capricornis, Pterocaesio Smith [J. L. B.] & Smith [M. M.] 1963:29, Pl. 94 (fig. E) [The fishes of Seychelles; ref. 5319] Pinda, Mozambique. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 13. Paratypes: not researched. Described in more detail by Smith 1963:37 [ref. 32120]. •Valid as Raracaesio capricornis Smith & Smith 1963 -- (Druzhinin 1973:54 [ref. 41045]). •Valid as Pterocaesio capricornis Smith & Smith 1963 -- (Smith 1986:579 [ref. 5712], Carpenter 1987:43 [ref. 6430], Carpenter 1988:51 [ref. 9296], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S109 [ref. 27377], Allen & Erdmann 2006:30 [ref. 29405], Fricke et al. 2018:202 [ref. 35805], Carpenter & Holleman 2022:260 [ref. 39754]). Current status: Valid as Pterocaesio capricornis Smith & Smith 1963. Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia) east to Seychelles, Comoros and Madagascar. Habitat: marine.