Species that contain: Epinephelus and octofasciatus [ 3 ] records

compressus, Epinephelus Postel [E.], Fourmanoir [P.] & Guézé [P.] 1963:364, Fig. 8 [Mémoires de l'Institut français d'Afrique Noire No. 68; ref. 5208] Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype: CNRO uncat. Paratypes: MNHN 1963-0127 (1), 1967-0543 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1984:14-15 [ref. 19232]. •Valid as Epinephelus compressus Postel, Fourmanoir & Guézé 1963 -- (Kyushin et al. 1977:224 [ref. 19756]). •Synonym of Epinephelus septemfasciatus (Thunberg 1793) -- (Heemstra & Randall 1986:531 [ref. 5667]). •Synonym of Epinephelus octofasciatus Griffin 1926 -- (Randall & Heemstra 1991:217 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:206 [ref. 21042], Fricke 1999:196 [ref. 24106], Fricke et al. 2011:385 [ref. 31242], Fricke et al. 2018:154 [ref. 35805]). •Valid as Hyporthodus compressus (Postel, Fourmanoir & Guézé 1961) -- (Kumar et al. 2012:113 [ref. 32541]). •Synonym of Hyporthodus octofasciatus Griffin 1926 -- (Parenti & Randall 2020:86 [ref. 37354], Heemstra 2022:73 [ref. 39742]). Current status: Synonym of Hyporthodus octofasciatus (Griffin 1926). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.

mystacinus, Serranus Poey [F.] 1852:52, 59, Pl. 10 (fig. 1) [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 1; ref. 3497] Cuba. Holotype: MCZ 9991. Paratypes: MCZ 10009 (1) Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:190 [ref. 22926] with a holotype. Published April 1852. Records from Japan are based on E. octofasciatus -- (Heemstra et al. 2003:1345 [ref. 27060]). •Valid as Epinephelus mystacinus (Poey 1852) -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:172 [ref. 19754], Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:132 [ref. 6441], Robins & Ray 1986:134 [ref. 23100], Bullock & Smith 1991:114 [ref. 36591], Cervigón 1991:333 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:429 [ref. 23827], Heemstra & Randall 1993:200 [ref. 21042], Grace et al. 1994:27 [ref. 25512], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:321 [ref. 24023], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:209 [ref. 25013], Lopes et al. 2000:87 [ref. 40244], Collette et al. 2003:107 [ref. 26784], Heemstra et al. 2003:1345 [ref. 27060], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:76 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004:127 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:148 [ref. 28815], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:191 [ref. 30957] as mysticinus). •Valid as Hyporthodus mystacinus (Poey 1852) -- (Craig & Hastings 2007:17 [ref. 29046], Craig et al. 2011:274 [ref. 31786], Kumar et al. 2012:115 [ref. 32541], Page et al. 2013:130 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:40 [ref. 33341], Pinheiro et al. 2015:14 [ref. 34324], Ma & Craig 2018:455 [ref. 36100], Sánchez-Jiménez et al. 2018:7 [ref. 36248], Parenti & Randall 2020:85 [ref. 37354], Carvalho-Filho 2023:119 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:196 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Hyporthodus mystacinus (Poey 1852). Epinephelidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to Espirito Santo (Brazil); eastern Pacific: Cocos Island, Paramount Seamount, Galápagos Islands (Ecuador) and coastal Ecuador. Habitat: marine.

octofasciatus, Epinephelus Griffin [L. T.] 1926:540, Pl. 95 [Transactions of the New Zealand Institute v. 56; ref. 15589] Arid Island, off the northeastern coast of Great Barrier Island, Auckland District, New Zealand. Holotype (unique): AIM MA 259. Trnski personal communication (12/1/2017) on type status. •Valid as Epinephelus octofasciatus Griffin 1926 -- (Paulin et al. 1989:175 [ref. 24556], Randall & Heemstra 1991:217 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:206 [ref. 21042], Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:x [ref. 21953], Kuiter 1993:133 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:160 [ref. 25479], Carpenter et al. 1997:145 [ref. 23922], Adam et al. 1998:12 [ref. 23610], Fricke 1999:196 [ref. 24106], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2545 [ref. 24815], Nakabo 2000:714 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:609 [ref. 25122], Randall & Earle 2000:11 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:30 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:714 [ref. 26001], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S104 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:621 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:12 [ref. 27624], Hoese et al. 2006:1015 [ref. 28999], Fricke et al. 2009:46 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2011:385 [ref. 31242], Almukhtar et al. 2012:175 [ref. 41009], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:113 [ref. 36167], Roberts 2015:1187 [ref. 34193], Koeda et al. 2016:27 [ref. 35333], Sonoyama et al. 2020:55 [ref. 37637]). •Valid as Hyporthodus octofasciatus (Griffin 1926) -- (Craig & Hastings 2007:17 [ref. 29046], Craig et al. 2011:282 [ref. 31786], Kumar et al. 2012:113 [ref. 32541], Psomadakis et al. 2015:201 [ref. 34104], Fricke et al. 2018:154 [ref. 35805], Ma & Craig 2018:456 [ref. 36100], Eagderi et al. 2019:109 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:121 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:71 [ref. 36871], Parenti & Randall 2020:86 [ref. 37354], Akhilesh et al. 2021:54 [ref. 38701], Koeda et al. 2021:6 [ref. 38857], Heemstra 2022:73 [ref. 39742], Moore et al. 2022:11 [ref. 39791], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:689 [ref. 40722]). Current status: Valid as Hyporthodus octofasciatus (Griffin 1926). Epinephelidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to Japan, south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), New Caledonia, northern New Zealand, Kermadec Islands and Tonga. Habitat: marine.