osbeck, Trachinus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1800:353, 364 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 2; ref. 2709] Ascension Island. No types known. Unecessary replacement name for Trachinus adscensionis Osbeck 1765. Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:247, 262 [ref. 30473]. •Synonym of Epinephelus adscensionis (Osbeck 1765) -- (Heemstra 1991:17 [ref. 19323], Smith 1990:696 [ref. 18227], Heemstra & Randall 1993:103 [ref. 21042], Parenti & Randall 2020:61 [ref. 37354], Fricke et al. 2021:37 [ref. 38901]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus adscensionis (Osbeck 1765). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.