ornatus, Lethrinus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:310 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH D442 (dry). •Valid as Lethrinus ornatus Valenciennes 1830 -- (Sato 1978:36 [ref. 8884], Sato in Masuda et al. 1984:180 [ref. 6441], Carpenter in Carpenter & Allen 1989:80 [ref. 13577], Randall et al. 1990:202 [ref. 15987], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:332 [ref. 27969], Chen et al. 1997:91 [ref. 26476], Kuiter 1997:172 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:202 [ref. 25919], Anderson et al. 1998:24 [ref. 23611], Allen 1997:134 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:156 [ref. 23965], Nakabo 2000:864 [ref. 25086], Carpenter in Randall & Lim 2000:620 [ref. 25122], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:142 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:104 [ref. 25868], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:101 [ref. 26368], Matsuura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:250 [ref. 27511], Carpenter 2001:3040 [ref. 26105], Nakabo 2002:864 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:40 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:100 [ref. 27510], Allen et al. 2006:1238 [ref. 29090], Shibukawa in Motomura & Shibukawa 2009:163 [ref. 31132], Allen & Erdmann 2012:499 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:142 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:94 [ref. 33932], Psomadakis et al. 2015:267 [ref. 34104], Motomura et al. 2017:157 [ref. 35490], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:173 [ref. 36460], Fricke et al. 2019:172 [ref. 36673], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 28 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:478 [ref. 37272], Ali in Motomura et al. 2021:36 [ref. 38121], Shibuya & Motomura 2021:57 [ref. 38942], Carpenter 2022:325 [ref. 39786]). Current status: Valid as Lethrinus ornatus Valenciennes 1830. Lethrinidae: Lethrininae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Maldives, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Myanmar east to Philippines and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to southern Kyushu (Japan), south to Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.