salmonoides, Serranus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828:343 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 2; ref. 997] Emendation and redescription of Holocentrus salmoides Lacepède 1802. •In the synonymy of Epinephelus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Heemstra & Golani 1993:385 [ref. 22373], Heemstra & Randall 1993:184 [ref. 21042], Kottelat 2013:327 [ref. 32989], Golani & Fricke 2018:63 [ref. 36273], Parenti & Randall 2020:74 [ref. 37354], Heemstra 2022:62 [ref. 39742]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Epinephelidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.