rufolineata, Diacope Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:531 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] New Guinea. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-0861. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1981:11 [ref. 21549]. •Synonym of Lutjanus boutton (Lacepède 1802) -- (Allen & Talbot 1985:27 [ref. 6491], Allen 1985:66 [ref. 6843]). •Valid as Lutjanus rufolineatus (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Akazaki in Masuda et al. 1984:170 [ref. 6441], Allen 1995:11 [ref. 21857], Allen 1997:122 [ref. 23977], Anderson et al. 1998:24 [ref. 23611], Myers 1999:146 [ref. 23965], Nakabo 2000:826 [ref. 25086], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:618 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:102 [ref. 25868], Anderson & Allen 2001:2890 [ref. 26099], Nakabo 2002:826 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:39 [ref. 26830] dated to 1828, Randall et al. 2004:16 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:251 [ref. 28239], Randall et al. 2005:122 [ref. 28745], Allen et al. 2006:1202 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2012:453 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:132 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:87 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2014:1 [ref. 35337], Fricke et al. 2019:154 [ref. 36673], Wada et al. 2021:41 [ref. 38521], Heemstra & Heemstra 2022:244 [ref. 39746]). Current status: Valid as Lutjanus rufolineatus (Valenciennes 1830). Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Maldives; Andaman Sea east to Marshall Islands and Samoa, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan) and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Northern Territory and Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.