oligosticta, Cephalopholis Randall [J. E.] & Ben-Tuvia [A.] 1983:386, Pl. 1 (fig. D) [Bulletin of Marine Science v. 33 (no. 2); ref. 8284] South side of entrance to Port Sudan about 100 meters from end of jetty, Sudan, Red Sea, depth 40 meters. Holotype: BPBM 19709. Paratypes: BMNH 1981.4.6.1 (1); BPBM 20401 (1), 20837 (1); CAS 47921 (1); HUJ 10440 (1), 10543 (1); MNHN 1981-0720 (1); NMW 39259 (1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 513 (1); SMF 8618 (1); USNM 226618 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1984:14 [ref. 19232], Golani 2006:25 [ref. 28840]. •Valid as Cephalopholis oligosticta Randall & Ben-Tuvia 1983 -- (Dor 1984:97 [ref. 29757], Randall & Heemstra 1991:56 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:52 [ref. 21042], Goren & Dor 1994:25 [ref. 25356], Craig et al. 2011:43 [ref. 31786], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[16] 254 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:61 [ref. 36273], Ma & Craig 2018:454 [ref. 36100], Parenti & Randall 2020:55 [ref. 37354], Akhilesh et al. 2021:49 [ref. 38701], Heemstra 2022:43 [ref. 39742]). Current status: Valid as Cephalopholis oligosticta Randall & Ben-Tuvia 1983. Epinephelidae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden. Habitat: marine.