phaeostigmaeus, Serranus Fowler [H. W.] 1907:255, Fig. 2 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 59; ref. 1376] Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: ANSP 13463. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:156 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Epinephelus lanceolatus (Bloch 1790) -- (Randall & Heemstra 1991:176 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:174 [ref. 21042], Mundy 2005:347 [ref. 28379], Kottelat 2013:327 [ref. 32989], Parenti & Randall 2020:72 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Epinephelus lanceolatus (Bloch 1790). Epinephelidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.