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], Heemstra 2022:274 [ref. 39773], Damadi et al. 2023:142 [ref. 40426]). 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 East Indies to Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.