peru, Neomaenis Nichols [J. T.] & Murphy [R. C.] 1922:508, Fig. 1 [Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History v. 46 (art. 9); ref. 15356] Lobos de Tierra Island, Peru. Holotype (unique): AMNH 7415. •Valid as Lutjanus peru (Nichols & Murphy 1922) -- (Allen 1985:109 [ref. 6843], Allen & Robertson 1994:140 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:112 [ref. 23101], Allen in Fischer et al. 1995:1243 [ref. 22830], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:218 [ref. 24545], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:370 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:301 [ref. 24550], Thomson et al. 2000:121 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:143 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:121 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:147 [ref. 32708], Fourriére et al. 2016:446 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:609 [ref. 34923], Kells et al. 2016:242 [ref. 35888], Hernández-Álvarez et al. 2020:62 [ref. 37304], Love et al. 2021:159 [ref. 39279], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:10 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Lutjanus peru (Nichols & Murphy 1922). Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.