striatus, Anthias Bloch [M. E.] 1792:125, Pl. 324 [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 6; ref. 470] Martinique Island, West Indies. No types preserved. Based on manuscript drawing by Charles Plumier. On p. 109 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 9 [ref. 21381]. Parenti 2003:500 [ref. 27322] acted as first reviser selecting Anthias striatus Bloch 1792 over Perca reticulata Walbaum 1792. •Valid as Epinephelus striatus (Bloch 1792) -- (Robins & Ray 1986:134 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1991:335 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:430 [ref. 23827], Heemstra & Randall 1993:236 [ref. 21042], Grace et al. 1994:30 [ref. 25512], Evseenko 1996:727 [ref. 24666], Aguilera 1998:48 [ref. 24221], Sadovy & Eklund 1999:2 [ref. 24110], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:266 [ref. 24550], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:211 [ref. 25013], Musick et al. 2000:16 [ref. 24959], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:157 [ref. 27754], Collette et al. 2003:107 [ref. 26784], Heemstra et al. 2003:1348 [ref. 27060], Smith et al. 2003:22 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:128 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:151 [ref. 28815], Craig et al. 2011:238 [ref. 31786], Page et al. 2013:130 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:39 [ref. 33341], Ma & Craig 2018:455 [ref. 36100], Parenti & Randall 2020:81 [ref. 37354], Robertson et al. 2020:162 [ref. 38098], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:79 [ref. 38844], Page et al. 2023:196 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Epinephelus striatus (Bloch 1792). Epinephelidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda and South Carolina (U.S.A.) south to Trinidad and Tobago, and eastern Venezuela, including western and southern Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2018): Critically endangered. Habitat: marine.