Genera that contain: Epinephelus [ 30 ] records

Alphestes Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:236 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Masc. Epinephelus afer Bloch 1793. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan & Swain 1884:394 [ref. 9337] and by Eigenmann 1890:349 [ref. 2440]. •Synonym Epinephelus Bloch 1793, but a valid subgenus Alphestes -- (Smith 1971:162 [ref. 14102], Kendall 1984:500 [ref. 13663], Baldwin & Johnson 1993:251 [ref. 27443]). •Valid as Alphestes Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Heemstra & Randall 1993:18 [ref. 21042], Craig et al. 2001:126 [ref. 26133], Heemstra et al. 2003:1314 [ref. 27060], Craig et al. 2006:327 [ref. 29772], Craig & Hastings 2007:16 [ref. 29046], Craig et al. 2011:4 [ref. 31786], Ma & Craig 2018:453 [ref. 36100] in Epinephelidae, Parenti & Randall 2020:49 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Alphestes Bloch & Schneider 1801. Epinephelidae.

Altiserranus Whitley [G. P.] 1947:150 [Australian Zoologist v. 11 (pt 2); ref. 4708] Masc. Serranus jayakari Boulenger 1889. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793 -- (Randall et al. 1989:414 [ref. 12737], Heemstra 1991:15 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:77 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:69 [ref. 21042], Kottelat 2013:327 [ref. 32989], Parenti & Randall 2020:60 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793. Epinephelidae.

Cephalopholis Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:311 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Fem. Cephalopholis argus Schneider 1801. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793, but a valid subgenus Cephalopholis -- (Smith 1971:91 [ref. 14102], Kendall 1984:501 [ref. 13663], Baldwin & Johnson 1993:251 [ref. 27443]). •Valid as Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:127 [ref. 6441], Heemstra & Randall 1986:516 [ref. 5667], Daget & Smith 1986:299 [ref. 6204], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1988 [ref. 9299], Paxton et al. 1989:490 [ref. 12442], Heemstra 1991:9 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:25 [ref. 19601], Bauchot in Lévêque et al. 1992:664 [ref. 21590], Heemstra & Randall 1993:25 [ref. 21042], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2447 [ref. 24815], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2449 [ref. 24815], Craig et al. 2001:126 [ref. 26133], Heemstra et al. 2003:1314 [ref. 27060], Craig & Hastings 2007:16 [ref. 29046], Hoese et al. 2006:1003 [ref. 28999], Motomura & Satapoomin 2009:83 [ref. 30492], Craig et al. 2011:12 [ref. 31786], Kottelat 2013:325 [ref. 32989], Engin et al. 2016:184 [ref. 34718], Motomura et al. 2017:80 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:144 [ref. 35805], Ma & Craig 2018:445 [ref. 36100], Golani & Fricke 2018:61 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:111 [ref. 36673], Parenti & Randall 2020:50 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider 1801. Epinephelidae.

Cerna Bonaparte [C. L.] 1833:puntata 10 [Iconografia della fauna italica; ref. 516] Fem. Perca gigas Brünnich 1768. Type by monotypy. Cernua Agassiz 1846:74 [ref. 64] is an unjustified emendation. •Objective synonym of Merou Bonaparte (Cuvier) 1831. •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793 -- (Smith 1971:103 [ref. 14102], Tortonese 1973:358 [ref. 7192], Daget & Smith 1986:301 [ref. 6204], Heemstra 1991:14 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:77 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:69 [ref. 21042], Kottelat 2013:326 [ref. 32989], Parenti & Randall 2020:60 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793. Epinephelidae.

Cernua Costa [O. G.] 1849:1 [Fauna del regno di Napoli Part 1; ref. 976] Fem. Cernua gigas Costa 1849. Type by monotypy. As Cernua, pp. 1-4, published Nov. 1849. Apparently an unjustified emendation of Cerna Bonaparte 1833; preoccupied. Original not examined. •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793 -- (Tortonese 1973:358 [ref. 7192], Daget & Smith 1986:301 [ref. 6204], Heemstra 1991:14 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:77 [ref. 19601], Kottelat 2013:326 [ref. 32989], Parenti & Randall 2020:60 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793. Epinephelidae.

