Species that contain: Caesio and lunaris [ 2 ] records

lunaris, Caesio Cuvier [G.] (ex Ehrenberg) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:441 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Red Sea; New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific; Indonesia. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-9560 (1) New Ireland, ZMB 1186 (1) Red Sea. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1981:6 [ref. 21549] with MNHN 9560 as holotype. Based on specimens, and on descriptions by Vlaming ('wackum-lauwd', no. 38). and Renard ('wackum mare', fig. 174, pl. 32). •Valid as Caesio lunaris Cuvier 1830 -- (Akazaki in Masuda et al. 1984:171 [ref. 6441], Dor 1984:137 [ref. 29757], Carpenter 1987:18 [ref. 6430], Carpenter 1988:38 [ref. 9296], Allen & Swainston 1988:82 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:35 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:187 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:38 [ref. 25356], Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:xi [ref. 21953], Randall 1995:206 [ref. 22896], Reader & Leis 1996:333 [ref. 21284], Allen 1997:128 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:174 [ref. 23922], Chen et al. 1997:89 [ref. 26476], Randall et al. 1997:187 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:147 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:281 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:88 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:833 [ref. 25086], Carpenter in Randall & Lim 2000:618 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:103 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:263 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:34 [ref. 25847], Carpenter 2001:2928 [ref. 26100], Nakabo 2002:833 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:39 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S108 [ref. 27377], Peristiwady et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:86 [ref. 27510], Adrim et al. 2004:121 [ref. 27715], Randall et al. 2005:124 [ref. 28745], Allen et al. 2006:1195 [ref. 29090], Fricke et al. 2009:63 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:461 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:260 [ref. 32706], Holleman et al. 2013:268 [ref. 32876], Fricke et al. 2014:88 [ref. 33932], Psomadakis et al. 2015:250 [ref. 34104], Ali et al. 2018:326 [ref. 36183], Fricke et al. 2018:202 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:93 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:44 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:159 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:77 [ref. 36871], Psomadakis et al. 2020:459 [ref. 37272], Carpenter & Holleman 2022:255 [ref. 39754]). Current status: Valid as Caesio lunaris Cuvier 1830. Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Mozambique Channel, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Marshall Islands and Fiji, north to southern Japan, south to off northwestern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

smaris, Caesio Cuvier [G.] 1829:187 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] No locality. Available from footnote as, "C. smaris, N., ou Vackum mare, Renard, I, pl. 32, f. 174." •Questionably a synonym of Caesio lunaris Cuvier 1830. Current status: Uncertain as Caesio lunaris Cuvier 1830. Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Habitat: marine.