Genera that contain: Serranus [ 44 ] records

Altiserranus Whitley [G. P.] 1947:150 [Australian Zoologist v. 11 (pt 2); ref. 4708] Masc. Serranus jayakari Boulenger 1889. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793 -- (Randall et al. 1989:414 [ref. 12737], Heemstra 1991:15 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:77 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:69 [ref. 21042], Kottelat 2013:327 [ref. 32989], Parenti & Randall 2020:60 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793. Epinephelidae.

Anyperodon Günther [A.] 1859:95 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 1; ref. 1961] Masc. Serranus leucogrammicus Valenciennes 1828. Type by monotypy. Unjustifiably emended to Anhyperodon by Boulenger 1895:269 [ref. 537]. •Valid as Anyperodon Günther 1859 -- (Kendall 1984:500 [ref. 13663], Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:129 [ref. 6441], Heemstra & Randall 1986:516 [ref. 5667], Paxton et al. 1989:489 [ref. 12442], Randall & Heemstra 1991:22 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:23 [ref. 21042], Baldwin & Johnson 1993:251 [ref. 27443], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2446 [ref. 24815], Hoese et al. 2006:1003 [ref. 28999], Motomura in Motomura & Satapoomin 2009:83 [ref. 30492], Craig et al. 2011:10[ref. 31786], Motomura et al. 2017:80 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:144 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:60 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:110 [ref. 36673], Parenti & Randall 2020:50 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Anyperodon Günther 1859. Epinephelidae.

Brachyrhinus Gill [T. N.] 1862:236 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14; ref. 1664] Masc. Serranus creolus Valenciennes 1828. Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Brachyrhinus Latrielle 1802 in Crustacea. •Synonym of Paranthias Guichenot 1868 -- (Smith 1971:84 [ref. 14102], Heemstra 1991:55 [ref. 19323], Heemstra & Randall 1993:278 [ref. 21042], Parenti & Randall 2020:90 [ref. 37354]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Paranthias Guichenot 1868. Epinephelidae.

Bryttosus Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1900:354 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 23 (no. 1213); ref. 2502] Masc. Serranus kawamebari Temminck & Schlegel 1843. Type by monotypy. Misspelled or unjustifiably emended to Brittosus by Jordan, Tanaka & Snyder 1913:150 [ref. 6448]. •Synonym of Coreoperca Herzenstein 1896 -- (Kottelat 2013:324 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Coreoperca Herzenstein 1896. Sinipercidae.

Caesioperca Castelnau [F. L.] 1872:49 [Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne v. 1; ref. 757] Fem. Serranus rasor Richardson 1839. Type by monotypy. One definitely-included species, second taxon a variety of the first. •Valid as Caesioperca Castelnau 1872 -- (Kendall 1984:500 [ref. 13663], Paxton et al. 1989:503 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:530 [ref. 22532], Allen et al. 2006:983 [ref. 29078], Roberts & Gomon 2008:537 [ref. 30641], Roberts 2015:1183 [ref. 34193], Anderson 2018:10 [ref. 36146], Parenti & Randall 2020:10 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Caesioperca Castelnau 1872. Anthiadidae.

