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Typový druh
Lutjanus ephippium Bloch, 1790.
Původní popis
Bloch M. E. & Schneider J. G. 1801. M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum. Systema Ichthyol. . i-lx + 1-584. Pls. 1-110.
