Variola albimarginata Baissac, 1953, is identified as a newly recorded grouper from the Dongsha Atoll based on four specimens collected by lure fishing. In this study, morphology of V. albimarginata is examined and the description based on the Dongsha specimens is reported. The new record of white-edged lyretail in the Dongsha Atoll fills the species' distribution gap between southern Taiwan and the Spratly Islands.