Species that contain: Caesio and caerulaurea [ 4 ] records

azuraureus, Caesio Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1830:130 [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. Lectotype: SMF 1707 or 1767. Paralectotypes: SMF 8614 (1) Jiddah. Lectotype established by Dor 1984:137 [ref. 29757] if not designated earlier. •Valid as Caesio azuraureus Rüppell 1830 -- (Dor 1984:137 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Caesio caerulaurea Lacepède 1801 -- (Carpenter 1987:22 [ref. 6430], Carpenter 1988:35 [ref. 9296], Golani & Fricke 2018:93 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Synonym of Caesio caerulaurea Lacepède 1801. Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Habitat: marine.

caerulaureus, Caesio Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1801:85, 86 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): MNHN (whereabouts unknown). Based on Commerson manuscript. Original spelling 'cærulaureus'. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:281 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:31, 32 (vol. 8) [ref. 30473]. •Valid as Caesio caerulaureus Lacepède 1801 -- (Akazaki in Masuda et al. 1984:171 [ref. 6441], Smith 1986:579 [ref. 5712], Allen 2000:88 [ref. 37268]). •Valid as Caesio caerulaurea Lacepède 1801 -- (Carpenter 1987:22 [ref. 6430], Carpenter 1988:35 [ref. 9296], Winterbottom et al. 1989:35 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:186 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:187 [ref. 23929], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:285 [ref. 24014], Goren & Dor 1994:38 [ref. 25356], Reader & Leis 1996:321 [ref. 21284], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:295 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:130 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:88 [ref. 26476] as coerulaura dated 1802, Kuiter 1997:188 [ref. 25488], Myers 1999:147 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:280 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:736 [ref. 25471], Nakabo 2000:833 [ref. 25086], Carpenter in Randall & Lim 2000:618 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:256 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:103 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:263 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:34 [ref. 25847], Carpenter 2001:2926 [ref. 26100], Nakabo 2002:833 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:39 [ref. 26830] as carulaurea, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S108 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:627 [ref. 27495], Peristiwady et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:86 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:17 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:121 [ref. 27715], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:207 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:258 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1194 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2009:63 [ref. 30213], Satapoomin in Iwatsuki & Satapoomin 2009:144 [ref. 31128], Allen & Erdmann 2012:460 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:260 [ref. 32706], Holleman et al. 2013:268 [ref. 32876], Yoshida et al. 2013:135 [ref. 34464], Fricke et al. 2014:88 [ref. 33932], Motomura et al. 2017:137 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:201 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:93 [ref. 36273], Satapoomin in Kimura et al. 2018:156 [ref. 36460], Fricke et al. 2019:158 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:77 [ref. 36871], Chakraborty et al. 2020:7 [ref. 37356], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 25 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:458 [ref. 37272], Wada et al. 2021:41 [ref. 38521], Carpenter & Holleman 2022:254 [ref. 39754], Kar et al. 2023:5 [ref. 40502]). Current status: Valid as Caesio caerulaurea Lacepède 1801. Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Aliwal Shoal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Mozambique Channel, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues), India, east to Marshall Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to off northwestern Australia, Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.

maculatus, Caesio Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:439 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Vanikoro Island, Santa Cruz Islands, southwestern Pacific. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-9345. Paralectotypes: MNHN A-5480 (1) Mauritius. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1981:6 [ref. 21549] with MNHN 9345 as holotype. MNHN 9345 designated lectotype by Eschmeyer 1998:990 [ref. 23416]. •Synonym of Caesio caerulaurea Lacepède 1801 -- (Carpenter 1987:22 [ref. 6430], Carpenter 1988:35 [ref. 9296], Fricke 1999:280 [ref. 24106], Carpenter & Holleman 2022:254 [ref. 39754]). Current status: Synonym of Caesio caerulaurea Lacepède 1801. Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Habitat: marine.

mauritianus, Smaris Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1824:290, Pl. 44 (fig. 3) [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-9315 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot 1973:993 [ref. 21548], Bauchot et al. 1981:21 [ref. 21549]. •Synonym of Caesio caerulaurea Lacepède 1801 -- (Carpenter 1987:22 [ref. 6430], Carpenter 1988:35 [ref. 9296], Fricke 1999:280 [ref. 24106], Carpenter & Holleman 2022:254 [ref. 39754]). Current status: Synonym of Caesio caerulaurea Lacepède 1801. Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Habitat: marine.