Species that contain: Cephalopholis and sonnerati [ 5 ] records

janthinopterus, Epinephelus Bleeker [P.] 1873:45 [Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2) v. 7; ref. 433] Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Holotype: RMNH 5507. •Synonym of Cephalopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes 1828) -- (Randall & Heemstra 1991:63 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:57 [ref. 21042], Parenti & Randall 2020:56 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Cephalopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes 1828). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.

purpureus, Cephalopholis Fourmanoir [P.] 1966:221, Fig. 3 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2) v. 38 (no. 3); ref. 9029] Nha-Trang market, Vietnam. Syntypes: MNHN 1965-0276 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1984:14 [ref. 19232]. •Synonym of Cephalopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes 1828) -- (Randall & Heemstra 1991:63 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:57 [ref. 21042], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2482 [ref. 24815], Parenti & Randall 2020:56 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Cephalopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes 1828). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.

sonnerati, Serranus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828:299 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 2; ref. 997] Puducherry, India. Lectotype: MNHN A-7671 (dry). Paralectotypes: MNHN A-5774 (2, dry), A-7686 (1, dry), MNHN 0000-7266 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1984:35 [ref. 19232]. Lectotype selected by Randall & Heemstra 1991:64 [ref. 19601]. •Valid as Cephalopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes 1828) -- (Kyushin et al. 1977:180 [ref. 19756], Kyushin et al. 1982:166 [ref. 19754], Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:127 [ref. 6441], Heemstra & Randall 1986:519 [ref. 5667], Allen & Swainston 1988:54 [ref. 25477], Allen & Swainston 1988:56 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:492 [ref. 12442], Lee 1990:30 [ref. 19830], Randall et al. 1990:104 [ref. 15987], Randall & Heemstra 1991:63 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:57 [ref. 21042], Kuiter 1993:128 [ref. 23929], Randall 1995:127 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:230 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:82, 84 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:43 [ref. 26476], Kuiter 1997:102 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:104 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:112 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:180 [ref. 24106], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2482 [ref. 24815], Nakabo 2000:712 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:609 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:179 [ref. 25191], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:98 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:262 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:29 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:712 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:31 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S104 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:621 [ref. 27495], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:50 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:11 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:119 [ref. 27715], Heemstra et al. 2004:3319 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:151 [ref. 28239], Hoese et al. 2006:1006 [ref. 28999], Fricke et al. 2009:44 [ref. 30213], Motomura in Motomura & Satapoomin 2009:85 [ref. 30492], Motomura et al. 2010:95 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:121 [ref. 39915], Fricke et al. 2011:383 [ref. 31242], Craig et al. 2011:53 [ref. 31786], Allen & Erdmann 2012:265 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:256 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:98 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:98 [ref. 34464], Psomadakis et al. 2015:195 [ref. 34104], Koeda et al. 2016:25 [ref. 35333], Fowler et al. 2017:[5] 2253 [ref. 36358], Motomura et al. 2017:82 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:146 [ref. 35805], Ma & Craig 2018:455 [ref. 36100], Fricke et al. 2019:115 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:70 [ref. 36871], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 21 [ref. 38321], Parenti & Randall 2020:56 [ref. 37354], Psomadakis et al. 2020:384 [ref. 37272], Akhilesh et al. 2021:50 [ref. 38701], Durville et al. 2021:311 [ref. 38802], Dewa et al. 2022:17 [ref. 40001], Heemstra 2022:44 [ref. 39742], Zajonz et al. 2022:69 [ref. 40522], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:663 [ref. 40722], Murase et al. 2023:39 [ref. 40935], Ray et al. 2023:3 [ref. 39988]). Current status: Valid as Cephalopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes 1828). Epinephelidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigeus) east to Marshall Islands, Samoa and Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, southern New South Wales (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

unicolor, Epinephelus Bleeker [P.] (ex Liénard) 1874:89 [Poissons de Madagascar et de l'Ile la Réunion Part 4; ref. 443] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. No types known. Proposed as "Epinephelus unicolor Blkr = Serranus unicolor Lién. Hab. Mauritius." -- this refers to "le Mérou unicolore" of Liénard 1839:31 [ref. 17536] (see Randall & Heemstra 1991:64 [ref. 19601]). For date of publication (as laterst in Dec. 1974), see Kottelat 2013 [ref. 32740]. •Synonym of Cephalopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes 1828) -- (Randall & Heemstra 1991:63 [ref. 19601] as Serranus unicolor Liénard in Bleeker & Pollen, Heemstra & Randall 1993:57 [ref. 21042], Fricke 1999:180 [ref. 24106], Parenti & Randall 2020:56 [ref. 37354], Heemstra 2022:44 [ref. 39742]). Current status: Synonym of Cephalopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes 1828). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.

zananella, Serranus Valenciennes [A.] (ex Commerson) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828:304 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 2; ref. 997] Fort Dauphin, Madagascar. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1984:49 [ref. 19232]. Based on Commerson manuscript and figure. •Synonym of Cephalopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes 1828) -- (Randall & Heemstra 1991:63 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:57 [ref. 21042], Fricke et al. 2018:146 [ref. 35805], Parenti & Randall 2020:56 [ref. 37354], Heemstra 2022:44 [ref. 39742]). Current status: Synonym of Cephalopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes 1828). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.