Species that contain: Epinephelus and undulosus [ 4 ] records

amboinensis, Serranus Bleeker [P.] 1852:258 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 3 (no. 2); ref. 16825] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 5466. •Synonym of Epinephelus undulosus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Randall & Heemstra 1991:284 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:250 [ref. 21042], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2529 [ref. 24815], Parenti & Randall 2020:83 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus undulosus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.

cuvieri, Epinephelus Bleeker [P.] 1874:46 [Poissons de Madagascar et de l'Ile la Réunion Part 4; ref. 443] Unneeded replacement name for Serranus undulosus Valenciennes 1828, not preoccupied. For date of publication (as laterst in Dec. 1974), see Kottelat 2013 [ref. 32740]. •Synonym of Mycteroperca acutirostris (Valenciennes 1828) -- (Heemstra & Randall 1993:261 [ref. 21042], Parenti & Randall 2020:87 [ref. 37354]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Mycteroperca acutirostris (Valenciennes 1828). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.

lineatus, Serranus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828:312 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 2; ref. 997] Puducherry, India. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-7544 (dry), A-7681 (1, dry). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1984:30 [ref. 19232]. •Synonym of Epinephelus undulosus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Randall & Heemstra 1991:284 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:250 [ref. 21042], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2529 [ref. 24815], Parenti & Randall 2020:83 [ref. 37354], Heemstra 2022:72 [ref. 39742]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus undulosus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.

undulosus, Bodianus Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1824:310 [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Waigiou [Pulau Waigeo, Papua Province, New Guinea, Indonesia]; Rawak Island [Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific]. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:13 [ref. 19171], Bauchot et al. 1984:39 [ref. 19232]. •Valid as Epinephelus undulosus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Heemstra & Randall 1986:533 [ref. 5667], Lee 1990:58 [ref. 19830], Randall & Heemstra 1991:284 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:250 [ref. 21042], Randall 1995:137 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:243 [ref. 27969], Anderson et al. 1998:23 [ref. 23611], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2529 [ref. 24815], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:610 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:98 [ref. 25868], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:98 [ref. 26368], Allen & Adrim 2003:31 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S104 [ref. 27377], Motomura in Motomura & Satapoomin 2009:90 [ref. 30492], Craig et al. 2011:256 [ref. 31786], Allen & Erdmann 2012:281 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:62 [ref. 33932], Psomadakis et al. 2015:201 [ref. 34104], Motomura et al. 2017:89 [ref. 35490], Ma & Craig 2018:455 [ref. 36100], Zajonz et al. 2019:71 [ref. 36871], Parenti & Randall 2020:83 [ref. 37354], Psomadakis et al. 2020:395 [ref. 37272], Akhilesh et al. 2021:54 [ref. 38701], Heemstra 2022:72 [ref. 39742], Zajonz et al. 2022:91 [ref. 40522], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:689 [ref. 40722]). Current status: Valid as Epinephelus undulosus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Epinephelidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Kenya, Somalia), Gulf of Aden, Socotra (Yemen), Lakshadweep Islands (India) and Maldives east to Philippines and Solomon Islands, north to Taiwan. Habitat: marine.