maculatus, Caesio Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:439 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Vanikoro Island, Santa Cruz Islands, southwestern Pacific. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-9345. Paralectotypes: MNHN A-5480 (1) Mauritius. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1981:6 [ref. 21549] with MNHN 9345 as holotype. MNHN 9345 designated lectotype by Eschmeyer 1998:990 [ref. 23416]. •Synonym of Caesio caerulaurea Lacepède 1801 -- (Carpenter 1987:22 [ref. 6430], Carpenter 1988:35 [ref. 9296], Fricke 1999:280 [ref. 24106], Carpenter & Holleman 2022:254 [ref. 39754]). Current status: Synonym of Caesio caerulaurea Lacepède 1801. Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Habitat: marine.