virescens, Aprion Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:544, Pl. 168 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Seychelles, western Indian Ocean. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-6785 (2), 0000-6786 (1), 0000-6962 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1981:5 [ref. 21549]. •Valid as Aprion virescens Valenciennes 1830 -- (Kyushin et al. 1977:104 [ref. 19756], Kyushin et al. 1982:80 [ref. 19754], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:167 [ref. 6441], Allen 1985:20 [ref. 6843], Anderson 1986:573 [ref. 5634], Anderson 1987:12 [ref. 13770], Allen & Swainston 1988:78 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:35 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:177 [ref. 15987], Francis & Randall 1993:120 [ref. 20996], Francis 1993:161 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:36 [ref. 25356], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:270 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:120 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:81 [ref. 26476], Randall et al. 1997:177 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:144 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:264 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:88 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:828 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:617 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:252 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:14 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:102 [ref. 25868], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:100 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:263 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:34 [ref. 25847], Anderson & Allen 2001:2856 [ref. 26099], Nakabo 2002:828 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:38 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S108 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:626 [ref. 27495], Peristiwady et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:86 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:71 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:16 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3321 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:197 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:243 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:380 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1194 [ref. 29090], Randall 2007:248 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:60 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:117 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:444 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:259 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:129 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:84 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33988], Psomadakis et al. 2015:239 [ref. 34104], Koeda et al. 2016:39 [ref. 35333], Motomura et al. 2017:128 [ref. 35490], Ali et al. 2018:325 [ref. 36183], Fricke et al. 2018:193 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:89 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:79 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:151 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:76 [ref. 36871], Psomadakis et al. 2020:445 [ref. 37272], Durville et al. 2021:312 [ref. 38802], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:229 [ref. 39746], Zajonz et al. 2022:135 [ref. 40522]). Current status: Valid as Aprion virescens Valenciennes 1830. Lutjanidae: Etelinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia), New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island (Australia), and Tonga. Habitat: marine.
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