pachycentron, Serranus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828:295 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 2; ref. 997] No locality [= East Indies]. Holotype: MNHN 0000-7432 (dry). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1984:33 [ref. 19232]. •Valid as Cephalopholis pachycentron (Valenciennes 1828) -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:161 [ref. 19754], Dor 1984:97 [ref. 29757], Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:127 [ref. 6441], Goren & Dor 1994:25 [ref. 25356], Chen et al. 1997:43 [ref. 26476]). •Synonym of Cephalopholis boenack (Bloch 1790) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:490 [ref. 12442]). •Synonym of Cephalopholis boenak (Bloch 1790) -- (Randall & Heemstra 1991:39 [ref. 19601], Randall et al. 1990:101 [ref. 15987], Heemstra & Randall 1993:37 [ref. 21042], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:77 [ref. 25480], Hoese et al. 2006:1004 [ref. 28999], Fricke et al. 2018:145 [ref. 35805], Parenti & Randall 2020:52 [ref. 37354], Heemstra 2022:40 [ref. 39742]). Current status: Synonym of Cephalopholis boenak (Bloch 1790). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.