sexmaculatus, Serranus Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1830:107 [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Red Sea. Holotype (unique): SMF 2994 (dry). •Valid as Cephalopholis sexmaculata (Rüppell 1830) -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:163 [ref. 19754], Dor 1984:97 [ref. 29757], Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:128 [ref. 6441] as sexmaculatus, Heemstra & Randall 1986:518 [ref. 5667], Paxton et al. 1989:491 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:24 [ref. 13251], Lee 1990:30 [ref. 19830], Randall et al. 1990:103 [ref. 15987], Randall & Heemstra 1991:61 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:55 [ref. 21042], Francis 1993:160 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:25 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:127 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:230 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:90 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:103 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:112 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:179 [ref. 24106], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2481 [ref. 24815], Allen 2000:86 [ref. 37268] as sexmaculatus, Nakabo 2000:711 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:609 [ref. 25122], Randall & Earle 2000:11 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:262 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:29 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:711 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:31 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S104 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:621 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:11 [ref. 27624], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:163 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:151 [ref. 28239], Hoese et al. 2006:1005 [ref. 28999], Fricke et al. 2009:44 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2011:383 [ref. 31242], Craig et al. 2011:50 [ref. 31786], Allen & Erdmann 2012:265 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:256 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:59 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Motomura et al. 2017:82 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:146 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:61 [ref. 36273], Ma & Craig 2018:455 [ref. 36100], Fricke et al. 2019:113 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:70 [ref. 36871], Parenti & Randall 2020:56 [ref. 37354], Akhilesh et al. 2021:50 [ref. 38701], Fujiwara et al. 2022:20 [ref. 39310], Furuhashi & Motomura 2022:8 [ref. 39607], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:139 [ref. 41223], Heemstra 2022:44 [ref. 39742], Zajonz et al. 2022:68 [ref. 40522], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:663 [ref. 40722], Allen & Erdmann 2024:282 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Cephalopholis sexmaculata (Rüppell 1830). Epinephelidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Aliwal Shoal and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, kenya), Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Line Islands, Marquesas Islands and Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan and South China Sea, south to Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia), New Caledonia and Lord Howe Island (Australia). Habitat: marine.