amboinensis, Lethrinus Bleeker [P.] 1854:490 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 6 (no. 3); ref. 344] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (3) RMNH 3542 (2 of 3). •Valid as Lethrinus amboinensis Bleeker 1854 -- (Sato 1978:56 [ref. 8884], Kyushin et al. 1982:108 [ref. 19754], Sato in Masuda et al. 1984:180 [ref. 6441], Carpenter in Carpenter & Allen 1989:47 [ref. 13577], Allen 1997:134 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:154 [ref. 23965], Nakabo 2000:866 [ref. 25086], Carpenter in Randall & Lim 2000:620 [ref. 25122], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:101 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:35 [ref. 25847], Carpenter 2001:3026 [ref. 26105], Nakabo 2002:866 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:40 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:628 [ref. 27495], Allen et al. 2006:1234 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2012:494 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:141 [ref. 32988], Koeda et al. 2016:47 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2019:170 [ref. 36673], Moore et al. 2020:110 [ref. 37357]). Current status: Valid as Lethrinus amboinensis Bleeker 1854. Lethrinidae: Lethrininae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to Marshall Islands and Samoa, north to Japan, south to Kimberley (Western Australia). Habitat: marine.