Species that contain: Epinephelus and quoyanus [ 8 ] records

alatus, Serranus Alleyne [H. G.] & Macleay [W.] 1877:264, Pl. 4 (fig. 2) [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 1 (pts 3-4); ref. 101] Hall Sound, Papua New Guinea. Holotype (unique): AMS I.16323-001 [ex MAMU F482]. Type catalog: Stanbury 1969:207 [ref. 19518]. •Synonym of Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Randall & Heemstra 1991:240 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:220 [ref. 21042], Parenti & Randall 2020:79 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes 1830). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.

carinatus, Serranus Alleyne [H. G.] & Macleay [W.] 1877:265, Pl. 4 (fig. 3) [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 1 (pts 3-4); ref. 101] Cape Grenville, Queensland, Australia. Syntypes: MAMU (2). Appeared as a new species in Jouan 1878:333 [ref. 18364] but not new there. •Synonym of Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:497 [ref. 12442], Randall & Heemstra 1991:240 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:220 [ref. 21042], Hoese et al. 2006:1017 [ref. 28999], Parenti & Randall 2020:79 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes 1830). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.

gilberti, Serranus Richardson [J.] 1842:19 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (New Series) v. 9 (no. 55); ref. 21245] Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia. Holotype: BMNH 1968.3.11.3 (skin). Type information: Whitehead 1970:212 [ref. 11606]. •Synonym of Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:497 [ref. 12442], Randall & Heemstra 1991:240 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:220 [ref. 21042], Hoese et al. 2006:1017 [ref. 28999], Larson et al. 2013:102 [ref. 32988], Parenti & Randall 2020:78 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes 1830). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.

manca, Perca Walbaum [J. J.] (ex Klein) 1792:349 [Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium Part 3; ref. 4572] No locality stated (probably Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia), No types known. Based on Percis pinnis quatuor ... of Klein 1749:43, pl. 8, fig. 3 [ref. 30141], a pre-Linnaean name. A forgotten name, but treated as a nomen oblitum to permit continued use of guoyanus as a nomen protectum (see Parenti 2003:496 [ref. 27322]). •Synonym of Epinephelus quoyanus (Cuvier 1830) -- (Parenti 2003:496 [ref. 27322], Parenti & Randall 2020:78 [ref. 37354]) Nomen Oblitum. Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes 1830). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.

megachir, Serranus Richardson [J.] 1846:230 [Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]; ref. 3742] Coasts of China. Holotype: BMNH 1968.3.11.2 (skin). Type information: Whitehead 1970:212 [ref. 11606]. •Valid as Epinephelus megachir (Richardson 1846) -- (Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:130 [ref. 6441], Chen et al. 1997:49 [ref. 26476]). •Synonym of Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:497 [ref. 12442], Lee 1990:51 [ref. 19830], Randall et al. 1990:113 [ref. 15987], Randall & Heemstra 1991:240 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:220 [ref. 21042], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2518 [ref. 24815], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:87 [ref. 25480], Hoese et al. 2006:1017 [ref. 28999], Parenti & Randall 2020:78 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes 1830). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.

melanocelidota, Perca Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:110 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique) (?): BMNH 1853.11.12.57 (skin). •Synonym of Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Heemstra & Randall 1993:220 [ref. 21042], Parenti & Randall 2020:79 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes 1830). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.

pardalis, Serranus Bleeker [P.] 1848:635 [Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia (Singapore) v. 2 (no. 9); ref. 315] Bima, Sumbawa Island, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia.; Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes and/or Bleeker specimens: AMS B.8324 (1), SMNS 10636 (3 syntypes) Java. Type catalog: Fricke 1991:19 [ref. 13474], Fricke 2005:59 [ref. 29864] dated 1849. •Synonym of Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Randall & Heemstra 1991:240 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:220 [ref. 21042], Parenti & Randall 2020:78 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes 1830). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.

quoyanus, Serranus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:519 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] New Guinea. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-7422. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1984:34 [ref. 19232]. •Valid as Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes 1830) -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:56 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:497 [ref. 12442], Lee 1990:51 [ref. 19830], Randall et al. 1990:113 [ref. 15987], Randall & Heemstra 1991:240 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:220 [ref. 21042], Kuiter 1993:130 [ref. 23929], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:280 [ref. 24014], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:239 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:84 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:355 [ref. 23967], Kuiter 1997:110 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:113 [ref. 25919] Ikeda 1999:2 [ref. 24398], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2518 [ref. 24815], Johnson 1999:730 [ref. 25471], Nakabo 2000:723 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:610 [ref. 25122], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:87 [ref. 25480], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:98 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:262 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:30 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:723 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:310, 592 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:31 [ref. 26830], Adrim et al. 2004:120 [ref. 27715], Hoese et al. 2006:1017 [ref. 28999], Satapoomin in Motomura & Satapoomin 2009:89 [ref. 30492], Motomura et al. 2010:98 [ref. 31256], Craig et al. 2011:217 [ref. 31786], Allen & Erdmann 2012:279 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:102 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:100 [ref. 34464], Hata et al. 2016:47 [ref. 35065], Motomura et al. 2017:88 [ref. 35490], Ma & Craig 2018:455 [ref. 36100], Satapoomin in Kimura et al. 2018:104 [ref. 36460], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 21 [ref. 38321], Parenti & Randall 2020:78 [ref. 37354], Psomadakis et al. 2020:393 [ref. 37272], Akhilesh et al. 2021:53 [ref. 38701], Nakamura in Motomura et al. 2021:20 [ref. 38121], Hasan et al. 2023:2210 [ref. 40412], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:685 [ref. 40722], Noushad K. et al. 2024:45 [ref. 40947]). Current status: Valid as Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes 1830). Epinephelidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: ?Lakshadweep (India), Myanmar, Andaman Sea and Indonesia east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to Korea and southern Japan, south to Western Australia and New South Wales (Australia). Habitat: marine.