Cynichthys (subgenus of Serranus) Swainson [W.] 1839:168, 201 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Masc. Perca flavopurpureus Bennett 1830. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793 -- (Smith 1971:103 [ref. 14102], Daget & Smith 1986:301 [ref. 6204], Heemstra 1991:14 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:77 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:69 [ref. 21042], Kottelat 2013:326 [ref. 32989], Parenti & Randall 2020:60 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793. Epinephelidae.

Dermatolepis Gill [T. N.] 1861:54 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 13; ref. 1769] Fem. Dermatolepis punctatus Gill 1861. Type by monotypy. Subgenus of Epinephelus Bloch 1793 -- (Smith 1971:157 [ref. 14102], Kendall 1984:500, 507 [ref. 13663]). •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793, but a valid subgenus Dermatolepis -- (Baldwin & Johnson 1993:251 [ref. 27443]). •Valid as Dermatolepis Gill 1861 -- (Heemstra & Randall 1986:520 [ref. 5667], Randall & Heemstra 1991:75 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:64 [ref. 21042], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:269 [ref. 24550], Craig et al. 2001:126 [ref. 26133], Heemstra et al. 2003:1314 [ref. 27060], Craig & Hastings 2007:16 [ref. 29046], Craig et al. 2011:65 [ref. 31786], Golani & Fricke 2018:62 [ref. 36273], Parenti & Randall 2020:58 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Dermatolepis Gill 1861. Epinephelidae.

Enneacentrus Gill [T. N.] 1865:105 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 17; ref. 1710] Masc. Serranus ouatalibi Valenciennes 1828. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793, subgenus Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Smith 1971:92 [ref. 14102]). •Synonym of Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Daget & Smith 1986:299 [ref. 6204], Heemstra 1991:9 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:25 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:25 [ref. 21042], Kottelat 2013:326 [ref. 32989], Parenti & Randall 2020:50 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider 1801. Epinephelidae.

Enneistus (subgenus of Bodianus) Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1896:1143, 1147 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 47; ref. 2443] Masc. Bodianus acanthistius Gilbert 1892. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793, subgenus Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider 1801-- (Smith 1971:92 [ref. 14102]). •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793 -- (Heemstra 1991:15 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:77 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:69 [ref. 21042], Kottelat 2013:327 [ref. 32989], Parenti & Randall 2020:60 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793. Epinephelidae.

Epinephelides Ogilby [J. D.] 1899:169 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 24 (pt 1); ref. 3279] Masc. Epinephelides leai Ogilby 1899. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Epinephelides Ogilby 1899 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:505 [ref. 12442] in Anthiinae, Gomon et al. 1994:533 [ref. 22532] in Serranidae but may be in Epinephelus, Allen et al. 2006:985 [ref. 29078] in Anthiinae, Roberts & Gomon 2008:540 [ref. 30641], Anderson 2018:13 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:12 [ref. 37354], Gill et al. 2021:30 [ref. 38105]). Current status: Valid as Epinephelides Ogilby 1899. Anthiadidae.

