Species that contain: Lutjanus and bengalensis [ 6 ] records

bengalensis, Holocentrus Bloch [M. E.] 1790:102, Pl. 246 (fig. 2) [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 4; ref. 469] Bengalen [Bengal, Bay of Bengal, eastern Indian Ocean]. Lectotype: ZMB 303. Paralectotypes (?): ZMB 300 (1), 33057 (1, right skin). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:97 [ref. 24282]. On p. 82 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 7 [ref. 21381]. Lectotype selected by Paepke 1999:97 [ref. 24282]. •Valid as Lutjanus bengalensis (Bloch 1790) -- (Kyushin et al. 1977:68 [ref. 19756], Dor 1984:138 [ref. 29757], Allen & Talbot 1985:21 [ref. 6491], Allen 1985:61 [ref. 6843], Goren & Dor 1994:37 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:197 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:124 [ref. 23977], Iwatsuki et al. 1999:314 [ref. 23961], Fricke 1999:266 [ref. 24106], Nakabo 2000:820 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:617 [ref. 25122], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:100 [ref. 26368], Anderson & Allen 2001:2863 [ref. 26099], Nakabo 2002:820 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:38 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S108 [ref. 27377], Peristiwady et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:87 [ref. 27510], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:201 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:248 [ref. 28239], Fricke et al. 2009:60 [ref. 30213], Iwatsuki & Satapoomin 2009:136 [ref. 31128], Motomura et al. 2010:118 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:445 [ref. 31980], Koeda et al. 2014:1 [ref. 35337], Iwatsuki et al. 2015:38 [ref. 34089], Psomadakis et al. 2015:241 [ref. 34104], Iwatsuki et al. 2016:526 [ref. 34361], Motomura et al. 2017:129 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:194 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:92 [ref. 36273], Psomadakis et al. 2020:447 [ref. 37272], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:235 [ref. 39746]). Current status: Valid as Lutjanus bengalensis (Bloch 1790). Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India and Myanmar east to Indonesia and Philippines, north to Ryukyu Islands. Replaced in the western Indian Ocean by L. octolineatus (Cuvier 1828), and in the northwestern Indian Ocean and Red Sea by L. sapphirolineatus Iwatsuki, Al-Mamry & Heemstra 2016 [see ref. 34361]. Habitat: marine.

notata, Diacope Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828:422 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 2; ref. 997] Indian Ocean. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-7982. Paralectotypes: MNHN A-5443 (2, dry), B-2924 (2, dry). Lectotype selected by Allen & Talbot 1985:63 [ref. 6491]; they identify MNHN A-5443 (2) as L. bengalensis. •Valid as Lutjanus notatus (Cuvier 1828) -- (Allen & Talbot 1985:62 [ref. 6491], Allen 1985:107 [ref. 6843], Allen in Anderson 1986:576 [ref. 5634], Fricke 1999:273 [ref. 24106], Heemstra et al. 2004:3321 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:200 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:250 [ref. 28239], Fricke et al. 2009:61 [ref. 30213], Iwatsuki et al. 2016:526 [ref. 34361], Fricke et al. 2018:198 [ref. 35805], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:242 [ref. 39746]). Current status: Valid as Lutjanus notatus (Cuvier 1828). Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Aliwal Shoal (South Africa) north to Mozambique, east to Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues). Habitat: marine.

octolineata, Diacope Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828:418 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 2; ref. 997] Red Sea; Tahiti; Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean: Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-A5446 (dry). Paralectotypes: MNHN A-5446 (1, dry), A-5448 (2, dry), 7971 (1), 7972 (1) all from Mauritius; MNHN A-5447 (2) Indian Ocean; MNHN 0000-7973 (1) Tahiti; one syntype from Red Sea lost. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1981:9-10, 32 [ref. 21549]. Based on literature and specimens; not regarded as a replacement name. Lectotype selected by Iwatsuki et al. 2016:513 [ref. 34361]. •Synonym of Lutjanus kasmira (Forsskål 1775) -- (Dor 1984:140 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Lutjanus bengalensis in part (Bloch 1790) -- (Allen & Talbot 1985:21 [ref. 6491] who treat MNHN 7973 as L. kasmira, Allen 1985:61 [ref. 6843], Fricke 1999:266 [ref. 24106]). •Synonym of Lutjanus kasmira (Forsskål 1775) in part -- (Allen 1985:96 [ref. 6843], Fricke 1999:272 [ref. 24106]). •Valid as Lutjanus octolineatus (Cuvier 1828) -- (Iwatsuki et al. 2016:513 [ref. 34361], Fricke et al. 2018:199 [ref. 35805], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:242 [ref. 39746]). Current status: Valid as Lutjanus octolineatus (Cuvier 1828). Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) north to Mozambique, east to Seychelles, Saya de Malha Bank, Madagascar, western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) and Maldives. Habitat: marine.

octovittata, Diacope Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:528 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-7046. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1981:10 [ref. 21549]. •Synonym of Lutjanus bengalensis (Bloch 1790) -- (Allen & Talbot 1985:21 [ref. 6491], Allen 1985:61 [ref. 6843], Fricke 1999:267 [ref. 24106]). Current status: Synonym of Lutjanus bengalensis (Bloch 1790). Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Habitat: marine.

octovittatus, Labrus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1801:430, 477, Pl. 22 (fig. 2) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] Grand Ocean [Indo-Pacific]. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:99 [ref. 19171], Bauchot et al. 1981:25 [ref. 21549]. Based on a Commerson figure. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:267 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. •Synonym of Lutjanus bengalensis (Bloch 1790) -- (Fricke 1999:265 [ref. 24106]). Current status: Synonym of Lutjanus bengalensis (Bloch 1790). Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Habitat: marine.

pomacanthus, Mesoprion Bleeker [P.] 1855:407 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 8 (no. 3); ref. 350] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (5) RMNH 5521 (up to 4 of 26). •Synonym of Lutjanus bengalensis (Bloch 1790) -- (Allen & Talbot 1985:21 [ref. 6491] in part, 2 in RMNH 5521 are L. kasmira, Allen 1985:61, 96 [ref. 6843]). Current status: Synonym of Lutjanus bengalensis (Bloch 1790). Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Habitat: marine.