Chromileptes (subgenus of Serranus) Swainson [W.] 1839:168, 201 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Masc. Serranus altivelis Valenciennes 1828. Type by subsequent designation. Spelled Chromileptes on p. 168 and in index and Cromileptes on 201; first technical reviser apparently McCulloch 1929 [ref. 35683], who selected Chromileptes; both spellings are in current usage. Type designated by Bleeker 1876:257 [ref. 447] (not S. gigas as designated by Swain 1882:272 [ref. 5966]). Chromidoleptes Agassiz 1846:84, 105 [ref. 64] is an unjustified emendation. First revison possible Neave 1939:878 according to Kottelat 2013:326 [ref. 32989], selecting Cromileptes, but predated by McCulloch 1929. •Valid as Chromileptes Swainson 1839 selected by McCulloch 1929 [ref. 2948] according to Douglas Hoese 11/2017. •Valid as Cromileptes Swainson 1839 -- (Kendall 1984:500 [ref. 13663], Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:132 [ref. 6441], Heemstra & Randall 1986:519 [ref. 5667], Paxton et al. 1989:492 [ref. 12442], Randall & Heemstra 1991:72 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:63 [ref. 21042], Baldwin & Johnson 1993:251 [ref. 27443], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2446 [ref. 24815], Hoese et al. 2006:1006 [ref. 28999], Craig et al. 2011:62 [ref. 31786], Kottelat 2013:326 [ref. 32989], Motomura et al. 2017:83 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2019:116 [ref. 36673], Parenti & Randall 2020:58 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Chromileptes Swainson 1839. Epinephelidae.

Creolus Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1883:xxxvi, 985 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 16; ref. 2476] Masc. Serranus furcifer Valenciennes 1828. Type by monotypy. Intended as a replacent for Brachyrhinus Gill 1862 (preoccupied) on p. 916; name appeared as Creolus in table of contents and in index, but withdrawn in Addenda (p. 973) and Paranthias substituted. •Objective synonym of Paranthias Guichenot 1868 -- (Smith 1971:84 [ref. 14102], Heemstra 1991:55 [ref. 19323], Heemstra & Randall 1993:278 [ref. 21042], Parenti & Randall 2020:90 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Paranthias Guichenot 1868. Epinephelidae.

Cynichthys (subgenus of Serranus) Swainson [W.] 1839:168, 201 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Masc. Perca flavopurpureus Bennett 1830. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793 -- (Smith 1971:103 [ref. 14102], Daget & Smith 1986:301 [ref. 6204], Heemstra 1991:14 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:77 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:69 [ref. 21042], Kottelat 2013:326 [ref. 32989], Parenti & Randall 2020:60 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793. Epinephelidae.

Diplectrum Holbrook [J. E.] 1855:32, 42 [Ichthyology of South Carolina; ref. 2184] Neut. Serranus fascicularis Valenciennes 1828. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Holbrook 1860:35 [ref. 2185]. Not preoccupied by Diplectrum Agassiz 1846:125 [ref. 64], an unjustified emendation for Diplectron Vieillot 1816 in Aves. Diplectron Troschel 1858 is a misspelling. •Valid as Diplectrum Holbrook 1855 -- (Bortone 1977 [ref. 7064], Kendall 1984:500 [ref. 13663], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:268 [ref. 24550], Heemstra et al. 2003:1314 [ref. 27060], Parenti & Randall 2020:113 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Diplectrum Holbrook 1855. Serranidae.

Elastoma (subgenus of Eteles) Swainson [W.] 1839:168, 202 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Neut. Serranus oculatus Valenciennes 1828. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Etelis Cuvier 1828 -- (Allen 1985:24 [ref. 6843]). Current status: Synonym of Etelis Cuvier 1828. Lutjanidae: Etelinae.

Enneacentrus Gill [T. N.] 1865:105 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 17; ref. 1710] Masc. Serranus ouatalibi Valenciennes 1828. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793, subgenus Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Smith 1971:92 [ref. 14102]). •Synonym of Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Daget & Smith 1986:299 [ref. 6204], Heemstra 1991:9 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:25 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:25 [ref. 21042], Kottelat 2013:326 [ref. 32989], Parenti & Randall 2020:50 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider 1801. Epinephelidae.

Garrupa (subgenus of Epinephelus) Jordan [D. S.] in Jordan & Eigenmann 1890:350, 362 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 8 (art. 9) (for 1888); ref. 2440] Fem. Serranus nigritus Holbrook 1855. Type by original designation. Jordan is listed as author on p. 350, on p. 361-362 "We [Jordan & Eigenmann] have suggested...name...Garrupa..."; Jordan probably responsible for description. •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793 -- (Smith 1971:103 [ref. 14102], Heemstra 1991:15 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:77 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:69 [ref. 21042], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:263 [ref. 24550], Kottelat 2013:327 [ref. 32989], Parenti & Randall 2020:60 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793. Epinephelidae.

