popino, Cephalopholis Walford [L. A.] 1936:3 [Occasional Papers of the Santa Barbara Museum v. 4; ref. 13272] Mazatlán, Sinaloa, western Mexico. Holotype: USNM 100979. Paratypes: USNM 80257 (1). •Valid as Cephalopholis popino Walford 1936 -- (Hiyama in Kumada 1937:38 [ref. 39147]). •Synonym of Epinephelus acanthistius (Gilbert 1892) -- (Heemstra & Randall 1993:102 [ref. 21042], Heemstra in Fischer et al. 1995:1590 [ref. 22830]). •Synonym of Hyporthodus acanthistius (Gilbert 1892) -- (Parenti & Randall 2020:84 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Hyporthodus acanthistius (Gilbert 1892). Epinephelidae. Habitat: marine.