boutton, Holocentrus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:331, 367 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] Molucca Islands, Indonesia. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:48 [ref. 20740], Bauchot et al. 1981:24 [ref. 21549]. Based on Commerson manuscript. •Synonym of Lutjanus rufolineatus (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Allen 1995:11 [ref. 21857]). •Valid as Lutjanus boutton (Lacepède 1802) -- (Allen & Talbot 1985:26 [ref. 6491], Allen 1985:66 [ref. 6843], Allen & Swainston 1988:80 [ref. 25477], Iwatsuki et al. 1989:477 [ref. 12750], Allen 1997:124 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:184 [ref. 25488], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:617 [ref. 25122], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:100 [ref. 26368], Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:242 [ref. 27511] dated 1803, Hutchins 2001:34 [ref. 25847], Anderson & Allen 2001:2867 [ref. 26099], Allen & Adrim 2003:38 [ref. 26830], Peristiwady et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:88 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:16 [ref. 27624], Allen & Erdmann 2012:446 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:85 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:152 [ref. 36673], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:185 [ref. 41223], Allen & Erdmann 2024:478 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Lutjanus boutton (Lacepède 1802). Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to Samoa, north to Japan. Habitat: marine.