Gilbertella (subgenus of Hypoplectrodes) Waite [E. R.] 1902:182 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 4 (no. 5); ref. 4559] Fem. Serranus armatus Castelnau 1875. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Epinephelides Ogilby 1899 -- (Parenti & Randall 2020:12 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelides Ogilby 1899. Anthiadidae.

Gonioperca Gill [T. N.] 1862:236 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14; ref. 1664] Fem. Serranus albomaculatus Jenyns 1840. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Paralabrax Girard 1856 -- (Parenti & Randall 2020:120 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Paralabrax Girard 1856. Serranidae.

Haliperca Gill [T. N.] 1862:236 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14; ref. 1664] Fem. Serranus bivittatus Valenciennes 1828. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan & Gilbert 1883:535 [ref. 2476]. •Synonym of Diplectrum Holbrook 1855 -- (Bortone 1977:3 [ref. 7064], Parenti & Randall 2020:113 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Diplectrum Holbrook 1855. Serranidae.

Harpagochromis Greenwood [P. H.] 1980:10 [Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology v. 39 (no. 1); ref. 1899] Masc. Hemichromis serranus Pfeffer 1896. Type by original designation. •Valid as Harpagochromis Greenwood 1980 -- (Poll & Gosse 1995:279 [ref. 24781]). •Synonym of Haplochromis Hilgendorf 1888 -- (van Oijen et al. 1991:100 [ref. 20956], van Oijen 1996:101 [ref. 22826]). Current status: Synonym of Haplochromis Hilgendorf 1888. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Hepatus Artedi [P.] in Röse 1793:113 [Petri Artedi Angermannia; ref. 3833] Masc. Based on Hepatos Aristotle and other authors which probably is Labrus hepatus Linnaeus 1758. •In the synonymy of Serranus Cuvier 1816. Current status: Synonym of Serranus Cuvier 1816. Serranidae.

Hesperanthias Lowe [R. T.] 1843:14 [A history of the fishes of Madeira; ref. 2833] Masc. Serranus oculatus Valenciennes 1828. Type by monotypy. •Objective synonym of Elastoma Swainson 1839. •Synonym of Etelis Cuvier 1828 -- (Allen 1985:24 [ref. 6843]). Current status: Synonym of Etelis Cuvier 1828. Lutjanidae: Etelinae.

Hyposerranus (subgenus of Serranus) Klunzinger [C. B.] 1884:3 [Die Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 2625] Masc. Serranus morrhua Valenciennes 1833. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan & Evermann 1896:1148 [ref. 2443]. •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793 -- (Smith 1971:103 [ref. 14102], Daget & Smith 1986:301 [ref. 6204], Heemstra 1991:15 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:77 [ref. 19601], Kottelat 2013:327 [ref. 32989], Parenti & Randall 2020:60 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793. Epinephelidae.

Itaiara (subgenus of Serranus) Vaillant [L. L.] & Bocourt [F.] 1878:70, 90 [Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique centrale Part 4; ref. 4498] Fem. Serranus itajara Lichtenstein 1822. Type by monotypy (also absolute tautonymy). •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793 -- (Smith 1971:103 [ref. 14102], Heemstra 1991:14 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:77 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:69 [ref. 21042], Kottelat 2013:327 [ref. 32989], Parenti & Randall 2020:60 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793. Epinephelidae.

Labroperca Gill [T. N.] 1862:236 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14; ref. 1664] Fem. Serranus labriformis Jenyns 1840. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793 -- (Smith 1971:103 [ref. 14102], Daget & Smith 1986:301 [ref. 6204], Heemstra 1991:14 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:77 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:69 [ref. 21042], Kottelat 2013:326 [ref. 32989], Parenti & Randall 2020:60 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793. Epinephelidae.

