indicus, Lutjanus Allen [G. R.], White [W. T.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2013:35, Figs. 1-3 [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 6; ref. 32521] Lively Rocks, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, 8°21.761'N, 81°23.664'E. Holotype: BPBM 18803. Paratypes: AMS I.21115-005 (1), I.21184-006 (2), I.21433-004 (1), I.27290-002 (1), I.27353-001 (10); BPBM 29448 (1), 41114 (1); WAM P.25986-001 (1), 25987-008 (1). •Valid as Lutjanus indicus Allen, White & Erdmann 2013 -- (Kottelat 2013:343 [ref. 32989], Psomadakis et al. 2015:244 [ref. 34104], Fricke et al. 2018:197 [ref. 35805], Ali et al. 2018:326 [ref. 36183], Golani & Fricke 2018:91 [ref. 36273], Suresh et al. 2018:227 [ref. 36495], Eagderi et al. 2019:81 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:77 [ref. 36871] as cf. indicus, Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 25 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:450 [ref. 37272], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:239 [ref. 39746], Zajonz et al. 2022:145 [ref. 40522], Allen & Erdmann 2024:481 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Lutjanus indicus Allen, White & Erdmann 2013. Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indian Ocean: East Africa, Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Bangladesh, Myanmar and Andaman Sea. Habitat: brackish, marine.