Species that contain: Plectropomus and oligacanthus [ 2 ] records

oligacanthus, Plectropoma Bleeker [P.] 1855:422 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 7 (no. 3); ref. 16941] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Lectotype: RMNH 5513. Paralectotypes: ?BMNH 1880.4.21.45 (1). Lectotype selected by Randall & Hoese 1986:21 [ref. 6009]. •Valid as Plectropomus oligacanthus (Bleeker 1855) -- (Randall & Hoese 1986:20 [ref. 6009], Allen & Swainston 1988:58 [ref. 25477] as oligocanthus, Paxton et al. 1989:500 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:119 [ref. 15987], Randall & Heemstra 1991:296 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:295 [ref. 21042], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:245 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:86 [ref. 23977] as oligocanthus, Chen et al. 1997:40 [ref. 26476] dated 1845, Randall et al. 1997:119 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:116 [ref. 23965], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2535 [ref. 24815], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:610 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:98 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:262 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:30 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:32 [ref. 26830], Hoese et al. 2006:1022 [ref. 28999], Craig et al. 2011:342 [ref. 31786], dated 1854, Allen & Erdmann 2012:284 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:64 [ref. 33932], Motomura et al. 2017:92 [ref. 35490], Ma & Craig 2018:456 [ref. 36100], Fricke et al. 2019:122 [ref. 36673], Parenti & Randall 2020:92 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Plectropomus oligacanthus (Bleeker 1855). Epinephelidae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to Marshall and Solomon islands, north to Sabah (Malaysia) and Philippines, south to Western Australia and Cape York (Queensland, Australia). Habitat: marine.

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.