miniatus, Sparus Forster [J. R.] in Bloch & Schneider 1801:281 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Tonga Islands and New Caledonia. Based on description and drawing in manuscript by Forster (Johann Reinhold Forster, 1729-1798, German explorer and naturalist of Cook's second voyage). Forster drawing reproduced in Randall & Wheeler 1991:761 [ref. 15994]. •Valid as Lethrinella miniata (Forster 1801) -- (Dor 1984:152 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Lethrinus miniatus (Forster 1801) -- (Kyushin et al. 1977:150 [ref. 19756], Sato 1978:40 [ref. 8884], Kyushin et al. 1982:107 [ref. 19754], Sato in Masuda et al. 1984:180 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:84 [ref. 25477], Randall & Wheeler 1991:761 [ref. 15994], Carpenter in Carpenter & Allen 1989:73 [ref. 13577], Randall et al. 1990:201 [ref. 15987], Francis 1993:162 [ref. 25479], Allen 1997:132 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:90 [ref. 26476] with authors as Bloch & Schneider, Randall et al. 1997:201 [ref. 25919], Johnson 1999:737 [ref. 25471], Nakabo 2000:863 [ref. 25086] with authors as Forster & Schneider, Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:270 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:264 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:35 [ref. 25847], Carpenter 2001:3036 [ref. 26105], Nakabo 2002:863 [ref. 26001] with authors as Forster & Schneider, Randall 2005:277 [ref. 28239], Randall 2005:279 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1237 [ref. 29090] with authorship as Bloch & Schneider, Larson et al. 2013:142 [ref. 32988] with authorship as Bloch & Schneider 1801, Kottelat 2013:351 [ref. 32989], Hoschke et al. 2019:156 [ref. 36626], Shibuya & Motomura 2021:24 [ref. 38943], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:213 [ref. 41223], Mehanna et al. 2022:691 [ref. 39427], Jamandre 2023:158 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Lethrinus miniatus (Forster 1801). Lethrinidae: Lethrininae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Philippines north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Timor, northern Australia, Norgolk island (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.