Petrometopon Gill [T. N.] 1865:105 Neut. Serranus guttatus of Poey (= Sparus cruentatus Lacepède 1803). Type by monotypy. Type given as Serranus guttatus Poey, apparently a subsequent identification and not an original description; possibly goes back to Perca guttata Linnaeus, or based on a misidentified type species. Fowler (MS) gives type as above. •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793, subgenus Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Smith 1971:92 [ref. 14102]). •Synonym of Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Heemstra 1991:9 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:25 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:25 [ref. 21042], Kottelat 2013:326 [ref. 32989], Parenti & Randall 2020:50 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider 1801. Epinephelidae.