oxygeneios, Epinephelus Schneider [J. G.] & Forster [J. R.] in Bloch & Schneider 1801:301 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Queen Charlotte Island, New Zealand. No types known. Name attributable to Schneider and Forster, description taken from Forster manuscript (reproduced in Lichtenstein 1844:309-310 [ref. 17531] as "Perca prognathus"). •Valid as Hectoria oxygeneios (Schneider and Forster 1801) -- (Pequeño 1989:59 [ref. 14125]). •Valid as Polyprion oxygeneios (Schneider and Forster 1801) -- (Nakamura in Nakamura et al. 1986:194 [ref. 14235], Paxton et al. 1989:514 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:173 [ref. 24556], Roberts in Amaoka et al. 1990:250 [ref. 16024], Kuiter 1993:143 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:551 [ref. 22532], Andrew et al. 1995:18 [ref. 38009], Pequeño & Sáez 2000:31 [ref. 24590], Pequeño & Lamilla 2000:434 [ref. 24906], Hutchins 2001:29 [ref. 25847], Barreiros et al. 2004:1439 [ref. 27641], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:156 [ref. 28072], Paxton et al. 2006:978 [ref. 28994], Roberts & Gomon 2008:535 [ref. 30641] with author as Forster, Dyer & Westneat 2010:604 [ref. 31446] with author as Schneider & Forster, Duffy & Ahyong 2015:112 [ref. 36167], Roberts 2015:1177 [ref. 34193], Parenti 2019:50 [ref. 36742], Milessi et al. 2021:[1] [ref. 38281], Carvalho-Filho 2023:110 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Polyprion oxygeneios (Schneider & Forster 1801). Polyprionidae. Distribution: Southern circumglobal. Habitat: marine.