Species that contain: Epinephelus and acanthistius [ 3 ] records

acanthistius, Bodianus Gilbert [C. H.] 1892:552 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 14 (no. 880); ref. 1626] Near Cape Lobos on eastern shore of Gulf of California, Mexico, 29°54'30"N, 113°01'W, Albatross station 3017, depth 58 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM. •Valid as Cephalopholis acanthistius (Gilbert 1892) -- (Castro-Aguirre et al. 1993:84 [ref. 21807]). •Valid as Epinephelus acanthistius (Gilbert 1892) -- (Lea & Fukuhara 1991 [ref. 21795], Heemstra & Randall 1993:102 [ref. 21042], Allen & Robertson 1994:108 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:92 [ref. 23101], Heemstra in Fischer et al. 1995:1590 [ref. 22830], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:283 [ref. 24545], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:353 [ref. 24555], Lea & Rosenblatt 2000:121 [ref. 25206], Thomson et al. 2000:83 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:127 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:111 [ref. 37547], ). •Valid as Hyporthodus acanthistius (Gilbert 1892) -- (Craig & Hastings 2007:17 [ref. 29046], Craig et al. 2011:263 [ref. 31786], Page et al. 2013:130 [ref. 32708], Palacios-Salgado et al. 2014:237 [ref. 36362], Kells et al. 2016:226 [ref. 35888], Ma & Craig 2018:455 [ref. 36100], Parenti & Randall 2020:84 [ref. 37354], Walker et al. 2020:4 [ref. 37499], Love et al. 2021:146 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:196 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:320 [ref. 40816], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:9 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Hyporthodus acanthistius (Gilbert 1892). Epinephelidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.) south to central Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.

cuvierii, Serranus Smith [A.] 1832:20 [The South African Quarterly Journal No. 5, for Oct.1831; ref. 30409] Southeast coast of Australia, particularly Algoa Bay [Cape Province, South Africa]. No types known. Predates Serranus marginatus Lowe 1834; not used as valid after 1899; therefore reversal of priority according to ICZN Art. 23.9 in favor of Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe 1834). But Heemstra 2010:60 [ref. 30720] regards the species as a nomen dubium, probably in Acanthistius. •Nomen dubium in Acanthistius -- (Heemstra 2010:61 [ref. 30720] dated 1831). Parenti & Randall 2020:130 [ref. 37354] Nomen Dubium. Anthiadidae. Habitat: marine.

popino, Cephalopholis Walford [L. A.] 1936:3 [Occasional Papers of the Santa Barbara Museum v. 4; ref. 13272] Mazatlán, Sinaloa, western Mexico. Holotype: USNM 100979. Paratypes: USNM 80257 (1). •Valid as Cephalopholis popino Walford 1936 -- (Hiyama in Kumada 1937:38 [ref. 39147]). •Synonym of Epinephelus acanthistius (Gilbert 1892) -- (Heemstra & Randall 1993:102 [ref. 21042], Heemstra in Fischer et al. 1995:1590 [ref. 22830]). •Synonym of Hyporthodus acanthistius (Gilbert 1892) -- (Parenti & Randall 2020:84 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Hyporthodus acanthistius (Gilbert 1892). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.