Lioperca Gill [T. N.] 1862:236, 237 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14; ref. 1664] Fem. Serranus inermis Valenciennes 1833. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793, subgenus Dermatolepis Gill 1861 -- (Smith 1971:157 [ref. 14102]). •Synonym of Dermatolepis Gill 1861 -- (Randall & Heemstra 1991:75 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:64 [ref. 21042], Parenti & Randall 2020:58 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Dermatolepis Gill 1861. Epinephelidae.

Macrops Duméril [A. M. C.] 1856:279 [Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences : tirés des registres de cette Académie. v. 27 (no. 1); ref. 1154] Masc. Serranus aculeatus [oculatus] Cuvier 1828. Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Macrops Wagler 1830 in Reptilia, Macrops Burmeister 1835 in Hemiptera, and Macrops Kirby 1837 in Coleoptera. Species given by Duméril as aculeatus by error for oculatus (with clear citation to page and plate in Cuvier & Valenciennes). •Objective synonym of Elastoma Swainson 1839 and Hesperanthias Lowe 1843. •Synonym of Etelis Cuvier 1828 -- (Allen 1985:24 [ref. 6843]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Etelis Cuvier 1828. Lutjanidae: Etelinae.

Menephorus Poey [F.] 1871:50 [Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York v. 10 (no. 1-3) (art. 3); ref. 3506] Masc. Serranus dubius Poey 1860. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Apparently based on a hybrid (see Heemstra & Randall 1993:26 [ref. 21042]). •Based on a hybrid specimen; synonym of Paranthias Guichenot 1868 -- (Smith 1966:1 [ref. 29777], Randall & Justin 2008:157 [ref. 29942]). •Synonym of Paranthias Guichenot 1868 -- (Parenti & Randall 2020:90 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Paranthias Guichenot 1868. Epinephelidae.

Mentiperca Gill [T. N.] 1862:236 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14; ref. 1664] Fem. Serranus luciopercanus Poey 1852. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Serranus Cuvier 1816, but a valid subgenus -- (Iwamoto & Wirtz 2018:35 [ref 36189]). •Synonym of Serranus Cuvier 1816 -- (Johnson & Smith-Vaniz 1987:53 [ref. 9235], Parenti & Randall 2020:122 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Serranus Cuvier 1816. Serranidae.

Merou (subgenus of Serranus) Bonaparte [C. L.] (ex Cuvier) 1831:167 [Saggio di una distribuzione metodica degli animali vertebrati; ref. 4978] Masc. Perca gigas Brünnich 1768. Type by subsequent designation. Treated as masculine, Art. 30.3. Appeared as a section under Serranus as "2. Merou, Cuv. (Holocentrum, Bodianus, Lutjanus, ....Gymnocephalus, Bl.) Tutt'i mari. 98 [= species]". Probably not available from Bonaparte. Type as given by Jordan 1919:175 [ref. 2410]. •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793 -- (Heemstra 1991:14 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:77 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:69 [ref. 21042], Kottelat 2013:326 [ref. 32989], Parenti & Randall 2020:59 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793. Epinephelidae.

Mycteroperca Gill [T. N.] 1862:236 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14; ref. 1664] Fem. Serranus olfax Jenyns 1840. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Mycteroperca Gill 1862 -- (Smith 1971:171 [ref. 14102], Tortonese 1973:360 [ref. 7192], Kendall 1984:500 [ref. 13663], Heemstra 1991:46 [ref. 19323], Heemstra & Randall 1993:256 [ref. 21042], Baldwin & Johnson 1993:251 [ref. 27443], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:262 [ref. 24550], Craig et al. 2001:126 [ref. 26133], Heemstra et al. 2003:1314 [ref. 27060], Craig & Hastings 2007:17 [ref. 29046], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:42 [ref. 36649], Craig et al. 2011:291 [ref. 31786], Ma & Craig 2018:451 [ref. 36100], Parenti & Randall 2020:87 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Mycteroperca Gill 1862. Epinephelidae.

