louti, Perca Fabricius [J. C.] in Niebuhr (ex Forsskål) 1775:40, xi [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea; Al-Luhayya, Yemen, Red Sea. Syntypes: ZMUC P43566 (1, dry skin). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:61 [ref. 9588]; Fricke 2008:30 [ref. 30182]. Spelled luti by Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828 [ref. 997]. Surviving syntype figured in Klausewitz & Nielsen 1965: Pl. 9 [ref. 20847]. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:30 [ref. 30182]. •Valid as Variola louti (Forsskål 1775) -- (Kyushin et al. 1977:178 [ref. 19756], Kyushin et al. 1982:156 [ref. 19754], Dor 1984:103 [ref. 29757], Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:126 [ref. 6441], Heemstra & Randall 1986:536 [ref. 5667], Allen & Swainston 1988:58 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:501 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:27 [ref. 13251], Lee 1990:63 [ref. 19830], Randall et al. 1990:120 [ref. 15987], Francis 1993:160 [ref. 25479], Francis & Randall 1993:119 [ref. 20996], Heemstra & Randall 1993:304 [ref. 21042], Kuiter 1993:134 [ref. 23929], Goren & Dor 1994:27 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:138 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:247 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:86 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:41 [ref. 26476], Kuiter 1997:102 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:120 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:117 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:209 [ref. 24106], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2539 [ref. 24815], Randall 1999:12 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:87 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:709 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:611 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:193 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:12 [ref. 25806], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:98 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:263 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:30 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:709 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:33 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S105 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:622 [ref. 27495], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:56 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:70 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:12 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:120 [ref. 27715], Heemstra et al. 2004:3319 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:173 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:167 [ref. 28239], Hoese et al. 2006:1024 [ref. 28999], Fricke et al. 2009:49 [ref. 30213], Motomura in Motomura & Satapoomin 2009:95 [ref. 30492], Motomura et al. 2010:101 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:51 [ref. 39915], Fricke et al. 2011:387 [ref. 31242], Craig et al. 2011:354 [ref. 31786], Allen & Erdmann 2012:285 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:66 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Koeda et al. 2016:29 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:158 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:67 [ref. 36273], Ma & Craig 2018:456 [ref. 36100], Fricke et al. 2019:126 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:71 [ref. 36871], Parenti & Randall 2020:94 [ref. 37354], Akhilesh et al. 2021:56 [ref. 38701], Durville et al. 2021:311 [ref. 38802], Kim et al. 2021:132 [ref. 39117], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:145 [ref. 41223], Zajonz et al. 2022:94 [ref. 40522], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:690 [ref. 40722], Murase et al. 2023:39 [ref. 40935], Allen & Erdmann 2024:303 [ref. 40796]). •Valid as Variola louti (Fabricius 1775) -- (Fricke 2008:29 [ref. 30182], Kovačić et al. 2021:78 [ref. 39014], Heemstra 2022:78 [ref. 39742]). Current status: Valid as Variola louti (Fabricius 1775). Epinephelidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Pitcairn Group, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, Lord Howe Island (Australia) and Rapa (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.
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