Species that contain: Lutjanus and inermis [ 1 ] records

inermis, Mesoprion Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1869:705 [Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1869; ref. 14098] Mazatlán, Sinaloa, western Mexico. Holotype (unique): ZMB 7070. •Valid as Lutjanus inermis (Peters 1869) -- (Allen 1985:92 [ref. 6843], Allen & Robertson 1994:139 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:112 [ref. 23101], Allen in Fischer et al. 1995:1240 [ref. 22830], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:219 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:387 [ref. 24023], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:298 [ref. 24550], Thomson et al. 2000:121 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:142 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:147 [ref. 32708], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:146 [ref. 34871], Fourriére et al. 2016:446 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:609 [ref. 34923], Love et al. 2021:159 [ref. 39279], Robertson et al. 2021:1636 [ref. 38847], Grove et al. 2022:20 [ref. 41326], Page et al. 2023:205 [ref. 40505], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:10 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Lutjanus inermis (Peters 1869). Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Ecuador, including southern Gulf of California (Mexico), Cocos Island (Costa Rica), Malpelo Island (Colombia) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). IUCN (2010): LC. Habitat: marine.