Species that contain: Lethrinus and atlanticus [ 2 ] records

atlanticus, Lethrinus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:275 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] St. Jago and Porto Praya, Cape Verde Islands. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-6219 (1), 9806 (1, dry), A-7848 (1, dry), A-7849 (1, dry). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1983:66 [ref. 21545]. Preceded by the unused name Dentex unispinosus Bowdich 1825, which was declared a nomen oblitum (see Parenti 2019:93 [ref. 36892]); therefore reversal of precedence. •Valid as Lethrinus atlanticus Valenciennes 1830 -- (Sato 1978:44 [ref. 8884], Roux 1990:789 [ref. 18781], Carpenter in Carpenter & Allen 1989:50 [ref. 13577], Afonso et al. 1999:75 [ref. 25466], Wirtz et al. 2007:34 [ref. 30263], Wirtz et al. 2013:125 [ref. 32972], Carpenter in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2565 [ref. 34618], Almeida & Alves 2019:270 [ref. 37509], Reiner 2019:315 [ref. 38139], Fermon et al. 2022:283 [ref. 39448]). Nomen Protectum. Current status: Valid as Lethrinus atlanticus Valenciennes 1830. Lethrinidae: Lethrininae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to Congo, including Cape Verde Islands, and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: marine.

unispinosus, Dentex Bowdich [S. L.] 1825:235, Fig. 42 [Fishes of Madeira; ref. 590] Porto Praya, St. Jago Island, Cape Verde Islands. Unused senior synonym of Lethrinus atlanticus Valenciennes 1830; declared as nomen oblitum (see Parenti 2019:93 [ref. 36892]). Therefore reversal of precedence. •In the synonymy of Lethrinus atlanticus Valenciennes 1830 -- (Parenti 2019:93 [ref. 36892], Parenti 2019:7 [ref. 36934]). Nomen Oblitum. Current status: Synonym of Lethrinus atlanticus Valenciennes 1830. Lethrinidae: Lethrininae. Habitat: marine.