synagris, Sparus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:280 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] "America septentrionali" [Bahamas]. No types known. Spelled synager in Lacepède 1802:30 [ref. 4929], but spelled correctly on p. 104. Misspelled sinagris (and misidentified) by Cabrera y Corro, Pérez & Hänseler 1817:5 [ref. 17319], see Graells 1887:179 [ref. 30438]. •Valid as Lutjanus synagris (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Heemstra 1974:24 [ref. 7125], Matsuura in Uyeno et al. 1983:348 [ref. 14275], Allen 1985:119 [ref. 6843], Robins & Ray 1986:172 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:137 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:354 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:144 [ref. 24474], Aguilera 1998:49 [ref. 24221], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:302 [ref. 24550], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:253 [ref. 25013], Keith et al. 2000:116 [ref. 24547], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:161 [ref. 27754], Rocha & Rosa 2001:990 [ref. 25909], Camargo & Isaac 2001:142 [ref. 27639], Anderson 2003:1498 [ref. 27091], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:83 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:33 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:143 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:332 [ref. 28815], Moura & Lindeman 2007:38 [ref. 29018], Page et al. 2013:147 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:52 [ref. 33341], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:160 [ref. 37485], Robertson et al. 2016:145 [ref. 34961], Nión et al. 2016:48 [ref. 35565], Marceniuk et al. 2017:40 [ref. 35324], Costa et al. 2017:45 [ref. 35684], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:346 [ref. 36407], Spier et al. 2018:12 [ref. 36103], Robertson et al. 2020:158 [ref. 38098], Carvalho-Filho et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:585 [ref. 38945], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:80 [ref. 38844], Carvalho-Filho 2023:157 [ref. 40480], Hoff et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40463]). Current status: Valid as Lutjanus synagris (Linnaeus 1758). Lutjanidae: Lutjaninae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda and North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to Santa Catarina (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.