Plectropomus Oken [L.] (ex Cuvier) 1817:1182 Masc. Bodianus maculatus Bloch 1790. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan, Tanaka & Snyder 1913:152 [ref. 6448]. Based on "Plectropomes" Cuvier 1816:277 [ref. 993] (see Gill 1903:966 [ref. 5768]). •Valid as Plectropomus Oken 1817 -- (Kendall 1984:500 [ref. 13663], Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:126 [ref. 6441], Randall & Hoese 1986 [ref. 6009], Paxton et al. 1989:499 [ref. 12442] including discussion of nomenclature, Randall & Heemstra 1991:290 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:284 [ref. 21042], Baldwin & Johnson 1993:251 [ref. 27443], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2446 [ref. 24815], Craig & Hastings 2007:17 [ref. 29046], Hoese et al. 2006:1021 [ref. 28999], Motomura in Motomura & Satapoomin 2009:92 [ref. 30492], Craig et al. 2011:331 [ref. 31786], Kottelat 2013:323 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33930], Motomura et al. 2017:90 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:156 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:65 [ref. 36273], Ma & Craig 2018:451 [ref. 36100], Fricke et al. 2019:121 [ref. 36673], Parenti & Randall 2020:91 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Plectropomus Oken 1817. Epinephelidae.