aratus, Mesoprion Günther [A.] 1864:145 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 (pt 1) (art. 3) (for 22 Mar. 1864); ref. 13930] Chiapam [Puerto Chiapas, Chiapas, Mexico]; Pacific coast of Panama. Syntypes: BMNH 1864.1.26.273-274 (2) Chiapam, BMNH (2) Panama. •Valid as Lutjanus aratus (Günther 1864) -- (Heemstra 1974:23 [ref. 7125], Allen 1985:57 [ref. 6843], Allen & Robertson 1994:137 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:110 [ref. 23101], Allen in Fischer et al. 1995:1236 [ref. 22830], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:213 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:391 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:369 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:298 [ref. 24550], Thomson et al. 2000:120 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:142 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:121 [ref. 37547], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:192 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:147 [ref. 32708], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:408 [ref. 34894], Sánchez-Jiménez et al. 2018:S8 [ref. 36248], González-Murcia et al. 2019:304 [ref. 36544], Love et al. 2021:159 [ref. 39279], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:10 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Lutjanus aratus (Günther 1864). Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to northern Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.