]). Current status: Valid as Caesio Lacepède 1801. Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae.