buccanella, Mesoprion Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828:455 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 2; ref. 997] Martinique Island and St. Thomas Island, West Indies. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-8273 (1) Martinique, A-7739 (1, dry) St. Thomas. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1981:14 [ref. 21549] as holotype and paratype. •Valid as Lutjanus buccanella (Cuvier 1828) -- (Allen 1985:67 [ref. 6843] as buccanellus, Robins & Ray 1986:171 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:136 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:352 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:133 [ref. 24474], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:252 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:160 [ref. 27754], Anderson 2003:1491 [ref. 27091], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:82 [ref. 27192] as bucanella, Smith et al. 2003:32 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:142 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:325 [ref. 28815], Moura & Lindeman 2007:38 [ref. 29018], Page et al. 2013:147 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:51 [ref. 33341], Robertson et al. 2016:145 [ref. 34961], Pimentel et al. 2020:6 [ref. 38051], Robertson et al. 2020:158 [ref. 38098], Carvalho-Filho et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:580 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:157 [ref. 40480], Martínez-Servín et al. 2023:115 [ref. 40726]). Current status: Valid as Lutjanus buccanella (Cuvier 1828). Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Massachusetts (U.S.A.) south to Espírito Santo (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.