viridis, Diacope Valenciennes [A.] 1846:no p., Pl. 1 (fig. 2) [Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate "la Vénus"; ref. 6165] Galápagos Islands. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-8345 (dry). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1981:11 [ref. 21549]. Dates to publication in plate; corresponding text published as Valenciennes 1855:303 [ref. 4504]. •Valid as Lutjanus viridis (Valenciennes 1846) -- (Allen 1985:122 [ref. 6843], Allen & Robertson 1994:140 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:112 [ref. 23101], Allen in Fischer et al. 1995:1244 [ref. 22830], Allen & Robertson 1997:826 [ref. 41086], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:219 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:390 [ref. 24023], Thomson et al. 2000:119 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:143 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:121 [ref. 37547], Béarez & Séret 2009:148 [ref. 36646], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:192 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:147 [ref. 32708], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:146 [ref. 34871], Fourriére et al. 2016:446 [ref. 34668], Fourrière et al. 2016:Suppl. p. 10 [ref. 42488], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:609 [ref. 34923], Love et al. 2021:159 [ref. 39279], Grove et al. 2022:20 [ref. 41326], Page et al. 2023:205 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:607 [ref. 41622], Victor et al. 2024:80 [ref. 42021], Robertson et al. 2026:S1, p. 35 [ref. 43383], Tavera et al. 2026:368 [ref. 43073]). Current status: Valid as Lutjanus viridis (Valenciennes 1846). Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico), Revillagigedo Islands (Mexico), Clipperton Island (France), Cocos Island (Costa Rica) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.