caerulaureus, Caesio Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1801:85, 86 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): MNHN (whereabouts unknown). Based on the "Caesio (novissim. genus)" of Commerson 1767-1771:1-15 [386-400] [ref. 41292]. Original spelling 'cærulaureus'. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:281 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:31, 32 (vol. 8) [ref. 30473]. •Valid as Caesio caerulaureus Lacepède 1801 -- (Akazaki in Masuda et al. 1984:171 [ref. 6441], Smith 1986:579 [ref. 5712], Allen 2000:88 [ref. 37268]). •Valid as Caesio caerulaurea Lacepède 1801 -- (Carpenter 1987:22 [ref. 6430], Carpenter 1988:35 [ref. 9296], Winterbottom et al. 1989:35 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:186 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:187 [ref. 23929], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:285 [ref. 24014], Goren & Dor 1994:38 [ref. 25356], Reader & Leis 1996:321 [ref. 21284], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:295 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:130 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:88 [ref. 26476] as coerulaura dated 1802, Kuiter 1997:188 [ref. 25488], Myers 1999:147 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:280 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:736 [ref. 25471], Nakabo 2000:833 [ref. 25086], Carpenter in Randall & Lim 2000:618 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:256 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:103 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:263 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:34 [ref. 25847], Carpenter 2001:2926 [ref. 26100], Nakabo 2002:833 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:39 [ref. 26830] as carulaurea, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S108 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:627 [ref. 27495], Peristiwady et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:86 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:17 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:121 [ref. 27715], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:207 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:258 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1194 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2009:63 [ref. 30213], Satapoomin in Iwatsuki & Satapoomin 2009:144 [ref. 31128], Allen & Erdmann 2012:460 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:260 [ref. 32706], Holleman et al. 2013:268 [ref. 32876], Yoshida et al. 2013:135 [ref. 34464], Fricke et al. 2014:88 [ref. 33932], Motomura et al. 2017:137 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:201 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:93 [ref. 36273], Satapoomin in Kimura et al. 2018:156 [ref. 36460], Fricke et al. 2019:158 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:77 [ref. 36871], Chakraborty et al. 2020:7 [ref. 37356], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 25 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:458 [ref. 37272], Wada et al. 2021:41 [ref. 38521], Carpenter & Holleman 2022:254 [ref. 39754], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:191 [ref. 41223], Kar et al. 2023:5 [ref. 40502], Allen & Erdmann 2024:473 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Caesio caerulaurea Lacepède 1801. Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Aliwal Shoal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Mozambique Channel, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues), India, east to Marshall Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to off northwestern Australia, Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.