ophuysenii, Mesoprion Bleeker [P.] 1860:74 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 8 (art. 2); ref. 375] Benkulen, Sumatra, Indonesia; Nagasaki, Japan. Presumed syntypes: RMNH 31722-74 [ex RMNH 5542] (1, 1). •Synonym of Lutjanus vitta (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Allen & Talbot 1985:76 [ref. 6491], Allen 1985:123 [ref. 6843], Kottelat 2013:343 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Lutjanus ophuysenii (Bleeker 1860) -- (Iwatsuki et al. 1993:48 [ref. 22462], Lee & Cheng 1996:340 [ref. 22435], Nakabo 2000:822 [ref. 25086], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:121 [ref. 25480], Shimizu 2001:30 [ref. 25799], Nakabo 2002:822 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:336, 611 [ref. 26218], Iwatsuki et al. 2015:34 [ref. 34089], Kim & Kim 2016:1 [ref. 34982], Kim et al. 2020:131 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:68 [ref. 37637], Kim et al. 2021:162 [ref. 39117]). Current status: Valid as Lutjanus ophuysenii (Bleeker 1860). Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Distribution: Western Pacific: southern China and Taiwan north to Korea and Japan. Habitat: marine.