oculatus, Serranus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828:266, Pl. 32 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 2; ref. 997] Martinique Island, West Indies. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-4329. Paralectotypes: MNHN 0000-4330 (1, dry). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1981:20 [ref. 21549] with MNHN 4329 as holotype; MNHN 4329 designated lectotype by Eschmeyer 1998:1230 [ref. 23416]. •Valid as Etelis oculatus (Valenciennes 1828) -- (Anderson 1981:821 [ref. 5433], Allen 1985:28 [ref. 6843], Robins & Ray 1986:168 [ref. 23100], Anderson 1987:7 [ref. 13770], Cervigón 1992:351 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:124 [ref. 24474], Leis & Lee 1994:85 [ref. 21402], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:251 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:160 [ref. 27754], Moore et al. 2003:226 [ref. 27076], Anderson 2003:1488 [ref. 27091], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:82 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004:142 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:322 [ref. 28815], Page et al. 2013:147 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:50 [ref. 33341], Pinheiro et al. 2015:19 [ref. 34324], Carneiro et al. 2019:261 [ref. 37250], Randall et al. 2019:182 [ref. 37132], Klautau et al. 2020:9 [ref. 37903], Robertson et al. 2020:158 [ref. 38098], Carvalho-Filho 2023:152 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Etelis oculatus (Valenciennes 1828). Lutjanidae: Etelinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to São Paulo (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Data Deficient. Habitat: marine.