Neanthias Norman [J. R.] 1931:354 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 10) v. 7 (no. 40); ref. 3220] Masc. Neanthias accraensis Norman 1931. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Novanthias Whitley 1937 is an unneeded replacement, not preoccupied by Neoanthias Castelnau 1879. Misspelled Neoanthias in Zoological Record for 1879. •Synonym of Serranus Cuvier 1816 -- (Parenti & Randall 2020:122 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Serranus Cuvier 1816. Serranidae.

Novanthias Whitley [G. P.] 1937:122 [Memoirs of the Queensland Museum v. 11 (pt 2); ref. 4689] Masc. Neanthias accraensis Norman 1931. Type by being a replacement name. Unneeded replacement for Neanthias Norman 1931, not preoccupied by Neanthias (Rye 1881, in Index to Zoological Record for 1879, an incorrect subsequent spelling of Neoanthias Castelnau). •Synonym of Serranus Cuvier 1816 -- (Parenti & Randall 2020:122 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Serranus Cuvier 1816. Serranidae.

Paracentropristis Klunzinger [C. B.] 1884:16 [Die Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 2625] Fem. Labrus hepatus Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy. Paracentropristes as used by Jordan 1919:358 [ref. 4904] is an incorrect subsequent spelling. •Synonym of Serranus Cuvier 1816, but a valid subgenus Paracentropristis -- (Klausewitz 1989:261 [ref. 13650], Iwamoto & Wirtz 2018:4 [ref. 36189]). •Synonym of Serranus Cuvier 1816 -- (Tortonese 1973:355 [ref. 7192], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:267 [ref. 24550], Parenti & Randall 2020:122 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Serranus Cuvier 1816. Serranidae.

Paranthias (subgenus of Anthias) Guichenot [A.] 1868:87 [Annales de la Société Linnéenne du Département de Maine-et-Loire v. 10; ref. 1936] Masc. Serranus furcifer Valenciennes 1828. Type by monotypy. See also Craig et al. 2001:127 [ref. 26133] and Craig & Hastings 2007:8 [ref. 29046]. •Synonym of Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider 1801-- (Craig & Hastings 2007:8 [ref. 29046]). •Valid as Paranthias Guichenot 1868 -- (Smith 1971:84 [ref. 14102], Randall et al. 1989:417 [ref. 12737], Kendall 1984:500 [ref. 13663], Heemstra 1991:55 [ref. 19323], Heemstra & Randall 1993:281 [ref. 21042], Baldwin & Johnson 1993:251 [ref. 27443], Heemstra et al. 2003:1312 [ref. 27060], Randall & Justin 2008:157 [ref. 29942], Craig et al. 2011:326 [ref. 31786], Ma & Craig 2018:453 [ref. 36100], Parenti & Randall 2020:90 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Paranthias Guichenot 1868. Epinephelidae.

Parepinephelus Bleeker [P.] 1874:3 [Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Amsterdam) v. 14 (art. 2); ref. 5110] Masc. Serranus acutirostris Valenciennes 1828. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Mycteroperca Gill 1862 -- (Smith 1971:171 [ref. 14102], Heemstra 1991:15 [ref. 19323], Heemstra & Randall 1993:256 [ref. 21042], Parenti & Randall 2020:87 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Mycteroperca Gill 1862. Epinephelidae.

