albomarginatus, Cephalopholis Fowler [H. W.] & Bean [B. A.] 1930:235, Fig. 11 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 100, v. 10; ref. 1477] Danawan Island, vicinity of Sibuko Bay, Borneo [Sabah, Malaysia, ca. 4°18'28 N, 118°51'56 E]. Holotype: USNM 89985. Paratypes: USNM 99780 (2), 149319 (1), 183851-58 (1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1), 183860 (1). •Valid as Cephalopholis albomarginatus Fowler & Bean 1930 -- (Ma & Craig 2018:454 [ref. 36100]). •Valid as Gracila albomarginata (Fowler & Bean 1930) -- (Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:127 [ref. 6441], Heemstra & Randall 1986:534 [ref. 5667], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1988:13 [ref. 9299], Paxton et al. 1989:499 [ref. 12442] as albomarginatus, Winterbottom et al. 1989:26 [ref. 13251], Lee 1990:59 [ref. 19830], Randall et al. 1990:116 [ref. 15987], Randall & Heemstra 1991:286 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:254 [ref. 21042], Allen 1997:90 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:102 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:116 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:116 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:201 [ref. 24106], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2530 [ref. 24815], Allen 2000:86 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:710 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:610 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:190 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:262 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:30 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:710 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:31 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:621 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:12 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:164 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:348 [ref. 28379], Fricke et al. 2009:47 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2011:385 [ref. 31242], Craig et al. 2011:260 [ref. 31786], Allen & Erdmann 2012:281 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:257 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:62 [ref. 33932], Motomura et al. 2017:89 [ref. 35490] as Gracilla, Fricke et al. 2019:120 [ref. 36673], Parenti & Randall 2020:59 [ref. 37354], Akhilesh et al. 2021:54 [ref. 38701], Durville et al. 2021:311 [ref. 38802], Heemstra 2022:72 [ref. 39742]). Current status: Valid as Gracila albomarginata (Fowler & Bean 1930). Epinephelidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania), Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles) Comoros, Mozambique Channel and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to northern Line slands and Tuamotu Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.
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