stictus, Epinephelus Randall [J. E.] & Allen [G. R.] 1987:394, Fig. 1 [Records of the Western Australian Museum v. 13 (pt 3); ref. 6249] About 20 kilometers south of Heywood Shoals, 13°33'S, 124°02'E, Western Australia, depth 138-142 meters. Holotype: WAM P.28277-001. Paratypes: BMNH 1939.1.17.10 (1), BPBM 30913 (1), CSIRO CA 886 (1), ZUMT 10701 (1), 52224 (1, not seen in 1997). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:19 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:20 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Epinephelus stictus Randall & Allen 1987 -- (Randall & Heemstra 1991:261 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:234 [ref. 21042], Allen 1997:88 [ref. 23977], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2525 [ref. 24815], Nakabo 2000:720 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:610 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:30 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:720 [ref. 26001], Hoese et al. 2006:1019 [ref. 28999], Craig et al. 2011:234 [ref. 31786], Tucker et al. 2016:661 [ref. 34684], Ma & Craig 2018:455 [ref. 36100], Frable et al. 2018:[9] [ref. 36287], Suzuki et al. 2020:[1] [ref. 37360], Parenti & Randall 2020:80 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Epinephelus stictus Randall & Allen 1987. Epinephelidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: southern Indonesia east to Philippines, north to Taiwan, south to Western Australia. Habitat: marine.