All the nominal species and subspecies are listed in alphabetical order by their species or subspecies names. The list includes both those which were first published under different genus names though they are certainly Lethrinus and those which are not Lethrinus though they were first published as Lethrinus. Names in boldface are those adopted as valid in the present work. The number at the end of each item re-fers to the page where the name can be found in synonym lists.

1. Lethrinus abbreviates Valenciennes
2. L. acutus Klunzinger
3. L. alboguttatus Valenciennes
4. L. amamianus Akazaki
5. L. amboinensis Bleeker
6. L. anarhynchus Postel
7. L. anatarius Richardson
8. L. argenteus Valenciennes
9. L. atkinsoni Seale
10. L. atlanticus Valenciennes
11. L. aurolineatus Macleay
12. L. awolineatus Fourmanoir (jr. hom.)
13. L. asuretis Valenciennes
14. L. bonhamensis Gunther
15. L. borbonicus Valenciennes
16. L. bungus Valenciennes
17. L. caeruleus Valenciennes
18. L. carinatus Weber
19. L. centurio Valenciennes
20. Sparus choerorynchus Bloch & Schneider
21. Lethrinus chrysostomus Richardson
22. L. cinereus Valenciennes
23. L. cinnabarinus Richardson
24. L. cocosensis Bleeker
25. Lethrinella conchyliatus Smith
26. Lethrinus croceopterus Valenciennes
27. L. crocineus Smith
28. L. cutambi Seale
29. L. cyanoxanthus Richardson
30. L. devisianus Whitley
31. L. Ehrenbergii Valenciennes
32. L. elongatus Valenciennes
33. L. enigmaticus Smith
34. L. erytliracanthus Valenciennes
35. L. erythrophthalmus Kittlitz
36. L. erythropterus Valenciennes
37. L. erythrums Valenciennes
38. Lethrymis esculentus Valenciennes
39. Lethrinus fasciatus Valenciennes
40. L. flavescens Valenciennes
41. L.fletus Whitley
42. L.floridus Wheeler
43. L. fraenatus Valenciennes
44. L. fusciceps Macleay
45. L. genignttatus Valenciennes
46. L. genivittatus Valenciennes
47. L. glyphodon Günther
48. L. Gothofredi Valenciennes
49. L. Gilntheri Bleeker
50. L. haematopterus Temminck & Schlegel
51. Sciaena harak Forsskål
52. Lethrinus hypselopterus Bleeker
53. L. imperialis De Vis
54. L. insulindicus Bleeker
55. L. Jagorii Peters
56. L. Johnii Castelnau
57. L. kallopterus Bleeker
58. L. karwa Valenciennes
59. L. korety Valenciennes
60. L. lachrymans Saville-Kent
61. L. laticaudis Alleyne & Macleay
62. L. latidens Valenciennes
63. L. latifrons Ruppell
64. Bodianus lentjan Lacepède
65. Lethrinus longirostris Playfair
66. L. maculatus Valenciennes
67. Sciaena mahsena Forsskål
68. Lethrinus mahsenoides Valenciennes
69. L. margaritifer Saville-Kent
70. L. microdon Valenciennes
71. Sparus miniatus Bloch & Schneider
72. Lethrinus Moensii Bleeker
73. Sciaena nebulosa Forsskål
74. Lethrinus nematacanthus Bleeker
75. Pentapodus nubilus Cantor
76. Lethrinus olivaceus Valenciennes
77. L. opercularis Valenciennes
78. L. ornatus Valenciennes
79. L. Papuensis Alleyne & Macleay
80. L. punctulatus Macleay
81. Sciaena ramak Forsskål
82. Lethrinus regius Saville-Kent
83. L. reticulatus Valenciennes
84. L. rhodopterus Bleeker
85. L. richardsonii Gunther
86. L. rostratus Valenciennes
87. L. sanguineus Smith
88. L. scoparius Gilchrist & Thompson
89. L. semicinctus Valenciennes
90. L. sordidus Valenciennes
91. L. rostratus specificus Borodin
92. L. striatus Steindachner
93. L. variegatus Valenciennes
94. L. virescens Valenciennes
95. L. viridis Saville-Kent
96. L. waigiensis Valenciennes
97. L. xanthochilus Klunzinger
98. L. xanthopterus Valenciennes
99. L. xanthotaenia Bleeker

Of these 99 species and subspecies, the following species is not Lethrinus as explained below:
Lethrinus latidens Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830: 316, New Guinea.

This species was based on one of Quoy & Gaimard's drawings, of a specimen about 30 cm in total length. The precise description of its dentition clearly shows that this fish is really Monotaxigrandoculis(Forsskål) in the same family.

The following species is phylogenetically interesting though it has never been ascribed to the genus Lethrinus: Neolethrimis similis Castelnau, 1875: 12, Cape York (Queensland).

This species was based on a juvenile specimen (ca. 10 cm total length) which resembled such Lethrinus species as L. nematacanthus very much in several features. According to Castelnau's description, its striking difference from Lethrinus is that it has small molar teeth covering the inside of the mouth. Unfortunately the type of this species seems to be missing now (personal communication from Dr. Michael Walker of James Cook University of North Queensland) and no one has since reported this species.