Epinephelus Bloch [M. E.] 1793:11 [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 7; ref. 4868] Masc. Epinephelus marginalis Bloch 1793. Type designated by ICZN under plenary powers; on Official List (Opinion 93). Epinelephus Rafinesque 1815:85 [ref. 3584] is an incorrect subsequent spelling. •Valid as Epinephelus Bloch 1793 -- (Smith 1971:90 [ref. 14102], Tortonese 1973:358 [ref. 7192], Kendall 1984:500 [ref. 13663], Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:128 [ref. 6441], Tortonese in Whitehead et al. 1986:782 [ref. 13676], Heemstra & Randall 1986:520 [ref. 5667], Daget & Smith 1986:301 [ref. 6204], Randall & Allen 1987 [ref. 6249], Paxton et al. 1989:493 [ref. 12442], Heemstra 1991:14 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:77 [ref. 19601], Bauchot in Lévêque et al. 1992:665 [ref. 21590], Heemstra & Randall 1993:69 [ref. 21042], Baldwin & Johnson 1993:251 [ref. 27443], Gomon et al. 1994:534 [ref. 22532], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:263 [ref. 24550], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2447 [ref. 24815], Craig et al. 2001:127 [ref. 26133], Heemstra et al. 2003:1314 [ref. 27060], Craig & Hastings 2007:16 [ref. 29046], Hoese et al. 2006:1007 [ref. 28999], Roberts & Gomon 2008:541 [ref. 30641], Motomura & Satapoomin 2009:86 [ref. 30492], Craig et al. 2008:167 [ref. 29773], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:41 [ref. 36649], Craig et al. 2011:71 [ref. 31786], Shinohara et al. 2011:48 [ref. 31715], Ho et al. 2013:77 [ref. 33261], Randall et al. 2013:524 [ref. 32685], Lie et al. 2013:1684 [ref. 32709], Kottelat 2013:326 [ref. 32989], Roberts 2015:1185 [ref. 34193], Rothman et al. 2016:479 [ref. 34171], Tucker et al. 2016:658 [ref. 34684], Motomura et al. 2017:84 [ref. 35490], Frable et al. 2018:[1] [ref. 36287], Fricke et al. 2018:147 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:62 [ref. 36273], Ma & Craig 2018:448 [ref. 36100], Brown et al. 2019:176 [ref. 36444], Fricke et al. 2019:116 [ref. 36673], Johnson & Wilmer 2019:329 [ref. 36985], Parenti & Randall 2020:59 [ref. 37354], Wu et al. 2020:125 [ref. 37525], Nakamura & Motomura 2021:1 [ref. 38066]). Current status: Valid as Epinephelus Bloch 1793. Epinephelidae.

Fares Guichenot [A.] 1835:164 [Dictionnaire pittoresque d'histoire naturelle et des phénomènes de la nature. Tome troisième; ref. 38843] Masc. Holocentrus caerulescens Shaw 1803. original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793. Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793. Epinephelidae.

Garrupa (subgenus of Epinephelus) Jordan [D. S.] in Jordan & Eigenmann 1890:350, 362 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 8 (art. 9) (for 1888); ref. 2440] Fem. Serranus nigritus Holbrook 1855. Type by original designation. Jordan is listed as author on p. 350, on p. 361-362 "We [Jordan & Eigenmann] have suggested...name...Garrupa..."; Jordan probably responsible for description. •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793 -- (Smith 1971:103 [ref. 14102], Heemstra 1991:15 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:77 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:69 [ref. 21042], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:263 [ref. 24550], Kottelat 2013:327 [ref. 32989], Parenti & Randall 2020:60 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793. Epinephelidae.

Homalogrystes Alleyne [H. G.] & Macleay [W.] 1877:268 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 1 (pts 3-4); ref. 101] Masc. Homalogrystes guntheri Alleyne & Macleay 1877. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793 -- (Smith 1971:103 [ref. 14102], Daget & Smith 1986:301 [ref. 6204], Heemstra 1991:14 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:77 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:69 [ref. 21042], Kottelat 2013:327 [ref. 32989], Parenti & Randall 2020:60 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793. Epinephelidae.

Hyporthodus Gill [T. N.] 1861:98 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 13; ref. 1772] Masc. Hyporthodus flavicauda Gill 1861. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793 -- (Smith 1971:103 [ref. 14102], Daget & Smith 1986:301 [ref. 6204], Heemstra 1991:14 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:77 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:69 [ref. 21042]). •Valid as Hyporthodus Gill 1861 -- (Craig & Hastings 2007:10, 17 [ref. 29046], Craig et al. 2011:263 [ref. 31786], Kottelat 2013:326 [ref. 32989], Robertson et al. 2017:85 [ref. 35676], Fricke et al. 2018:154 [ref. 35805], Ma & Craig 2018:448 [ref. 36100], Fricke et al. 2019:121 [ref. 36673], Parenti & Randall 2020:83 [ref. 37354], Moore et al. 2022:1 [ref. 39791]). Current status: Valid as Hyporthodus Gill 1861. Epinephelidae.

