virgatus, Cephalopholis Fourmanoir [P.] 1955:214, Pl. 8 B [Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar. Série A, Biologie Animale v. 9; ref. 12271] Mutsamudu, Anjouan Island, Comoro Islands. Syntypes: IRSMNB (lost). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1984:40 [ref. 19232]. Also in Fourmanoir 1957:148, Pl. 8 B. •Synonym of Gracila polleni (Bleeker 1868) -- (Heemstra & Randall 1986:534 [ref. 5667]). •Synonym of Cephalopholis polleni (Bleeker 1868) -- (Smith-Vaniz et al. 1988:18 [ref. 9299], Randall & Heemstra 1991:58 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:54 [ref. 21042], Parenti & Randall 2020:56 [ref. 37354], Heemstra 2022:43 [ref. 39742]). Current status: Synonym of Cephalopholis polleni (Bleeker 1868). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.