Life Pisces Actinopterygii Perciformes Serranidae Epinephelinae

• Epinephelus adscensionis Robins & Ray, 1986

  • Trachinus adscensionis Osbeck, 1765; (valid as)
  • Holocentrus maculatus Bloch, 1790; (valid as)
  • Perca maculata Bloch, 1792; (synonym)
  • Perca stellio Walbaum, 1792; (synonym)
  • Trachinus osbeck Lacep¨de, 1800; (synonym)
  • Perca maculata Bloch & Schneider, 1801; (valid as)
  • Holocentrus albo-fuscus Lacep¨de, 1802; (misspelling)
  • Holocentrus albofuscus Lacep¨de, 1802; (synonym)
  • Sparus atlanticus Lacep¨de, 1802; (synonym)
  • Holocentrus bicolor Shaw, 1803; (synonym)
  • Perca maculata Parkinson, 1828; (unavailable, manuscript name)
  • Serranus nigriculus Valenciennes, 1828; (synonym)
  • Serranus pixanga Valenciennes, 1828; (synonym)
  • Serranus nigriceps Valenciennes, 1830; (synonym)
  • Serranus impetiginosus Mìller & Troschel, 1848; (synonym)
  • Serranus sebae Bleeker, 1854; (synonym)
  • Plectropoma kulas Thiolli¨re, 1857; (synonym)
  • Serranus capreolus Poey, 1860; (synonym)
  • Serranus varius Bocourt, 1868; (synonym)
  • Serranus medurensis Gìnther, 1873; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus maculatus Katayama, 1984
  • Epinephelus maculatus Heemstra & Randall, 1993; (synonym)
• Epinephelus aeneus Tortonese, 1973

  • Serranus aeneus Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1817; (valid as)
• Epinephelus akaara Katayama, 1984

  • Serranus aka-ara Temminck & Schlegel, 1842; (misspelling)
  • Serranus akaara Temminck & Schlegel, 1842; (valid as)
  • Serranus shihpan Richardson, 1846; (synonym)
  • Serranus variegatus Richardson, 1846; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus ionthas Jordan & Metz, 1913; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus lobotoides Nichols, 1913; (synonym)
• Epinephelus albomarginatus Boulenger, 1903
• Epinephelus amblycephalus Kyushin et al., 1977

  • Serranus amblycephalus Bleeker, 1857; (valid as)
• Epinephelus analogus Gill, 1863

  • Serranus courtadei Bocourt, 1868; (synonym)
• Epinephelus andersoni Boulenger, 1903
• Epinephelus areolatus Kyushin et al., 1977

  • Perca areolata Forssk¥l, 1775; (valid as)
  • Bodianus melanurus Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1817; (synonym)
  • Serranus angularis Valenciennes, 1828; (synonym)
  • Serranus awo-ara Temminck & Schlegel, 1842; (synonym)
  • Serranus awoara Temminck & Schlegel, 1842; (synonym)
  • Serranus celebicus Bleeker, 1851; (synonym)
  • Serranus waandersii Bleeker, 1858-59; (synonym)
  • Serranus glaucus Day, 1871; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus craspedurus Jordan & Richardson, 1910; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus angularis Dor, 1984; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus awoara Katayama, 1984; (synonym)
• ?Epinephelus argus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
• Epinephelus bilobatus Randall & Allen, 1987
• Epinephelus bleekeri Kyushin et al., 1977

  • Epinephelus dayi Bleeker, 1875; (1 homonym)
  • Epinephelus dayi Bleeker, 1875; (synonym)
  • Serranus bleekeri Vaillant, 1878; (valid as)
  • Serranus coromandelicus Day, 1878; (replacement)
  • Serranus coromandelicus Day, 1878; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus albimaculatus Seale, 1910; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus albimuculatus Seale, 1910; (misspelling)
• Epinephelus bontoides Lee, 1990

  • Serranus bontoides Bleeker, 1855; (valid as)
  • Serranus bonto¯des Bleeker, 1855; (misspelling)
• Epinephelus bruneus Bloch, 1793