Hyposerranus (subgenus of Serranus) Klunzinger [C. B.] 1884:3 [Die Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 2625] Masc. Serranus morrhua Valenciennes 1833. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan & Evermann 1896:1148 [ref. 2443]. •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793 -- (Smith 1971:103 [ref. 14102], Daget & Smith 1986:301 [ref. 6204], Heemstra 1991:15 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:77 [ref. 19601], Kottelat 2013:327 [ref. 32989], Parenti & Randall 2020:60 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793. Epinephelidae.

Itaiara (subgenus of Serranus) Vaillant [L. L.] & Bocourt [F.] 1878:70, 90 [Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique centrale Part 4; ref. 4498] Fem. Serranus itajara Lichtenstein 1822. Type by monotypy (also absolute tautonymy). •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793 -- (Smith 1971:103 [ref. 14102], Heemstra 1991:14 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:77 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:69 [ref. 21042], Kottelat 2013:327 [ref. 32989], Parenti & Randall 2020:60 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793. Epinephelidae.

Labroperca Gill [T. N.] 1862:236 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14; ref. 1664] Fem. Serranus labriformis Jenyns 1840. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793 -- (Smith 1971:103 [ref. 14102], Daget & Smith 1986:301 [ref. 6204], Heemstra 1991:14 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:77 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:69 [ref. 21042], Kottelat 2013:326 [ref. 32989], Parenti & Randall 2020:60 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793. Epinephelidae.

Lioperca Gill [T. N.] 1862:236, 237 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14; ref. 1664] Fem. Serranus inermis Valenciennes 1833. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793, subgenus Dermatolepis Gill 1861 -- (Smith 1971:157 [ref. 14102]). •Synonym of Dermatolepis Gill 1861 -- (Randall & Heemstra 1991:75 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:64 [ref. 21042], Parenti & Randall 2020:58 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Dermatolepis Gill 1861. Epinephelidae.

Merou (subgenus of Serranus) Bonaparte [C. L.] (ex Cuvier) 1831:167 [Saggio di una distribuzione metodica degli animali vertebrati; ref. 4978] Masc. Perca gigas Brünnich 1768. Type by subsequent designation. Treated as masculine, Art. 30.3. Appeared as a section under Serranus as "2. Merou, Cuv. (Holocentrum, Bodianus, Lutjanus, ....Gymnocephalus, Bl.) Tutt'i mari. 98 [= species]". Probably not available from Bonaparte. Type as given by Jordan 1919:175 [ref. 2410]. •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793 -- (Heemstra 1991:14 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:77 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:69 [ref. 21042], Kottelat 2013:326 [ref. 32989], Parenti & Randall 2020:59 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793. Epinephelidae.

Merus Poey [F.] (ex Cuvier) 1871:39 [Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York v. 10 (no. 1-3) (art. 3); ref. 3506] Masc. Perca gigas Brünnich 1768. Type by original designation. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Merus Gistel 1857 in Coleoptera, not replaced. •Objective synonym of Merou Bonaparte (ex Cuvier) 1831 and of Cerna Bonaparte 1833. •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793 -- (Smith 1971:103 [ref. 14102], Daget & Smith 1986:301 [ref. 6204], Heemstra 1991:14 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:77 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:69 [ref. 21042], Kottelat 2013:326 [ref. 32989], Parenti & Randall 2020:60 [ref. 37354]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793. Epinephelidae.

Petrometopon Gill [T. N.] 1865:105 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 17; ref. 1710] Neut. Serranus guttatus of Poey (= Sparus cruentatus Lacepède 1803). Type by monotypy. Type given as Serranus guttatus Poey, apparently a subsequent identification and not an original description; possibly goes back to Perca guttata Linnaeus, or based on a misidentified type species. Fowler (MS) gives type as above. •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793, subgenus Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Smith 1971:92 [ref. 14102]). •Synonym of Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Heemstra 1991:9 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:25 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:25 [ref. 21042], Kottelat 2013:326 [ref. 32989], Parenti & Randall 2020:50 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider 1801. Epinephelidae.

