tessellata, Pterocaesio (Squamosicaesio) Carpenter [K. E.] 1987:47, Pls. 5A, 7J [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 15; ref. 6430] East Sumilon Island, off southeastern tip of Cebu, Philippines, depth 10 meters. Holotype: BPBM 30821. Paratypes: AMS I.17090-047 (1); BMNH 1985.9.17.3 (1); BPBM 28542 (6), 30668 (4), 30673 (5), 30728 (12), 30735 (17), 30741 (5), 30822-23 (20, 3); CAS 57408 (1); MNHN 1985-0879 (1); USNM 230887 (3), 264349 (1); ZUMT uncat. [ex BPBM 30823] (1) •Valid as Pterocaesio tessellata Carpenter 1987 -- (Carpenter 1988:60 [ref. 9296], Allen 1997:130 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:148 [ref. 23965], Carpenter in Randall & Lim 2000:618 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:103 [ref. 25868], Carpenter 2001:2939 [ref. 26100], Allen & Adrim 2003:39 [ref. 26830], Peristiwady et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:92 [ref. 27510], Allen & Erdmann 2006:30 [ref. 29405], Iwatsuki in Iwatsuki & Satapoomin 2009:147 [ref. 31128], Allen & Erdmann 2012:466 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:90 [ref. 33932], Motomura et al. 2017:139 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2019:160 [ref. 36673], Koeda & Ho 2019:79 [ref. 36585], Psomadakis et al. 2020:462 [ref. 37272], Carpenter & Holleman 2022:262 [ref. 39754], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:193 [ref. 41223], Allen & Erdmann 2024:494 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Pterocaesio tessellata Carpenter 1987. Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Maldives, southern India and Sri Lanka east to Caroline Islands (Micronesia), New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Vanuatu, north to Taiwan, south to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.