lemniscatus, Serranus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828:240 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 2; ref. 997] Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-7146. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1981:20 [ref. 21549]. •Valid as Lutjanus lemniscatus (Valenciennes 1828) -- (Druzhinin 1973:54 [ref. 41045], Dor 1984:141 [ref. 29757], Allen & Talbot 1985:50 [ref. 6491], Allen 1985:97 [ref. 6843], Allen in Anderson 1986:575 [ref. 5634], Allen & Swainston 1988:80 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:181 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:37 [ref. 25356], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:281 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:122 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:359 [ref. 23967], Randall et al. 1997:181 [ref. 25919], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:618 [ref. 25122], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:120 [ref. 25480], Hutchins 2001:263 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:34 [ref. 25847], Anderson & Allen 2001:2880 [ref. 26099], Allen & Adrim 2003:38 [ref. 26830], Allen et al. 2006:1201 [ref. 29090], Iwatsuki & Satapoomin 2009:139 [ref. 31128], Allen & Erdmann 2012:450 [ref. 31980], Allen et al. 2013:40 [ref. 32521], Larson et al. 2013:131 [ref. 32988], Iwatsuki et al. 2015:38 [ref. 34089], Psomadakis et al. 2015:245 [ref. 34104], Iwatsuki in Kimura et al. 2018:151 [ref. 36460], Eagderi et al. 2019:81 [ref. 37020], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 25 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:451 [ref. 37272], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:187 [ref. 41223], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:240 [ref. 39746], Allen & Erdmann 2024:482 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Lutjanus lemniscatus (Valenciennes 1828). Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden and Persian Gulf east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to Taiwan, south to Western Australia and Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.