Aulacocephalus Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1843:15 Masc. Aulacocephalus temminckii Bleeker 1855. Type by subsequent monotypy. Original description without species; one species added by Bleeker 1854:12 [ref. 357]. •Valid as Aulacocephalus Temminck & Schlegel 1843 -- (Randall et al. 1971:171 [ref. 30341], Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:139 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:537 [ref. 5706], Paxton et al. 1989:516 [ref. 12442], Baldwin & Johnson 1993:253 [ref. 27443] in Epinephelinae, Baldwin & Smith 1998:332 [ref. 23622], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2445 [ref. 24815], Hoese & Bray 2006:1000 [ref. 29000], Randall & Schraml 2010:170 [ref. 40110], Stewart 2015:1201 [ref. 34196], Golani & Fricke 2018:60 [ref. 36273], Parenti & Randall 2020:47 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Aulacocephalus Temminck & Schlegel 1843. Liopropomatidae: Diploprioninae.