gabriellae, Epinephelus Randall [J. E.] & Heemstra [P. C.] 1991:159, Pl. 14A, Pl. 36A,B; Fig. 78 [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 20; ref. 19601] Eagles' Retreat, 16°58'00"N, 54°42'50"E, Oman, Arabian Sea, depth 6-8 meters. Holotype: BPBM 33947. Paratypes: ANSP 161089 (1), BPBM 33948 (1), FMNH 4005 (1), NSMT-P 29536 (1), SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 34268 [not 33620] (1). •Valid as Epinephelus gabriellae Randall & Heemstra 1991 -- (Heemstra & Randall 1993:158 [ref. 21042], Randall 1995:131 [ref. 22896], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S104 [ref. 27377], Craig et al. 2011:145 [ref. 31786], Randall et al. 2013:524 [ref. 32685], Ma & Craig 2018:455 [ref. 36100], Zajonz et al. 2019:70 [ref. 36871], Parenti & Randall 2020:69 [ref. 37354], Wu et al. 2020:134 [ref. 37525], Heemstra 2022:57 [ref. 39742], Zajonz et al. 2022:79 [ref. 40522], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:674 [ref. 40722]). Current status: Valid as Epinephelus gabriellae Randall & Heemstra 1991. Epinephelidae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: East Africa (Somalia), Gulf of Aden (Somalia, Yemen), Socotra (Yemen) and southern Oman east to Pakistan. Habitat: marine.