grandoculis, Cantharus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:341 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Seychelles, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-8811. Type catalog: Bauchot & Daget 1972:82 [ref. 20898], Bauchot et al. 1983:66 [ref. 21545]. •Questionably the same as Gymnocranius robinsoni (Gilchrist & Thompson 1908) -- (Sato 1986:607 [ref. 5152]). •Valid as Gymnocranius grandoculis (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Allen in Carpenter & Allen 1989:27 [ref. 13577], Randall et al. 1990:198 [ref. 15987], Mishra 1994:185 [ref. 24012], Goren & Dor 1994:42 [ref. 25356], Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:xii [ref. 21953], Allen 1997:132 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:198 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:152 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:296 [ref. 24106], Nakabo 2000:862 [ref. 25086], Carpenter in Randall & Lim 2000:620 [ref. 25122], Randall & Earle 2000:14 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:263 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:35 [ref. 25847], Carpenter 2001:3022 [ref. 26105], Nakabo 2002:862 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:40 [ref. 26830], Béarez 2003:61 [ref. 27027], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S110 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:628 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:17 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3321 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:243 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:274 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1233 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2009:66 [ref. 30213], Borsa et al. 2010:244 [ref. 30820], Allen & Erdmann 2012:492 [ref. 31980] Larson et al. 2013:141 [ref. 32988], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:425 [ref. 33460], Borsa et al. 2013:234 [ref. 33484], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33988], Motomura et al. 2017:154 [ref. 35490], Chen et al. 2017:527 [ref. 35766], Fricke et al. 2018:213 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:98 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:77 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:170 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:80 [ref. 36871], Psomadakis et al. 2020:475 [ref. 37272], Carpenter 2022:317 [ref. 39786], Furuhashi & Motomura 2022:10 [ref. 39607], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:209 [ref. 41223], Mehanna et al. 2022:691 [ref. 39427], Zajonz et al. 2022:196 [ref. 40522], Allen & Erdmann 2024:522 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Gymnocranius grandoculis (Valenciennes 1830). Lethrinidae: Monotaxinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Marshall Islands, Line Islands (Kiribati) and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.