pixanga, Serranus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828:383 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 2; ref. 997] Brazil. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1984:47 [ref. 19232]. New name for Holocentrus punctatus Bloch 1790:88, pl. 241. On Pira pixanga of Markgraf von Liebstadt 1648: 152, fig. on p. 153 [ref. 30347]. •Synonym of Epinephelus guttatus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Parenti & Randall 2020:70 [ref. 37354]). •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. 2021:38 [ref. 38901]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus adscensionis (Osbeck 1765). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.