Phrynotitan Gill [T. N.] 1885:255 [The standard natural history; ref. 1653] Masc. Batrachus gigas Günther 1869. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793 -- (Heemstra 1991:15 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:77 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:69 [ref. 21042], Kottelat 2013:327 [ref. 32989], Parenti & Randall 2020:60 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793. Epinephelidae.

Priacanthichthys Day [F.] 1868:193 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1868 (pt 1); ref. 1076] Masc. Priacanthichthys maderaspatensis Day 1868. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793 -- (Smith 1971:103 [ref. 14102], Daget & Smith 1986:301 [ref. 6204], Heemstra 1991:14 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:77 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:69 [ref. 21042], Kottelat 2013:326 [ref. 32989], Parenti & Randall 2020:60 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793. Epinephelidae.

Promicrops Poey [F.] (ex Gill) 1868:287 [Repertorio Fisico-Natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3505] Masc. Serranus guasa Poey 1860. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Promicrops Poey 1868 -- (Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:132 [ref. 6441]). •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793, but a valid subgenus Promicrops -- (Smith 1971:152 [ref. 14102], Kendall 1984:501 [ref. 13663], Baldwin & Johnson 1993:251 [ref. 27443]). •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793 -- (Heemstra & Randall 1986:520 [ref. 5667], Heemstra 1991:14 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:77 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:69 [ref. 21042], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:263 [ref. 24550], Kottelat 2013:326 [ref. 32989], Parenti & Randall 2020:60 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793. Epinephelidae.

Prospinus Poey [F.] 1861:364, 388 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Masc. Plectropoma chloropterum Cuvier 1828. Type by subsequent designation. Also appeared as Poey in Gill 1862:236 [ref. 1664]. Earliest type designation found that of Jordan & Evermann 1896:1164 [ref. 2443]. •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch & Schneider 1801, subgenus Alphestes Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Smith 1971:162 [ref. 14102]). •Synonym of Alphestes Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Heemstra & Randall 1993:18 [ref. 21042], Parenti & Randall 2020:49 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Alphestes Bloch & Schneider 1801. Epinephelidae.

Schistorus Gill [T. N.] 1862:236, 237 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14; ref. 1664] Masc. Serranus mystacinus Poey 1852. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793 -- (Smith 1971:103 [ref. 14102], Daget & Smith 1986:301 [ref. 6204], Heemstra 1991:14 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:77 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:69 [ref. 21042], Kottelat 2013:326 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Hyporthodus Gill 1861 -- (Parenti & Randall 2020:83 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Hyporthodus Gill 1861. Epinephelidae.

Serrihastaperca Fowler [H. W.] 1944:384 [Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia No. 6; ref. 1448] Fem. Serrihastaperca exsul Fowler 1944. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Based on postlarval specimen. •Probably a species of Epinephelus Bloch 1793 -- (Heemstra 1974:25 [ref. 7125]). •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793 -- (Heemstra 1991:15 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:77 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:69 [ref. 21042], Kottelat 2013:327 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Hyporthodus Gill 1861 -- (Parenti & Randall 2020:83 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Hyporthodus Gill 1861. Epinephelidae.

Stereolepoides Fowler [H. W.] 1923:382 [Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History v. 8 (no. 7); ref. 1398] Masc. Stereolepoides thompsoni Fowler 1923. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793 -- (Heemstra 1991:15 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:77 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:69 [ref. 21042], Kottelat 2013:327 [ref. 32989], Parenti & Randall 2020:60 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793. Epinephelidae.

Vivero (subgenus of Epinephelus) Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1927:505 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 16 (no. 15); ref. 2453] Masc. Serranus morio Valenciennes 1828. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793 -- (Smith 1971:103 [ref. 14102], Daget & Smith 1986:301 [ref. 6204], Heemstra 1991:15 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:77 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:69 [ref. 21042], Kottelat 2013:327 [ref. 32989], Parenti & Randall 2020:60 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793. Epinephelidae.