Species that contain: Lutjanus and fulgens [ 2 ] records

fulgens, Mesoprion Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:539 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Gorée, Senegal. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-2962 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1981:16 [ref. 21549]. •Valid as Lutjanus fulgens (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Allen 1985:79 [ref. 6843], Lloris & Rucabado 1990:776 [ref. 15959], Afonso et al. 1999:74 [ref. 25466], Wirtz et al. 2007:33 [ref. 30263], Wirtz et al. 2013:125 [ref. 32972], Carpenter in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2542 [ref. 34618], Almeida & Alves 2019:271 [ref. 37509], Reiner 2019:207 [ref. 38139], Fermon et al. 2022:277 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Lutjanus fulgens (Valenciennes 1830). Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to Angola, including Cape Verde Islands, Bioko (Equatorial Guinea), and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: marine.

maltzani, Lutjanus Steindachner [F.] 1881:158 [Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse v. 18 (no. 16) (for 23 June 1881); ref. 20482] Gorée and Rufisque, Senegal. Syntypes: (2) NMW 37019 (1). Species illustrated and described in more detail in Steindachner 1881:23 [p. 7 of separate], Pl. 3 (fig. 1) [ref. 13333]; listed as Lutjanus (Mesoprion) maltzani in figure caption (p. 42 [ref. 13333]). •Synonym of Lutjanus fulgens (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Allen 1985:79 [ref. 6843], Lloris & Rucabado 1990:776 [ref. 15959]). Current status: Synonym of Lutjanus fulgens (Valenciennes 1830). Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Habitat: marine.