Species that contain: Lethrinus and erythropterus [ 3 ] records

erythropterus, Lethrinus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:313 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Uléa, Caroline Islands, western Pacific, ca. 7°22'N, 143°54'E. No types preserved. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1983:72 [ref. 21545]. Based on a drawing by Mertens and 'Ketlitz' (Franz Karl Mertens, 1764-1831, German botanist; Friedrich Heinrich Freiherr von Kittlitz, 1799-1874, German ornithologist and naturalist). •Synonym of Lethrinus kallopterus Bleeker 1856 -- (Sato 1978:20 [ref. 8884]). •Valid as Lethrinus erythropterus Valenciennes 1830 -- (Carpenter in Carpenter & Allen 1989:59 [ref. 13577], Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:xi [ref. 21953], Allen 1997:134 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:155 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:298 [ref. 24106], Carpenter in Randall & Lim 2000:620 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:104 [ref. 25868], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:101 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:263 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:35 [ref. 25847], Carpenter 2001:3030 [ref. 26105], Allen & Adrim 2003:40 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:100 [ref. 27510], Allen et al. 2006:1235 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2012:496 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:93 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2018:214 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:171 [ref. 36673], Psomadakis et al. 2020:476 [ref. 37272], Carpenter 2022:321 [ref. 39786], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:211 [ref. 41223], Allen & Erdmann 2024:526 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Lethrinus erythropterus Valenciennes 1830. Lethrinidae: Lethrininae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania), Madagascar, Mascarenes (Mauritius) and Chagos Archipelago east to Caroline Islands (Micronesia), New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Solomon Islands, north to Philippines, south to off Western Australia. Habitat: marine.

hypselopterus, Lethrinus Bleeker [P.] 1873:326 [Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 4; ref. 17085] Benculen, Sumatra, Indonesia; Singapore; Java; Obi Major; Solor; Waigeo, Indonesia. Syntypes: (5) RMNH 5767 (1), 24412 (3). •Valid as Lethrinus hypselopterus Bleeker 1873 -- (Kyushin et al. 1977:162 [ref. 19756], Sato 1978:22 [ref. 8884], Smith 1986:597 [ref. 5712], Winterbottom et al. 1989:39 [ref. 13251], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:329 [ref. 27969]). •Synonym of Lethrinus erythropterus Valenciennes 1830 -- (Carpenter in Carpenter & Allen 1989:59 [ref. 13577], Carpenter 2001:3030 [ref. 26105]). Current status: Synonym of Lethrinus erythropterus Valenciennes 1830. Lethrinidae: Lethrininae. Habitat: marine.

striatus, Lethrinus Steindachner [F.] 1866:479, Pl. 5 (fig. 3) [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 16; ref. 5030] Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): NMW 42888. •Synonym of Lethrinus kallopterus Bleeker 1856 -- (Sato 1978:20 [ref. 8884]). •Synonym of Lethrinus erythropterus Valenciennes 1830 -- (Carpenter in Carpenter & Allen 1989:59 [ref. 13577], Carpenter 2022:321 [ref. 39786]). Current status: Synonym of Lethrinus erythropterus Valenciennes 1830. Lethrinidae: Lethrininae. Habitat: marine.