atkinsoni, Lethrinus Seale [A.] 1910:515, Pl. 11 [The Philippine Journal of Science Section A v. 4 (no. 6) (for 1909); ref. 4000] Balabac Island, Philippines. Holotype (unique): BSMP 5080 (apparently destroyed). •Synonym of Lethrinus mahsena (Forsskål 1775) -- (Sato 1978:25 [ref. 8884]). •Valid as Lethrinus atkinsoni Seale 1910 -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:158 [ref. 25477], Carpenter in Carpenter & Allen 1989:48 [ref. 13577], Francis & Randall et al. 1990:198 [ref. 15987], Randall 1993:120 [ref. 20996], Francis 1993:162 [ref. 25479], Allen 1997:250 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:198 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:155 [ref. 23965], Nakabo 2000:863 [ref. 25086], Carpenter in Randall & Lim 2000:620 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:268 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:139 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:103 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:263 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:35 [ref. 25847], Carpenter 2001:3027 [ref. 26105], Nakabo 2002:863 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:40 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:628 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:17 [ref. 27624] dated 1909, Adrim et al. 2004:121 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:274 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1234 [ref. 29090], Motomura et al. 2010:126 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:494 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:141 [ref. 32988], Motomura et al. 2017:155 [ref. 35490], Matsunuma in Kimura et al. 2018:171 [ref. 36460], Fricke et al. 2019:170 [ref. 36673], Psomadakis et al. 2020:476 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:72 [ref. 37637], Shibuya & Motomura 2021:54 [ref. 38942], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:211 [ref. 41223], Allen & Erdmann 2024:524 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Lethrinus atkinsoni Seale 1910. Lethrinidae: Lethrininae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Myanmar and Indonesia east to Mariana Islands and Cook Islands, north to southern Sea of Japan and Kyushu (Japan), south to northern Australia Habitat: marine.