genivittatus, Lethrinus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:306, Pl. 159 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Indian seas. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-9074. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1983:68 [ref. 21545]. Genus is spelled Lethrynus on the plate. •Synonym of Lethrinus haematopterus Temminck & Schlegel 1844 -- (Sato 1978:47 [ref. 8884]). •Valid as Lethrinus genivittatus Valenciennes 1830 -- (Carpenter in Carpenter & Allen 1989:61 [ref. 13577], Carpenter in Carpenter & Allen 1989:61 [ref. 13577], Randall et al. 1990:199 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:198 [ref. 23929], Allen 1997:132 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:361 [ref. 23967], Randall et al. 1997:199 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:155 [ref. 23965], Johnson 1999:737 [ref. 25471], Nakabo 2000:863 [ref. 25086], Carpenter in Randall & Lim 2000:620 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:269 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:263 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:35 [ref. 25847], Carpenter 2001:3031 [ref. 26105], Nakabo 2002:863 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:344, 616 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:40 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:100 [ref. 27510], Choi & Kim 2004:81 [ref. 27749], Randall 2005:275 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1235 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2012:496 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:141 [ref. 32988], Motomura et al. 2017:155 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2019:171 [ref. 36673], Hoschke et al. 2019:156 [ref. 36626], Kim et al. 2020:135 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:72 [ref. 37637], Ali in Motomura et al. 2021:36 [ref. 38121], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:213 [ref. 41223], Allen & Erdmann 2024:526 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Lethrinus genivittatus Valenciennes 1830. Lethrinidae: Lethrininae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to Caroline Islands, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Vanuatu, north to Korea and Japan, south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), Merimbula (New South Wales, Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: brackish, marine.