Cephalopholis Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:311 [ref. 471]. Fem. Cephalopholis argus Bloch & Schneider 1801. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793, but a valid subgenus Cephalopholis -- (Smith 1971:91 [ref. 14102], Kendall 1984:501 [ref. 13663], Baldwin & Johnson 1993:251 [ref. 27443]). •Valid as Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:127 [ref. 6441], Heemstra & Randall 1986:516 [ref. 5667], Daget & Smith 1986:299 [ref. 6204], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1988 [ref. 9299], Paxton et al. 1989:490 [ref. 12442], Heemstra 1991:9 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:25 [ref. 19601], Bauchot in Lévêque et al. 1992:664 [ref. 21590], Heemstra & Randall 1993:25 [ref. 21042], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2447 [ref. 24815], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2449 [ref. 24815], Craig et al. 2001:126 [ref. 26133], Heemstra et al. 2003:1314 [ref. 27060], Craig & Hastings 2007:16 [ref. 29046], Hoese et al. 2006:1003 [ref. 28999], Motomura & Satapoomin 2009:83 [ref. 30492], Craig et al. 2011:12 [ref. 31786]). Current status: Valid as Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider 1801. Serranidae: Epinephelinae.