lessonii, Diagramma Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:313 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 999] Waigeo, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): not at MNHN. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1983:46 [ref. 21546]. Based on a drawing. •Synonym of Plectorhinchus lineatus (Linnaeus 1758). •Valid as Plectorhinchus lessonii (Cuvier 1830) -- (Senou & Shimada 1991:2 [ref. 24307], Allen 1997:126 [ref. 23977] as lessoni, Kuiter 1997:180 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:192 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:150 [ref. 23965], Johnson 1999:736 [ref. 25471] as lessoni, Nakabo 2000:846 [ref. 25086], Johnson in Randall & Lim 2000:619 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:264 [ref. 25191], Randall & Johnson 2000:479 [ref. 25807], Allen 2000:103 [ref. 25868], McKay 2001:2975 [ref. 26103], Nakabo 2002:845 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:40 [ref. 26830] as lessoni, Myers & Donaldson 2003:627 [ref. 27495] as lessoni, Peristiwady et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:97 [ref. 27510], Adrim et al. 2004:121 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:269 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1221 [ref. 29090], Motomura et al. 2010:123 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:475 [ref. 31980], Hata et al. 2012:25 [ref. 32412], Koeda et al. 2016:44 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:6 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2019:164 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2019:181 [ref. 37021], Wada et al. 2021:41 [ref. 38521], Fujiwara et al. 2022:91 [ref. 39094], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:207 [ref. 41223], Heemstra 2022:274 [ref. 39773], Damadi et al. 2023:142 [ref. 40426], Allen & Erdmann 2024:503 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Plectorhinchus lessonii (Cuvier 1830). Haemulidae: Plectorhinchinae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Amami Islands (southern Japan) and Ogasawara islands, south to Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.