  • Holocentrus fuscus Lacep¨de, 1802; (synonym)
  • Holocentrus testudineus Shaw, 1803; (synonym)
  • Holocentrus testudineus Shaw, 1803; (unneeded replacement)
  • Serranus mo-ara Temminck & Schlegel, 1842; (synonym)
  • Serranus moara Temminck & Schlegel, 1842; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus moara Katayama, 1984; (synonym)
• Epinephelus caninus Tortonese, 1973

  • Serranus caninus Valenciennes, 1843; (valid as)
• Epinephelus chabaudi Heemstra & Randall, 1986

  • Serranus chabaudi Castelnau, 1861; (valid as)
  • Epinephelus modestus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1909; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus clarkei Smith, 1958; (synonym)
• Epinephelus chlorocephalus Randall & Heemstra, 1991

  • Serranus chlorocephalus Valenciennes, 1830; (valid as)
• Epinephelus chlorostigma Kyushin et al., 1977

  • Serranus chlorostigma Valenciennes, 1828; (valid as)
  • Serranus areolatus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1842; (synonym)
  • Serranus reevesii Richardson, 1846; (synonym)
  • Serranus geoffroyi Klunzinger, 1870; (synonym)
  • Serranus celebicus var. multipunctatus Kossmann & R¤uber, 1877; (synonym)
  • Serranus assabensis Giglioli, 1889; (synonym)
• Epinephelus cifuentesi Lavenberg & Grove, 1993
• Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus Dor, 1984

  • Holocentrus coeruleo-punctatus Bloch, 1790; (misspelling)
  • Holocentrus coeruleopunctatus Bloch, 1790; (valid as)
  • Serranus alboguttatus Valenciennes, 1828; (synonym)
  • Serranus dermochirus Valenciennes, 1830; (synonym)
  • Serranus hoevenii Bleeker, 1849; (synonym)
  • Serranus kunhardtii Bleeker, 1851; (synonym)
  • Serranus flavoguttatus Peters, 1855; (synonym)
  • Holocentrus coeruleopunctatus Kyushin et al., 1977; (valid as)
  • Epinephelus caeruleopunctatus Kyushin et al., 1990; (misspelling)
• Epinephelus coioides Heemstra, 1991

  • Bola coioides Hamilton, 1822; (valid as)
  • Serranus nebulosus Valenciennes, 1828; (synonym)
  • Serranus suillus Valenciennes, 1828; (synonym)
  • Homalogrystes guntheri Alleyne & Macleay, 1877; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus suillus Heemstra & Randall, 1986; (synonym)
• Epinephelus corallicola Katayama, 1984

  • Serranus corallicola Valenciennes (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt), 1828; (valid as)
  • Serranus altivelioides Bleeker, 1849; (synonym)
• Epinephelus costae

  • Plectropoma fasciatus Costa, 1844; (2 homonym)
  • Plectropoma fasciatus Costa, 1844; (synonym)
  • Serranus costae Steindachner, 1878; (valid as)
  • Cerna chrysotaenia Dæderlein, 1882; (synonym)
  • Cerna catalonia Gilbert, 1913; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus zaslavskii Poll, 1949; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus costae Heemstra, 1991; (valid as)
• Epinephelus cruentatus

  • Sparus cruentatus Lacep¨de, 1802; (valid as)
  • Serranus coronatus Valenciennes, 1828; (synonym)
  • Serranus apiarius Poey, 1860; (synonym)
  • Bodianus stellatus Blosser, 1909; (synonym)
  • Cephalopholis cruentata Matsuura, 1983; (valid as)
  • Epinephelus cruentatus Robins & Ray, 1986; (valid as)
• Epinephelus cyanopodus Paxton et al., 1989

  • Serranus cyanopodus Richardson, 1846; (valid as)
  • Serranus hoedtii Bleeker, 1855; (synonym)
  • Serranus punctatissimus Gìnther, 1859; (synonym)
  • Homalogrystes luctuosus De Vis, 1882; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus suitonis Tanaka, 1915; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus kohleri Schultz, 1953; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus hoedtii Katayama, 1984; (synonym)
• Epinephelus daemelii Paxton et al., 1989

