rubrioperculatus, Lethrinus Sato [T.] 1978:58, Pl. 12 (fig. A); Fig. 34 [Bulletin of the University Museum, University of Tokyo No. 15; ref. 8884] Naha fish market, Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype: ZUMT 53991. Paratypes: [some missing] BPBM 8557 (1); FAKU 33034 (1), 33047 (1); ?HUMZ A2428 (1), HUMZ A2434 (1); MIKU 1955 (1); RMNH 5754 (1); ZUMT 52525 (1), 52601 (1), 52614 (1), 52619 (1), 52623 (1), 52626-27 (2), 52685-93 (9), 52897 (1), 53996 (1). •Valid as Lethrinus rubrioperculatus Sato 1978 -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:109 [ref. 19754], Sato in Masuda et al. 1984:181 [ref. 6441], Smith 1986:598 [ref. 5712], Allen & Swainston 1988:84 [ref. 25477], Carpenter in Carpenter & Allen 1989:83 [ref. 13577], Winterbottom et al. 1989:40 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:202 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:132 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:202 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:156 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:300 [ref. 24106], Nakabo 2000:866 [ref. 25086], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:142 [ref. 25480], Randall & Earle 2000:14 [ref. 25806], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:101 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:264 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:35 [ref. 25847], Carpenter 2001:3042 [ref. 26105], Nakabo 2002:866 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:40 [ref. 26830], Carpenter & Randall 2003:3 [ref. 26959], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S110 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:628 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:71 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:17 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:279 [ref. 28239], Randall et al. 2005:124 [ref. 28745], Allen et al. 2006:1238 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2009:67 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:126 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:500 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:142 [ref. 32988], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:6 [ref. 33988], Koeda et al. 2016:47 [ref. 35333], Motomura et al. 2017:158 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:216 [ref. 35805], Psomadakis et al. 2020:479 [ref. 37272], Allen et al. 2021:73 [ref. 38562], Durville et al. 2021:312 [ref. 38802], Shibuya et al. 2021:23 [ref. 38821], Carpenter 2022:325 [ref. 39786], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:213 [ref. 41223], Allen & Erdmann 2024:530 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Lethrinus rubrioperculatus Sato 1978. Lethrinidae: Lethrininae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La RĂ©union, Mauritius) east to Wake Atoll, Marshall Islands and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.
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