carponotatus, Mesoprion Richardson [J.] 1842:28 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (New Series) v. 9 (no. 55); ref. 21245] Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia. Holotype: BMNH 1843.6.15.51 (skin). •Valid as Lutjanus carponotatus (Richardson 1842) -- (Allen & Talbot 1985:28 [ref. 6491], Allen 1985:69 [ref. 6843], Allen & Swainston 1988:80 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:178 [ref. 15987], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:273 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:122 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:359 [ref. 23967], Kuiter 1997:184 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:178 [ref. 25919], Johnson 1999:735 [ref. 25471], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:617 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:102 [ref. 25868], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:100 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:263 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:34 [ref. 25847], Anderson & Allen 2001:2868 [ref. 26099], Allen & Adrim 2003:38 [ref. 26830], Peristiwady et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:89 [ref. 27510], Adrim et al. 2004:121 [ref. 27715], Allen et al. 2006:1198 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2012:447 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:130 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:85 [ref. 33932], Iwatsuki in Kimura et al. 2015:50 [ref. 34319] as carponotus, Motomura et al. 2017:129 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2019:152 [ref. 36673], Psomadakis et al. 2020:448 [ref. 37272], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:185 [ref. 41223], Allen & Erdmann 2024:478 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Lutjanus carponotatus (Richardson 1842). Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India and Myanmar east to Philippines and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to southern China, north to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.