polyspila, Cephalopholis Randall [J. E.] & Satapoomin [U.] 2000:2, Figs. 1-2 [Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin No. 63; ref. 25340] Pulau Ular, 1°7.2'S, 100°21.35'E, southern side, Sumatra, Indonesia [eastern Indian Ocean], depth 4 meters. Holotype: BPBM 37636. Paratypes: AMS I.39056-001 (1); BMNH 1999.2.18.1 (1); BPBM 38552-53 (1, 1); CAS 205887 (1); NSMT-P 50628 (1); PMBC 9832 (1), 14099-100 (1, 1), 11566 (1); ROM 69424-37 (15, 15, 3, 1, 2, 20, 14, 8, 2, 10, 6, 11, 14, 3), 69438-39 (3); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 27659 (1), 59838 (1); USNM 353870 (1). •Valid as Cephalopholis polyspila Randall & Satapoomin 2000 -- (Allen & Adrim 2003:31 [ref. 26830], Randall 2005:149 [ref. 28239], Satapoomin in Motomura & Satapoomin 2009:85 [ref. 30492], Craig et al. 2011:49 [ref. 31786], Allen & Erdmann 2012:265 [ref. 31980], Ma & Craig 2018:455 [ref. 36100], Psomadakis et al. 2020:384 [ref. 37272], Parenti & Randall 2020:56 [ref. 37354], Akhilesh et al. 2021:50 [ref. 38701]). Current status: Valid as Cephalopholis polyspila Randall & Satapoomin 2000. Epinephelidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: Myanmar and Andaman Sea to western Sumatra (Indonesia). Habitat: marine.