This species has increased in importance as a target for fisheries as other more accessible fish stocks are overexploited.

[4] The genus Polysteganus is placed in the family Sparidae within the order Spariformes by the 5th edition of Fishes of the World.

This species is a protogynous hermaphrodite with the females reaching sexual maturity at a fork length of 20 to 22.7 cm (7.9 to 8.9 in) and an age between 2.7 and 6 years.

[1] Polysteganus coeruleopunctatus is an increasingly important target species for fisheries in South Africa, Mozambique and Madagascar, with most of the fish landed being exported to Europe.

Given its wide range and deepwater, rocky habitat the species is not considered globally threatened.