endecacanthus, Lutjanus Bleeker [P.] 1863:48, Pl. 10 (fig. 2) [Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2) v. 18 (1862); ref. 395] Ashantee, Guinea. Holotype (unique): RMNH 237. Holotype figured by Boeseman 1963:Pl. 3 (fig. 3) [ref. 21734]. •Valid as Lutjanus endecacanthus Bleeker 1863 -- (Allen 1985:77 [ref. 6843], Allen 1986:324 [ref. 6208], Lloris & Rucabado 1990:776 [ref. 15959], Bauchot in Lévêque et al. 1992:688 [ref. 21590], Moura & Lindeman 2007:38 [ref. 29018], Liu 2007:411 [ref. 30077], Wirtz et al. 2007:12, 33 [ref. 30263], Félix et al. 2016:D [4] [ref. 34346], Carpenter in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2541 [ref. 34618], Almeida & Alves 2019:271 [ref. 37509], Reiner 2019:206 [ref. 38139], Fermon et al. 2022:277 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Lutjanus endecacanthus Bleeker 1863. Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Ghana south to Democratic Republic of Congo, including São Tomé and Principe; western Atlantic: ?Brazil. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.