trimaculatus, Serranus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes (ex Tilesius) 1828:331 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 2; ref. 997] Japan. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1984:48 [ref. 19232]. Based on Pl. 64 (fig. 2) in Tilesius 1814 [ref. 19304]. •Valid as Epinephelus trimaculatus (Valenciennes 1828) -- (Lee 1990:56 [ref. 19830], Randall & Heemstra 1991:275 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:244 [ref. 21042], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2472 [ref. 24815], Nakabo 2000:723 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:610 [ref. 25122], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:88 [ref. 25480], Nakabo 2002:723 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:310, 591 [ref. 26218], Craig et al. 2011:248 [ref. 31786], Kottelat 2013:328 [ref. 32989], Ma & Craig 2018:455 [ref. 36100], Motomura in Kimura et al. 2018:105 [ref. 36460], Kim et al. 2020:115 [ref. 39118], Parenti & Randall 2020:81 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Epinephelus trimaculatus (Valenciennes 1828). Epinephelidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: northern Vietnam, southern China and Taiwan to Korea and southern Japan. Habitat: marine.