notata, Diacope Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828:422 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 2; ref. 997] Indian Ocean. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-7982. Paralectotypes: MNHN A-5443 (2, dry), B-2924 (2, dry). Lectotype selected by Allen & Talbot 1985:63 [ref. 6491]; they identify MNHN A-5443 (2) as L. bengalensis. •Valid as Lutjanus notatus (Cuvier 1828) -- (Allen & Talbot 1985:62 [ref. 6491], Allen 1985:107 [ref. 6843], Allen in Anderson 1986:576 [ref. 5634], Fricke 1999:273 [ref. 24106], Heemstra et al. 2004:3321 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:200 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:250 [ref. 28239], Fricke et al. 2009:61 [ref. 30213], Iwatsuki et al. 2016:526 [ref. 34361], Fricke et al. 2018:198 [ref. 35805], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:242 [ref. 39746]). Current status: Valid as Lutjanus notatus (Cuvier 1828). Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Aliwal Shoal (South Africa) north to Mozambique, east to Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues). Habitat: marine.