aureolineatus, Sparus Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1802:42, 132 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] No locality stated. Holotype (unique): Not found at MNHN. Type catalog: Bauchot & Daget 1972:86 [ref. 20898], Bauchot et al. 1983:73 [ref. 21545]. Originally spelled aureo-lineatus. Based on description in manuscript by Commerson (Philibert Commerson, 1727-1773, French explorer and naturalist). Spelled aurolineatus (in genus Pentapus) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:269, Pl. 157 [ref. 996]. •Valid as Gnathodentex aureolineatus (Lacepède 1802) [but often misspelled aurolineatus] -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:121 [ref. 19754], Sato in Masuda et al. 1984:179 [ref. 6441], Sato 1986:604 [ref. 5152], Smith 1986:595 [ref. 5712], Allen in Carpenter & Allen 1989:17 [ref. 13577], Winterbottom et al. 1989:38 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:197 [ref. 15987], Francis & Randall 1993:130 [ref. 20996], Kuiter 1993:197 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:161 [ref. 25479], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:327 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:134 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:98 [ref. 26476] as aurolineatus dated 1803, Kuiter 1997:176 [ref. 25488] as aurolineatus, Randall et al. 1997:197 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:151 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:295 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:16 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:89 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:860 [ref. 25086], Carpenter in Randall & Lim 2000:620 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:273 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:14 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:103 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:263 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:35 [ref. 25847], Carpenter 2001:3017 [ref. 26105], Nakabo 2002:860 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:40 [ref. 26830] as aurolineatus, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S110 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:627 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:99 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:17 [ref. 27624], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:242 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:273 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1232 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2009:66 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:126 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:64 [ref. 39915] as aurolineatus, Allen & Erdmann 2012:491 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:260 [ref. 32706], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33988], Koeda et al. 2016:46 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:8 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2018:212 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:170 [ref. 36673], Psomadakis et al. 2020:474 [ref. 37272] as aurolineatus, Durville et al. 2021:312 [ref. 38802], Carpenter 2022:316 [ref. 39786], Dewa et al. 2022:19 [ref. 40001]). Current status: Valid as Gnathodentex aureolineatus (Lacepède 1802). Lethrinidae: Monotaxinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Mozambique Channel, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Marshall Islands and Pitcairn Group, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to (Western Australia), eastern Australia, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island (Australia), Tonga and Rapa (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.