euanus, Sphaerodon Günther [A.] 1879:137 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5) v. 4 (no. 20); ref. 18237] Eua, Friendly Islands. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1879.5.22.137. •Valid as Gymnocranius euanus (Günther 1879) -- (Sato 1986:606 [ref. 5152], Allen in Carpenter & Allen 1989:24 [ref. 13577], Randall et al. 1990:197 [ref. 15987], Francis 1993:161 [ref. 25479], Allen 1997:134 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:197 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:152 [ref. 23965], Nakabo 2000:861 [ref. 25086], Carpenter in Randall & Lim 2000:620 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:268 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:35 [ref. 25847], Carpenter 2001:3020 [ref. 26105], Nakabo 2002:861 [ref. 26001], Béarez 2003:61 [ref. 27027], Myers & Donaldson 2003:627 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:17 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:273 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1233 [ref. 29090], Borsa et al. 2010:246 [ref. 30820], Motomura et al. 2010:126 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:492 [ref. 31980], Borsa et al. 2013:234 [ref. 33484], Koeda et al. 2016:46 [ref. 35333], Chen et al. 2017:527 [ref. 35766], Shibuya & Motomura 2021:22 [ref. 38943], Shibuya et al. 2021:21 [ref. 38821], Allen & Erdmann 2024:521 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Gymnocranius euanus (Günther 1879). Lethrinidae: Monotaxinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: eastern Malaya (Malaysia) and Gulf of Thailand east to Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Tonga, north to Amami Islands (Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan), south to eastern Australia and Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.