stellatus, Bodianus Blosser [C. B.] 1909:297, Pl. 10 [Annals of the Carnegie Museum v. 6 (no. 1) (art. 5); ref. 14363] St. Croix Island, Virgin Islands, West Indies. Holotype (unique): FMNH 53048 [ex CM 1473]. Type catalog: Henn 1928:91 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:16 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Cephalopholis cruentata (Lacepède 1802) -- (Heemstra & Randall 1993:38 [ref. 21042], Parenti & Randall 2020:52 [ref. 37354], Fricke et al. 2021:32 [ref. 38901]). Current status: Synonym of Cephalopholis cruentata (Lacepède 1802). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.