  • Serranus daemelii Gìnther, 1876; (valid as)
  • Serranus d¤melii Gìnther, 1876; (misspelling)
  • Epinephelus forsythi Whitley, 1937; (synonym)
• Epinephelus darwinensis Randall & Heemstra, 1991
• Epinephelus diacanthus Katayama, 1984

  • Serranus diacanthus Valenciennes, 1828; (valid as)
  • Epinephelus dayi Bleeker, 1874; (synonym)
• Epinephelus drummondhayi Goode & Bean, 1878

  • Epinephelus drummond-hayi Goode & Bean, 1878; (misspelling)
• Epinephelus epistictus Dor, 1984

  • Serranus epistictus Temminck & Schlegel, 1842; (valid as)
  • Serranus praeopercularis Boulenger, 1888; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus stigmogrammacus Cheng & Yang, 1983; (synonym)
• Epinephelus ergastularius

  • Epinephelus ergastularius Whitley, 1930; (valid as)
  • Schistorus ergastularius Whitley, 1930; (valid as)
  • Epinephelus ergastularius Randall & Heemstra, 1991; (valid as)
• Epinephelus erythrurus Randall & Heemstra, 1991

  • Serranus erythrurus Valenciennes, 1828; (valid as)
  • Epinephelus townsendi Boulenger, 1898; (synonym)
• Epinephelus exsul Heemstra & Randall, 1993

  • Serrihastaperca exsul Fowler, 1944; (valid as)
• Epinephelus fario Katayama, 1984

  • Perca fario Thunberg, 1793; (valid as)
• Epinephelus fasciatomaculosus

  • Serranus fasciatomaculosus Peters, 1865; (valid as)
  • Epinephelus fasciatomaculatus Katayama, 1984; (valid as)
  • Epinephelus fasciatomaculosus Randall & Heemstra, 1991; (valid as)
• Epinephelus fasciatus Kyushin et al., 1977

  • Epinephelus marginatus; (synonym)
  • Perca fasciata Forssk¥l, 1775; (valid as)
  • Perca fasciata Houttuyn, 1782; (1 HOMONYM)
  • Perca fasciata Houttuyn, 1782; (forgotten name)
  • Epinephelus marginalis Bloch, 1793; (synonym)
  • Holocentrus erythraeus Bloch & Schneider, 1801; (synonym)
  • Holocentrus erythraeus Bloch & Schneider, 1801; (unneeded replacement)
  • Holocentrus forskael Lacep¨de, 1802; (synonym, objective)
  • Holocentrus marginatus Lacep¨de, 1802; (synonym)
  • Holocentrus oceanicus Lacep¨de, 1802; (synonym)
  • Holocentrus rosmarus Lacep¨de, 1802; (synonym)
  • Serranus alexandrinus Valenciennes, 1828; (synonym)
  • Serranus variolosus Valenciennes, 1828; (synonym)
  • Serranus tsirimen-ara Temminck & Schlegel, 1842; (misspelling)
  • Serranus tsirimenara Temminck & Schlegel, 1842; (synonym)
  • Perca maculata Forster, 1844; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus retouti Bleeker, 1868; (synonym)
  • Serranus cruentus De Vis, 1884; (synonym)
  • Serranus geometricus De Vis, 1884; (synonym)
  • Serranus subfasciatus De Vis, 1884; (synonym)
  • Serranus subfasciatus De Vis, 1884; (valid, uncertain)
  • Epinephelus zapyrus Seale, 1906; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus emoryi Schultz, 1953; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus truncatus Katayama, 1957; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus mauritianus Baissac, 1962; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus alexandrinus Tortonese, 1973; (synonym)
• Epinephelus faveatus

  • Serranus bontoo Valenciennes, 1828; (synonym)
  • Serranus faveatus Valenciennes, 1828; (valid as)
  • Epinephelus faveatus Heemstra & Randall, 1986; (valid as)
• Epinephelus flavocaeruleus Kyushin et al., 1977

