Species that contain: Lutjanus and ehrenbergii [ 2 ] records

ehrenbergii, Mesoprion Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1869:704 [Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1869; ref. 14098] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Syntypes: (2) ZMB 359 (1), 360 (1). •Valid as Lutjanus ehrenbergii (Peters 1869) -- (Dor 1984:139 [ref. 29757], Allen & Talbot 1985:32 [ref. 6491], Allen 1985:76 [ref. 6843], Allen 1986:323 [ref. 6208], Allen in Anderson 1986:574 [ref. 5634], Iwatsuki et al. 1989:469 [ref. 12750], Kottelat et al. 1993:113 [ref. 23448], Goren & Dor 1994:37 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:198 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:274 [ref. 27969] as ehrenbergi, Allen 1997:124 [ref. 23977] as ehrenbergi, Carpenter et al. 1997:171 [ref. 23922], Myers 1999:145 [ref. 23965], Nakabo 2000:821 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:617 [ref. 25122], Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:186 [ref. 25703] as eherenbergii, Anderson & Allen 2001:2871 [ref. 26099], Nakabo 2002:821 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:38 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S108 [ref. 27377], Randall 2005:246 [ref. 28239], Randall et al. 2005:122 [ref. 28745], Allen et al. 2006:1199 [ref. 29090], Ghanbarifardi & Malek 2009:[4] 498 [ref. 37937], Iwatsuki & Satapoomin 2009:137 [ref. 31128], Allen & Erdmann 2012:448 [ref. 31980], Kottelat 2013:342 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:85 [ref. 33932], Psomadakis et al. 2015:242 [ref. 34104], Miesen et al. 2016:89 [ref. 34492], Fricke et al. 2018:195 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:90 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:80 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:152 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:76 [ref. 36871], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 24 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:448 [ref. 37272], Matsuo & Kunishima 2021:38 [ref. 38217], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:236 [ref. 39746], Zajonz et al. 2022:141 [ref. 40522], Jamandre 2023:173 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Lutjanus ehrenbergii (Peters 1869). Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen) and Madagascar east to Caroline Islands and Fiji, north to Ryukyu Islands and Wakayama Prefecture (Japan), south to Northern Territory (Australia). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

oligolepis, Lutjanus Bleeker [P.] 1873:43 [Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2) v. 7; ref. 433] Padang, Sumatra; Jakarta, Java; Makassar, Sulawesi; Ternate; Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (7) ?BMNH 1880.4.21.40 (1), RMNH 5547 (4 of 6). •Synonym of Lutjanus ehrenbergii (Peters 1869) -- (Allen & Talbot 1985:32 [ref. 6491], Allen 1985:76 [ref. 6843], Miesen et al. 2016:89 [ref. 34492]). Current status: Synonym of Lutjanus ehrenbergii (Peters 1869). Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.