[[ Genyoroge canina Steindachner, 1869 ^ZBK ]]

Allen (1985) did not include L. caninus in his list of nominal species of Lutjanidae; however, Jordan & Fesler (1893) reassigned Genyoroge canina Steindachner, 1869 ^ZBK to Lutjanus ^ZBK and recognized L. caninus as valid. They remarked that it might be a synonym of the West Atlantic cubera snapper, L. cyanopterus based on its deeply emarginate preopercle.

The original description of G. canina ^ZBK was based on three syntypes (NMW 41312) from Lagos, Nigeria, and Brazil (Steindachner 1869).

Following a remark by Eschmeyer (1998), we concur that Genyoroge canina Steindachner 1869 ^ZBK should be regarded as a junior synonym of the West African species Lutjanus endecacanthus Bleeker, 1863 ^ZBK, which also has a deeply emarginate preopercle.