truncatus, Epinephelus Katayama [M.] 1957:158, Fig. 4 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 6 (nos 4-6); ref. 12079] Torishima, Izu Islands, Japan. Holotype: NSMT-P 18222 [ex Katayama's Fish Coll. No. 1940]. Paratypes: Katayama Fish Coll. 1941 (1). •Valid as Epinephelus truncatus Katayama 1957 -- (Kyushin et al. 1977:220 [ref. 19756], Kyushin et al. 1982:181 [ref. 19754], Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:129 [ref. 6441], Chen et al. 1997:51 [ref. 26476]). •Synonym of Epinephelus retouti Bleeker 1868 -- (Randall & Heemstra 1986:51 [ref. 9721], Lee 1990:53 [ref. 19830], Randall & Heemstra 1991:245 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:224 [ref. 21042], Randall 1995:135 [ref. 22896], Heemstra & Randall 1999:2520 [ref. 24815], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:610 [ref. 25122], Randall 2005:162 [ref. 28239], Hata & Motomura 2016:2 [ref. 35078], Parenti & Randall 2020:79 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus retouti Bleeker 1868. Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.