variegatus, Lethrinus Valenciennes [A.] (ex Ehrenberg) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:287 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea; Suez, Gulf of Suez, Red Sea. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-9062 (1) Massawa, MNHN no number (1) Suez [apparently lost]; ?ZMB 1135 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1983:70 [ref. 21545]. •Valid as Lethrinella variegata (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Kyushin et al. 1977:144 [ref. 19756], Dor 1984:153 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Lethrinus variegatus Valenciennes 1830 -- (Sato 1978:49 [ref. 8884], Kyushin et al. 1982:108 [ref. 19754], Sato in Masuda et al. 1984:180 [ref. 6441], Smith 1986:599 [ref. 5712], Allen & Swainston 1988:84 [ref. 25477], Carpenter in Carpenter & Allen 1989:88 [ref. 13577], Winterbottom et al. 1989:40 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:203 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:43 [ref. 25356], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:334 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:132 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:174 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:203 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:156 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:301 [ref. 24106], Nakabo 2000:865 [ref. 25086], Carpenter in Randall & Lim 2000:620 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:272 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:104 [ref. 25868], Matsuura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:251 [ref. 27511], Hutchins 2001:264 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:35 [ref. 25847] as cf. variegatus, Carpenter 2001:3044 [ref. 26105], Nakabo 2002:865 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:40 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S110 [ref. 27377], Randall et al. 2004:17 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:279 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1239 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2009:67 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:500 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:143 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2018:217 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:99 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:172 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:80 [ref. 36871], Moore et al. 2020:110 [ref. 37357], Carpenter 2022:326 [ref. 39786], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:213 [ref. 41223], Mehanna et al. 2022:691 [ref. 39427], Zajonz et al. 2022:194 [ref. 40522], Allen & Erdmann 2024:531 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Lethrinus variegatus Valenciennes 1830. Lethrinidae: Lethrininae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Mozambique Channel, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Palau and Tonga, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Kimberley (Western Australia) and Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.