nematacanthus, Lethrinus Bleeker [P.] 1854:403 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 6 (no. 2); ref. 13964] Nagasaki, Japan. Syntypes: (2) RMNH 5755 (2 larger specimens of 3). •Valid as Lethrinus nematacanthus Bleeker 1854 -- (Sato 1978:17 [ref. 8884], Sato in Masuda et al. 1984:179 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:84 [ref. 25477], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:332 [ref. 27969], Chen et al. 1997:91 [ref. 26476]). •Synonym of Lethrinus genivittatus Valenciennes 1830 -- (Carpenter in Carpenter & Allen 1989:61 [ref. 13577], Randall et al. 1990:199 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:198 [ref. 23929], Johnson 2001:737 [ref. 25471], Carpenter 2001:3031 [ref. 26105], Choi et al. 2003:617 [ref. 26218], Choi & Kim 2004:81 [ref. 27749], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:335 [ref. 28867]). Current status: Synonym of Lethrinus genivittatus Valenciennes 1830. Lethrinidae: Lethrininae. Habitat: brackish, marine.