variegatum, Plectropoma Castelnau [F. L.] 1875:7 [Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Report and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria.; ref. 768] Cape York, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Plectropomus oligacanthus (Bleeker 1855) -- (Randall & Hoese 1986:20 [ref. 6009], Paxton et al. 1989:500 [ref. 12442], Randall & Heemstra 1991:296 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:295 [ref. 21042], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2535 [ref. 24815], Hoese et al. 2006:1023 [ref. 28999], Parenti & Randall 2020:92 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Plectropomus oligacanthus (Bleeker 1855). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.