  • Bodianus macrocephalus Lacep¨de, 1802; (synonym)
  • Holocentrus flavo-caeruleus Lacep¨de, 1802; (misspelling)
  • Holocentrus flavocaeruleus Lacep¨de, 1802; (valid as)
  • Holocentrus gymnosus Lacep¨de, 1802; (synonym)
  • Serranus borbonicus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824; (synonym)
  • Perca flavo-purpureus Bennett, 1830; (misspelling)
  • Perca flavopurpureus Bennett, 1830; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus flavocoeruleum var. xanthometopon Bleeker, 1873; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus flavocoeruleus var. melanometopon Bleeker, 1873; (synonym)
• Epinephelus flavolimbatus Poey, 1865
• Epinephelus fulvus

  • Labrus fulvus Linnaeus, 1758; (valid as)
  • Cephalopholis fulva Matsuura, 1983; (valid as)
  • Epinephelus fulvus Robins & Ray, 1986; (valid as)
• Epinephelus fuscoguttatus Kyushin et al., 1977

  • Perca summana var. fusco-guttata Forssk¥l, 1775; (misspelling)
  • Perca summana var. fuscoguttata Forssk¥l, 1775; (valid as)
  • Serranus horridus Valenciennes (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt), 1828; (synonym)
  • Serranus taeniocheirus Valenciennes, 1830; (synonym)
  • Serranus lutra Valenciennes, 1832; (synonym)
• Epinephelus gabriellae Randall & Heemstra, 1991
• Epinephelus goreensis Heemstra, 1991

  • Serranus goreensis Valenciennes, 1830; (valid as)
• Epinephelus guaza Heemstra, 1991

  • Epinephelus guaza Linnaeus, 1758; (valid as)
  • Labrus gvaza Linnaeus, 1758; (unavailable, no features)
  • Perca gigas Brìnnich, 1768; (synonym)
  • Holocentrus merou Lacep¨de, 1802; (synonym)
  • Merou gigas Bonaparte (ex Cuvier), 1831; (synonym)
  • Perca robusta Couch, 1832; (synonym)
  • Cerna gigas Bonaparte, 1833; (synonym)
  • Serranus marginatus Lowe, 1834; (synonym)
  • Serranus fimbriatus Lowe, 1838; (unneeded replacement)
  • Serranus aspersus Jenyns, 1840; (synonym)
  • Serranus cernioides Capello, 1867; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus brachysoma Cope, 1871; (synonym)
  • Merus gigas Poey (ex Cuvier), 1871; (synonym)
• Epinephelus guttatus Robins & Ray, 1986

  • Perca guttata Linnaeus, 1758; (valid as)
  • Holocentrus punctatus Bloch, 1790; (synonym)
  • Lutianus lunulatus Bloch & Schneider (ex Parra), 1801; (synonym)
  • Serranus arara Valenciennes, 1828; (synonym)
  • Serranus catus Valenciennes, 1828; (synonym)
  • Serranus maculosus Valenciennes, 1828; (synonym)
  • Serranus arara Poey, 1860; (valid as)
  • Epinephelus cubanus Poey, 1865; (synonym)
  • Serranus stathouderi Vaillant & Bocourt, 1878; (synonym)
• Epinephelus haifensis Ben-Tuvia, 1953

  • Cerna sicana Dæderlein, 1882; (misspelling)
• Epinephelus heniochus Fowler, 1904

  • Epinephelus hata Katayama, 1953; (synonym)
• Epinephelus hexagonatus

  • Holocentrus hexagonatus Forster, 1801; (valid as)
  • Serranus parkinsonii Valenciennes, 1828; (synonym)
  • Serranus stellans Richardson, 1842; (synonym)
  • Serranus stellans Richardson, 1842; (valid, uncertain)
  • Epinephelus hexagonatus Katayama, 1984; (valid as)
  • Serranus hexagonatus Dor, 1984; (valid as)
• Epinephelus howlandi Randall & Heemstra, 1991

