erythracanthus, Lethrinus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:314 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Luganor [Lukunor Island], Caroline Islands, western Pacific. No types preserved. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1983:72 [ref. 21545]. Based on a drawing by Mertens and Ketlitz [Franz Karl Mertens, 1764-1831, German botanist; Friedrich Heinrich Freiherr von Kittlitz, 1799-1874, German explorer and naturalist, member of the Russian Expedition around the world 1826-1829]. •Synonym of Lethrinus kallopterus Bleeker 1856 -- (Sato 1978:20 [ref. 8884]). •Valid as Lethrinus erythracanthus Valenciennes 1830 -- (Carpenter in Carpenter & Allen 1989:57 [ref. 13577], Randall et al. 1990:199 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:134 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:199 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:155 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:297 [ref. 24106], Nakabo 2000:863 [ref. 25086], Carpenter in Randall & Lim 2000:620 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:104 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:263 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:35 [ref. 25847], Carpenter 2001:3029 [ref. 26105], Nakabo 2002:863 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:40 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S110 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:628 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:99 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:17 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:275 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1234 [ref. 29090], Nair 2008:234 [ref. 29901], Allen & Erdmann 2012:495 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:141 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:93 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2018:214 [ref. 35805], Eagderi et al. 2019:77 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:170 [ref. 36673], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 28 [ref. 38321], Carpenter 2022:321 [ref. 39786], Allen & Erdmann 2024:525 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Lethrinus erythracanthus Valenciennes 1830. Lethrinidae: Lethrininae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Marshall Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.
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