Species that contain: Epinephelus and epistictus [ 3 ] records

epistictus, Serranus Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1843:8 [Fauna Japonica Part 1; ref. 4370] Nagasaki, Japan. Holotype (unique): RMNH D88 (stuffed). Type information: Boeseman 1947:24 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Mycteroperca episticta (Temminck & Schlegel 1843) -- (Ma & Craig 2018:456 [ref. 36100] as epistictus). •Valid as Epinephelus epistictus (Temminck & Schlegel 1843) -- (Dor 1984:99 [ref. 29757], Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:131 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:494 [ref. 12442], Lee 1990:43 [ref. 19830], Randall & Heemstra 1991:137 [ref. 19601], Baranes & Golani 1993:306 [ref. 22372], Heemstra & Randall 1993:143 [ref. 21042], Goren & Dor 1994:25 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:130 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:144 [ref. 23922], Chen et al. 1997:46 [ref. 26476] dated 1843, Heemstra & Randall 1999:2496 [ref. 24815], Nakabo 2000:720 [ref. 25086], Krupp et al. 2000:328 [ref. 25117], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:609 [ref. 25122], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:75 [ref. 25480], Hutchins 2001:30 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:720 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:309, 591 [ref. 26218], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S104 [ref. 27377], Hoese et al. 2006:1010 [ref. 28999], Al-Mukhtar et al. 2011:136 [ref. 31710], Craig et al. 2011:129 [ref. 31786], Almukhtar et al. 2012:175 [ref. 41009], Larson et al. 2013:100 [ref. 32988], Psomadakis et al. 2015:197 [ref. 34104], Motomura et al. 2017:85 [ref. 35490], Ali et al. 2018:318 [ref. 36183], Fricke et al. 2018:148 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:62 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:108 [ref. 37020], Johnson & Wilmer 2019:342 [ref. 36985], Zajonz et al. 2019:70 [ref. 36871], Kim et al. 2020:115 [ref. 39118], Parenti & Randall 2020:66 [ref. 37354], Psomadakis et al. 2020:389 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:54 [ref. 37637], Akhilesh et al. 2021:51 [ref. 38701], Heemstra 2022:54 [ref. 39742], Zajonz et al. 2022:75 [ref. 40522], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:670 [ref. 40722], Ray et al. 2023:4 [ref. 39988]). Current status: Valid as Epinephelus epistictus (Temminck & Schlegel 1843). Epinephelidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Comoros and Madagascar east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to Korea, southern Sea of Japan (Japan) and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to northwestern Australia. Habitat: marine.

praeopercularis, Serranus Boulenger [G. A.] 1888:654 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1887 (pt 4); ref. 14479] Muscat, Oman, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean. Lectotype: BMNH 1887.11.11.40. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1887.11.11.37 (1, dry). Lectotype selected by Randall & Heemstra 1991:138, 140 [ref. 19601] but their catalog number on p. 138 [1887.11.11.37] is not in agreement with specimens on p. 140. •Synonym of Epinephelus epistictus (Temminck & Schlegel 1843) -- (Randall & Heemstra 1991:137 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:143 [ref. 21042], Randall 1995:130 [ref. 22896], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2496 [ref. 24815], Parenti & Randall 2020:66 [ref. 37354], Heemstra 2022:54 [ref. 39742]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus epistictus (Temminck & Schlegel 1843). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.

stigmogrammacus, Epinephelus Cheng [Q.-T.] & Yang [W.-H.] 1983:506 [English p. 508], Figs. 1-3 [Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica v. 14 (no. 5); ref. 8359] South China Sea. Holotype: ASIO 64-916. Paratypes: ASIO 40955 (1), 64-612 (1), 64-1023 (1), 64-1400 (1), 35503 (1), 56-8665 to 8670 (6). •Synonym of Epinephelus epistictus (Temminck & Schlegel 1843) -- (Lee 1990:44 [ref. 19830], Randall & Heemstra 1991:137 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:143 [ref. 21042], Parenti & Randall 2020:66 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus epistictus (Temminck & Schlegel 1843). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.