kusakarii, Paracaesio Abe [T.] 1960:56 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 8 (nos 1-2); ref. 11887] Central wholesale market of Tokyo (from the sea south of Tokyo, probably near Hachijo Island), Japan. Holotype: ZUMT 51906. Paratypes: ZUMT 51907-08 (1, 1). •Valid as Paracaesio kusakarii Abe 1960 -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:68 [ref. 19754], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:167 [ref. 6441], Allen 1985:134 [ref. 6843], Machida in Okamura et al. 1985:505, 686 [ref. 8056], Anderson 1987:15 [ref. 13770], Anderson et al. 1992:446 [ref. 20198], Kramer et al. 1994:75 [ref. 21258], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:289 [ref. 27969], Leis et al. 1997:699 [ref. 23517] as kusakani, Randall et al. 1997:513 [ref. 25919], Nakabo 2000:832 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:618 [ref. 25122], Anderson & Allen 2001:2900 [ref. 26099], Nakabo 2002:832 [ref. 26001], Peristiwady et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:91 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:16 [ref. 27624], Allen et al. 2006:1204 [ref. 29090], Motomura et al. 2010:120 [ref. 31256], White & Last 2012:51 [ref. 32118], Bos & Gumanao 2013:3 [ref. 41473], Larson et al. 2013:133 [ref. 32988], Motomura et al. 2017:134 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2019:156 [ref. 36673], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:189 [ref. 41223]). Current status: Valid as Paracaesio kusakarii Abe 1960. Lutjanidae: Apsilinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Singapore east to Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.