Petrometopon Gill [T. N.] 1865:105 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 17; ref. 1710] Neut. Serranus guttatus of Poey (= Sparus cruentatus Lacepède 1803). Type by monotypy. Type given as Serranus guttatus Poey, apparently a subsequent identification and not an original description; possibly goes back to Perca guttata Linnaeus, or based on a misidentified type species. Fowler (MS) gives type as above. •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793, subgenus Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Smith 1971:92 [ref. 14102]). •Synonym of Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Heemstra 1991:9 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:25 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:25 [ref. 21042], Kottelat 2013:326 [ref. 32989], Parenti & Randall 2020:50 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider 1801. Epinephelidae.

Prionodes Jenyns [L.] 1840:46 [The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle; ref. 2344] Masc. Prionodes fasciatus Jenyns 1840. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Serranus Cuvier 1816, but a valid subgenus -- (Iwamoto & Wirtz 2018:35 [ref 36189]). •Synonym of Serranus Cuvier 1816 -- (Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:267 [ref. 24550], Parenti & Randall 2020:122 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Serranus Cuvier 1816. Serranidae.

Promicrops Poey [F.] (ex Gill) 1868:287 [Repertorio Fisico-Natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3505] Masc. Serranus guasa Poey 1860. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Promicrops Poey 1868 -- (Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:132 [ref. 6441]). •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793, but a valid subgenus Promicrops -- (Smith 1971:152 [ref. 14102], Kendall 1984:501 [ref. 13663], Baldwin & Johnson 1993:251 [ref. 27443]). •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793 -- (Heemstra & Randall 1986:520 [ref. 5667], Heemstra 1991:14 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:77 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:69 [ref. 21042], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:263 [ref. 24550], Kottelat 2013:326 [ref. 32989], Parenti & Randall 2020:60 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793. Epinephelidae.

Rooseveltia Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] in Jordan & Seale 1906:265 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Fem. Serranus brighami Seale 1901. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Pristipomoides Bleeker 1852 -- (Allen 1985:141 [ref. 6843], Akazaki & Iwatsuki 1987:326 [ref. 6699], but with type as R. aloha Jordan & Snyder). Current status: Synonym of Pristipomoides Bleeker 1852. Lutjanidae: Etelinae.

Schistorus Gill [T. N.] 1862:236, 237 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14; ref. 1664] Masc. Serranus mystacinus Poey 1852. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793 -- (Smith 1971:103 [ref. 14102], Daget & Smith 1986:301 [ref. 6204], Heemstra 1991:14 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:77 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:69 [ref. 21042], Kottelat 2013:326 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Hyporthodus Gill 1861 -- (Parenti & Randall 2020:83 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Hyporthodus Gill 1861. Epinephelidae.

Serranellus (subgenus of Serranus) Jordan [D. S.] in Jordan & Eigenmann 1890:399, 404 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 8 (art. 9) (for 1888); ref. 2440] Masc. Perca scriba Linnaeus 1758. Type by original designation. Type designated on p. 399; two included species on p. 404. •Synonym of Serranus Cuvier 1816 -- (Tortonese 1973:355 [ref. 7192], Parenti & Randall 2020:122 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Serranus Cuvier 1816. Serranidae.

Serranichthys Bleeker [P.] 1855:344 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 8 (no. 2); ref. 349] Masc. Serranus altivelis Valenciennes 1828. Type by monotypy. •Objective synonym of Cromileptes Swainson 1839 -- (Randall & Heemstra 1991:72 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:63 [ref. 21042], Kottelat 2013:326 [ref. 32989]. •As Chromileptes Swainson 1839 -- Parenti & Randall 2020:58 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Chromileptes Swainson 1839. Epinephelidae.

