caeruleus, Vegetichthys Katayama [M.] 1934:436, Fig. 2 [Proceedings of the Imperial Academy. Tokyo. v. 10 (no. 7) (art. 121); ref. 16433] Tokyo fish market (perhaps from Hatizyô Island, Idu Province), Japan. Holotype (unique): ZUMT (not seen in 1997). •Valid as Paracaesio caerulea (Katayama 1934) -- (Akazaki in Okamura et al. 1982:239, 383 [ref. 8256], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:168 [ref. 6441], Allen 1985:132 [ref. 6843], Yamakawa in Okamura et al. 1985:503, 685 [ref. 8056] as caeruleus, Anderson 1987:14 [ref. 13770], Anderson et al. 1992:446 [ref. 20198], Leis et al. 1997:699 [ref. 23517], Nakabo 2000:832 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:618 [ref. 25122] as caeruleus, Shinohara et al. 2001:325 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:832 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2005:434 [ref. 28370] as caeruleus, Motomura et al. 2010:120 [ref. 31256], White & Last 2012:51 [ref. 32118], Koeda et al. 2016:41 [ref. 35333], Wada et al. 2021:41 [ref. 38521], Furuhashi & Motomura 2022:8 [ref. 39607]). Current status: Valid as Paracaesio caerulea (Katayama 1934). Lutjanidae: Apsilinae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine.