Species that contain: Epinephelus and tauvina [ 7 ] records

chewa, Epinephelus Morgans [J. F. C.] 1966:267, Pl. 9 (fig. D) [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 13) v. 8 (no. 89) (for 1965); ref. 9045] Mafia Island, Tanzania. Holotype: EAMFRO S73. Paratypes: EAMFRO S82/1 (1), S82/2 (1), S87 (1). •Valid as Epinephelus chewa Morgans 1966 -- (Kyushin et al. 1977:234 [ref. 19756]). •Synonym of Epinephelus tauvina (Forsskål 1775) -- (Heemstra & Randall 1986:532 [ref. 5667], Randall et al. 1990:114 [ref. 15987], Randall & Heemstra 1991:269 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Golani 1993:387 [ref. 22373], Heemstra & Randall 1993:241 [ref. 21042], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2526 [ref. 24815], Parenti & Randall 2020:82 [ref. 37354]). •Synonym of Epinephelus tauvina (Fabricius 1775) -- (Heemstra 2022:71 [ref. 39742]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus tauvina (Fabricius 1775). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.

diacopaeformis, Serranus Anonymous [Bennett [E. T.]] 1830:686 [Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles; ref. 259] Sumatra, Indonesia. On Code recommendation 51D, the anonymous author is listed in square brackets. •Questionably a synonym of Epinephelus tauvina (Forsskål 1775) -- (Parenti & Randall 2020:81 [ref. 37354]). •Questionably a synonym of Epinephelus tauvina (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus tauvina (Fabricius 1775). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.

elongatus, Epinephelus Schultz [L. P.] in Schultz et al. 1953:345, Pl. 25 (fig. c); Fig. 53 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 1; ref. 3975] Ocean reef off Giriinien Island, Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands, western Pacific. Holotype: USNM 141844. Paratypes: FMNH 62611-12 (2, 1); USNM 115371 (1), 115384 (1), 139694 (2), 141836-42 (1, 2, 1, 2, 5, 1, 2), 141845-48 (1, 1, 2, 1), 141850-56 (6, 2, 1, 1, 1, 7, 2), 141930-32 (3). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:34 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Epinephelus tauvina (Forsskål 1775) -- (Randall et al. 1990:114 [ref. 15987], Randall & Heemstra 1991:269 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Golani 1993:387 [ref. 22373], Heemstra & Randall 1993:241 [ref. 21042], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2526 [ref. 24815], Randall 2005:163 [ref. 28239], Parenti & Randall 2020:82 [ref. 37354]). •Synonym of Epinephelus tauvina (Fabricius 1775) Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus tauvina (Fabricius 1775). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.

goldiei, Serranus Macleay [W.] 1882:226 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 7 (pt 2); ref. 17584] Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Holotype (unique): AMS I.16322-001 [ex MAMU F477]. Type catalog: Stanbury 1969:207 [ref. 19518]. •Synonym of Epinephelus tauvina (Forsskål 1775) -- (Randall & Heemstra 1991:269 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Golani 1993:387 [ref. 22373], Heemstra & Randall 1993:241 [ref. 21042], Parenti & Randall 2020:82 [ref. 37354]). •Synonym of Epinephelus tauvina (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus tauvina (Fabricius 1775). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.

jansenii, Serranus Bleeker [P.] 1857:376 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 13 (no. 2); ref. 358] Sangi [Sangihe] Island, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Questionably a synonym of Epinephelus tauvina (Forsskål 1775) -- (Randall & Heemstra 1991:269 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Golani 1993:387 [ref. 22373], Heemstra & Randall 1993:241 [ref. 21042], Parenti & Randall 2020:82 [ref. 37354]). •Questionably a synonym of Epinephelus tauvina (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Uncertain as Epinephelus tauvina (Fabricius 1775). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.

pantherinus, Holocentrus Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1802:345, 389 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] No locality stated [Fort Dauphin, Madagascar] No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot 1970:49 [ref. 20740], Bauchot et al. 1984:41-42 [ref. 19232]. Figured in Lacepède 1801:Pl. 27 (fig. 3) [ref. 2710] but with vernacular name. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:200 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. •Synonym of Epinephelus tauvina (Forsskål 1775) -- (Randall & Heemstra 1991:269 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Golani 1993:387 [ref. 22373], Heemstra & Randall 1993:241 [ref. 21042], Fricke 1999:199 [ref. 24106], Fricke et al. 2018:153 [ref. 35805], Parenti & Randall 2020:81 [ref. 37354]). •Synonym of Epinephelus tauvina (Fabricius 1775) -- (Heemstra 2022:71 [ref. 39742]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus tauvina (Fabricius 1775). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.

tauvina, Perca Fabricius [J. C.] in Niebuhr (ex Forsskål) 1775:39, xi [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. Holotype (unique): ZMUC P43565 (dry skin). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:61 [ref. 9588], Fricke 2008: 29 [ref. 30182]. Holotype figured in Klausewitz & Nielsen 1965:Pl. 8 [ref. 20847]. Authorship according to Fricke 2008: 29 [ref. 30182]. •Valid as Epinephelus tauvina (Forsskål 1775) -- (Tortonese 1973:360 [ref. 7192], Kyushin et al. 1977:232 [ref. 19756], Dor 1984:101 [ref. 29757], Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:130 [ref. 6441], Heemstra & Randall 1986:532 [ref. 5667], Allen & Swainston 1988:56 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:498 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:26 [ref. 13251], Lee 1990:56 [ref. 19830], Randall et al. 1990:114 [ref. 15987], Randall & Heemstra 1991:269 [ref. 19601], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:807 [ref. 20764], Coad 1991:26 [ref. 15702], Heemstra & Golani 1993:387 [ref. 22373], Heemstra & Randall 1993:241 [ref. 21042], Francis 1993:160 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:26 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:129 [ref. 22896], Evseenko 1996:727 [ref. 24666], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:241 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:90 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:114 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:116 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:199 [ref. 24106], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2526 [ref. 24815], Johnson 1999:730 [ref. 25471], Randall 1999:11 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:86 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:725 [ref. 25086], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:610 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:189 [ref. 25191], Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:185 [ref. 25703], Randall & Earle 2000:11 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:262 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:30 [ref. 25847], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:177 [ref. 26753], Nakabo 2002:725 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:31 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S104 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:621 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:70 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:12 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3319 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:171 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:163 [ref. 28239], Hoese et al. 2006:1019 [ref. 28999], Fricke et al. 2009:47 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:98 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:385 [ref. 31242], Craig et al. 2011:244 [ref. 31786], Allen & Erdmann 2012:280 [ref. 31980], Almukhtar et al. 2012:175 [ref. 41009], Fricke et al. 2013:257 [ref. 32706], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Koeda et al. 2016:27 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:4 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2018:153 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:64 [ref. 36273], Ma & Craig 2018:455 [ref. 36100], Suresh et al. 2018:189 [ref. 36495], Arndt & Fricke 2019:29 [ref. 36883], Eagderi et al. 2019:109 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:119 [ref. 36673], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 21 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:394 [ref. 37272], Parenti & Randall 2020:81 [ref. 37354], Akhilesh et al. 2021:54 [ref. 38701], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:687 [ref. 40722]). •Valid as Epinephelus tauvina (Fabricius 1775) -- (Fricke 2008: 29 [ref. 30182], Heemstra 2022:71 [ref. 39742]). Current status: Valid as Epinephelus tauvina (Fabricius 1775). Epinephelidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Wake Atoll and Pitcairn Group, north to southern Japan, south to New South Wales (Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia) and Rapa (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.