varius, Serranus Bocourt [F.] 1868:222 [Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris (Zoologie et Paléontologie) (Sér. 5) v. 10; ref. 14069] Gulf of Mexico. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-5186 (1), 5190 (1) Bauchot holotype, B-3115 [ex MNHN 0000-5190] (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1984:37 [ref. 19232] with holotype and paratypes. •Synonym of Epinephelus adscensionis (Osbeck 1765) -- (Heemstra 1991:17 [ref. 19323], Smith 1990:696 [ref. 18227], Heemstra & Randall 1993:103 [ref. 21042], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:265 [ref. 24550], Parenti & Randall 2020:61 [ref. 37354], Fricke et al. 2021:38 [ref. 38901]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus adscensionis (Osbeck 1765). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.