Serranus Cuvier [G.] 1816:276 [Le Règne Animal; ref. 993] Masc. Perca cabrilla Linnaeus 1758. Type designated by ICZN; on Official List (Opinion 93). •Valid as Serranus Cuvier 1816 -- (Tortonese 1973:355 [ref. 7192], Kendall 1984:500 [ref. 13663], Heemstra & Randall 1986:536 [ref. 5667], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:267 [ref. 24550], Heemstra et al. 2003:1316 [ref. 27060], Parin 2003:S3 [ref. 28536], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:42 [ref. 36649], Carvalho-Filho & Ferreira 2013:809 [ref. 33030], Gill 2014:599 [ref. 33487], Parin et al. 2014:353 [ref. 33547], Williams & Carpenter 2015:287 [ref. 33647], Wirtz & Iwamoto 2016:191 [ref. 34418], Robertson et al. 2017:85 [ref. 35676], Fricke et al. 2018:158 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:66 [ref. 36273], Iwamoto & Wirtz 2018:3 [ref. 36189], Brown et al. 2019:177 [ref. 36444], Parenti & Randall 2020:122 [ref. 37354], Vella et al. 2021:120 [ref. 38149]). Current status: Valid as Serranus Cuvier 1816. Serranidae.

Triso Randall [J. E.], Johnson [G. D.] & Lowe [G. R.] 1989:415 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 35 (no. 4); ref. 12737] Masc. Serranus dermopterus Temminck & Schlegel 1843. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Hyporthodus Gill 1861 -- (Ma & Craig 2018:453 [ref. 36100]). •Valid as Triso Randall, Johnson & Lowe 1989 -- (Randall & Heemstra 1991:300 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:300 [ref. 21042], Baldwin & Johnson 1993:251 [ref. 27443], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2447 [ref. 24815], Hoese et al. 2006:1023 [ref. 28999], Craig & Hastings 2007:17 [ref. 29046], Craig et al. 2011:350 [ref. 31786], Parenti & Randall 2020:93 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Triso Randall, Johnson & Lowe 1989. Epinephelidae.

Uriphaeton (subgenus of Eteles) Swainson [W.] 1839:168, 202 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Masc. Serranus phaeton Valenciennes 1828. Type by monotypy. A made-up fish, a Cephalopholis with the tail of a Fistularia attached (see Bleeker 1875:31, footnote [ref. 4861], also Jordan 1919:198 [ref. 2410]). Kottelat (2013) has a different type. •In the synonymy of Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (see Heemstra & Randall 1993:26 [ref. 21042], Kottelat 2013:325 [ref. 32989], Parenti & Randall 2020:50 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider 1801. Epinephelidae.

Variola (subgenus of Serranus) Swainson [W.] 1839:168, 202 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Fem. Variola longipinna Swainson 1839 (= Perca louti Forsskål 1775). Type by monotypy. Swainson's V. longipinna apparently is an unneeded substitute for S. louti of Rüppell which is Perca louti Forsskål 1775. •Valid as Variola Swainson 1839 -- (Kendall 1984:500 [ref. 13663], Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:126 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:500 [ref. 12442], Randall & Heemstra 1991:302 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:301 [ref. 21042], Baldwin & Johnson 1993:251 [ref. 27443], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2446 [ref. 24815], Hoese et al. 2006:1024 [ref. 28999], Craig & Hastings 2007:17 [ref. 29046], Motomura in Motomura & Satapoomin 2009:95 [ref. 30492], Craig et al. 2011:352 [ref. 31786], Motomura et al. 2017:92 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:158 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:67 [ref. 36273], Ma & Craig 2018:452 [ref. 36100], Fricke et al. 2019:126 [ref. 36673], Parenti & Randall 2020:94 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Variola Swainson 1839. Epinephelidae.

Vivero (subgenus of Epinephelus) Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1927:505 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 16 (no. 15); ref. 2453] Masc. Serranus morio Valenciennes 1828. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793 -- (Smith 1971:103 [ref. 14102], Daget & Smith 1986:301 [ref. 6204], Heemstra 1991:15 [ref. 19323], Randall & Heemstra 1991:77 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:69 [ref. 21042], Kottelat 2013:327 [ref. 32989], Parenti & Randall 2020:60 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus Bloch 1793. Epinephelidae.