  • Serranus howlandi Gìnther, 1873; (valid as)
  • Epinephelus spilotus Schultz, 1953; (synonym)
• Epinephelus indistinctus Randall & Heemstra, 1991
• Epinephelus inermis

  • Serranus inermis Valenciennes, 1833; (valid as)
  • Lioperca inermis Gill, 1862; (valid as)
  • Dermatolepis zanclus Evermann & Kendall, 1898; (synonym)
  • Dermatolepis marmoratus Osburn & Mowbray, 1915; (synonym)
  • Dermatolepis inermis Matsuura, 1983; (valid as)
  • Epinephelus inermis Robins & Ray, 1986; (valid as)
• Epinephelus irroratus Randall & Wheeler, 1991

  • Perca var. irrorata Forster, 1801; (valid as)
  • Serranus spiniger Gìnther, 1859; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus albopunctulatus Boulenger, 1895; (synonym)
• Epinephelus itajara Robins & Ray, 1986

  • Serranus itajara Lichtenstein, 1822; (valid as)
  • Serranus mentzelii Valenciennes, 1828; (synonym)
  • Serranus galeus Mìller & Troschel, 1848; (synonym)
  • Serranus guasa Poey, 1860; (synonym)
  • Promicrops guasa Poey (ex Gill), 1868; (synonym)
  • Serranus quinquefasciatus Bocourt, 1868; (synonym)
  • Promicrops esonue Ehrenbaum, 1915; (synonym)
  • Promicrops ditobo Roux & Collignon, 1954; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus esonue Smith, 1990; (synonym)
• Epinephelus labriformis Heemstra & Randall, 1993

  • Serranus labriformis Jenyns, 1840; (valid as)
  • Epinephelus sellicauda Gill, 1862; (synonym)
  • Labroperca labriformis Gill, 1862; (valid as)
  • Epinephelus ordinatus Cope, 1871; (synonym)
• Epinephelus lanceolatus

  • Holocentrus lanceolatus Bloch, 1790; (valid as)
  • Serranus geographicus Valenciennes (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt), 1828; (synonym)
  • Serranus abdominalis Peters, 1855; (synonym)
  • Batrachus gigas Gìnther, 1869; (synonym)
  • Oligorus terrae-reginae Ramsay, 1880; (misspelling)
  • Oligorus terraereginae Ramsay, 1880; (synonym)
  • Oligorus goliath De Vis, 1882; (2 homonym)
  • Oligorus goliath De Vis, 1882; (synonym)
  • Phrynotitan gigas Gill, 1885; (synonym)
  • Serranus phaeostigmaeus Fowler, 1907; (synonym)
  • Stereolepoides thompsoni Fowler, 1923; (synonym)
  • Promicrops lanceolatus Katayama, 1984; (valid as)
  • Epinephelus lanceolatus Heemstra & Randall, 1986; (valid as)
• Epinephelus latifasciatus Dor, 1984

  • Serranus latifasciatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1842; (valid as)
  • Priacanthichthys maderaspatensis Day, 1868; (synonym)
  • Serranus grammicus Day, 1868; (synonym)
• Epinephelus lebretonianus Randall & Heemstra, 1991

  • Serranus lebretonianus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853; (valid as)
• Epinephelus longispinis Heemstra & Randall, 1986

  • Serranus longispinis Kner, 1864; (valid as)
• Epinephelus macrospilos Katayama, 1984

  • Serranus macrospilos Bleeker, 1855; (valid as)
  • Serranus cylindricus Gìnther, 1859; (synonym)
• Epinephelus magniscuttis Postel, Fourmanoir & Gu©z©, 1963

  • Epinephelus pseudomorrhua Postel, Fournamoir & Gu©z©, 1963; (synonym)
• Epinephelus malabaricus Kyushin et al., 1977

