elongatus, Lethrinus Valenciennes [A.] (ex Ehrenberg) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:289 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] Red Sea. Holotype (unique): ZMB 22245 (stuffed). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1983:72 [ref. 21545]. Type information: Randall & Wheeler 1991:761 [ref. 15994]. •Synonym of Lethrinella variegata (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Dor 1984:153 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Lethrinus miniatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Sato 1978:40 [ref. 8884]). •Valid as Lethrinus elongatus Valenciennes 1830 -- (Smith 1986:597 [ref. 5712], Allen & Swainston 1988:84 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:39 [ref. 13251], Goren & Dor 1994:42 [ref. 25356], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:328 [ref. 27969]). •Synonym of Lethrinus microdon Valenciennes 1830 through first reviser action -- (Randall & Wheeler 1991:761 [ref. 15994], Carpenter in Carpenter & Allen 1989:71 [ref. 13577], Carpenter 2001:3035 [ref. 26105], Fricke et al. 2018:215 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:99 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:78 [ref. 37020], Carpenter 2022:323 [ref. 39786]). Current status: Synonym of Lethrinus microdon Valenciennes 1830. Lethrinidae: Lethrininae. Habitat: marine.