argenteus, Lethrinus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:303 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Seychelles. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-9061. Paralectotypes: MNHN B-2907 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1983:66 [ref. 21545]. Lectotype selected by Sato 1978:33 [ref. 8884]. •Synonym of Lethrinus opercularis Valenciennes 1830 -- (Sato 1978:33 [ref. 8884]). •Synonym of Lethrinus lentjan (Lacepède 1802) -- (Carpenter in Carpenter & Allen 1989:67 [ref. 13577], Fricke et al. 2018:215 [ref. 35805], Carpenter 2022:322 [ref. 39786]). Current status: Synonym of Lethrinus lentjan (Lacepède 1802). Lethrinidae: Lethrininae. Habitat: brackish, marine.