polleni, Epinephelus Bleeker [P.] 1868:336 [Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2) v. 2; ref. 17062] Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): RMNH 5511. •Valid as Gracila polleni (Bleeker 1868) -- (Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:127 [ref. 6441], Heemstra & Randall 1986:534 [ref. 5667], Winterbottom et al. 1989:26 [ref. 13251], Allen 2000:87 [ref. 37268]). •Valid as Cephalopholis polleni (Bleeker 1868) -- (Smith-Vaniz et al. 1988:17 [ref. 9299], Randall & Heemstra 1991:58 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:54 [ref. 21042], Anderson et al. 1998:23 [ref. 23611], Myers 1999:112 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:178 [ref. 24106], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2541 [ref. 24815], Nakabo 2000:710 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:609 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:710 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:31 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:621 [ref. 27495] dated 1874, Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:49 [ref. 27510], Heemstra et al. 2004:3319 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:150 [ref. 28239], Randall et al. 2005:119 [ref. 28745], Fricke et al. 2009:44 [ref. 30213], Craig et al. 2011:47 [ref. 31786], Allen & Erdmann 2012:264 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:256 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:59 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2018:146 [ref. 35805], Ma & Craig 2018:454 [ref. 36100], Fricke et al. 2019:113 [ref. 36673], Parenti & Randall 2020:55 [ref. 37354], Tea et al. 2020:3 [ref. 37258], Akhilesh et al. 2021:49 [ref. 38701], Durville et al. 2021:311 [ref. 38802], Heemstra 2022:43 [ref. 39742], Allen & Erdmann 2024:281 [ref. 40796], Galbraith et al. 2024:6 [ref. 40930]). Current status: Valid as Cephalopholis polleni (Bleeker 1868). Epinephelidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Line Islands and French Polynesia, north to Guam, south to Ashmore Reef (northern Western Australia) and Coral Sea/Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.