  • Holocentrus malabaricus Bloch & Schneider, 1801; (valid as)
  • Holocentrus salmoides Lacep¨de, 1802; (synonym)
  • Holocentrus salmo¯des Lacep¨de, 1802; (synonym)
  • Serranus salmonoides Valenciennes, 1828; (unavailable, in synonymy)
  • Serranus salmonoides Valenciennes, 1828; (unjustified emendation)
  • Serranus semi-punctatus Valenciennes, 1828; (misspelling)
  • Serranus semipunctatus Valenciennes, 1828; (synonym)
  • Serranus crapao Cuvier, 1829; (synonym)
  • Serranus polypodophilus Bleeker, 1849; (synonym)
  • Serranus estuarius Macleay, 1883; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus cylindricus Postel, 1965; (2 homonym)
  • Epinephelus cylindricus Postel, 1965; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus salmonoides Katayama, 1984; (synonym)
• Epinephelus melanostigma Schultz, 1953
• Epinephelus merra Bloch, 1793
• Epinephelus miliaris Heemstra & Randall, 1986

  • Serranus gaimardi Valenciennes, 1830; (synonym)
  • Serranus miliaris Valenciennes, 1830; (valid as)
  • Serranus diktiophorus Bleeker, 1856; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus fuscus Fourmanoir, 1961; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus gaimardi Kyushin et al., 1977; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus dictyophorus Katayama, 1984; (synonym)
• Epinephelus morio Matsuura, 1983

  • Serranus morio Valenciennes, 1828; (valid as)
  • Serranus erythrogaster DeKay, 1842; (synonym)
  • Serranus luridus Ranzani, 1842; (synonym)
  • Serranus remotus Poey, 1860; (synonym)
  • Serranus angustifrons Steindachner, 1864; (synonym)
  • Vivero morio Jordan & Evermann, 1927; (valid as)
• Epinephelus morrhua Kyushin et al., 1977

  • Serranus morrhua Valenciennes, 1833; (valid as)
  • Hyposerranus morrhua Klunzinger, 1884; (valid as)
  • Epinephelus cometae Tanaka, 1927; (synonym)
• Epinephelus multinotatus Heemstra & Randall, 1986

  • Serranus multinotatus Peters, 1876; (valid as)
  • Serranus jayakari Boulenger, 1889; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus rankini Whitley, 1945; (synonym)
  • Altiserranus jayakari Whitley, 1947; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus leprosus Smith, 1955; (synonym)
• Epinephelus mystacinus Katayama, 1984

  • Serranus mystacinus Poey, 1851; (valid as)
  • Schistorus mystacinus Gill, 1862; (valid as)
• Epinephelus nigritus Matsuura, 1983

  • Serranus nigritus Holbrook, 1855; (valid as)
  • Centropristis merus Poey, 1868; (synonym)
  • Garrupa nigrita Jordan, 1890; (valid as)
• Epinephelus niphobles Gilbert & Starks, 1897

  • Epinephelus peruanus Chirichigno F., 1963; (synonym)
• Epinephelus niveatus Eschmeyer & Herald, 1983

  • Serranus niveatus Valenciennes, 1828; (valid as)
  • Serranus margaritifer Gìnther, 1859; (synonym)
  • Serranus conspersus Poey, 1860; (synonym)
  • Hyporthodus flavicauda Gill, 1861; (synonym)
  • Alphestes scholanderi Walters, 1957; (synonym)
• Epinephelus octofasciatus Griffin, 1926

  • Epinephelus compressus Postel, Fourmanoir & Gu©z©, 1963; (synonym)
• Epinephelus ongus Heemstra & Randall, 1986

  • Holocentrus ongus Bloch, 1790; (valid as)
  • Serranus dichropterus Valenciennes, 1828; (synonym)
  • Serranus reticulatus Valenciennes (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt), 1828; (synonym)
  • Serranus tumilabris Valenciennes, 1828; (synonym)
  • Serranus bataviensis Bleeker, 1849; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus summana hostiaretis Whitley, 1954; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus slacksmithi Whitley, 1959; (synonym)
• Epinephelus panamensis

  • Serranus panamensis Steindachner, 1877; (valid as)
  • Epinephelus panamensis Heemstra & Randall, 1993; (valid as)
  • Cephalopholis panamensis Heemstra, 1995; (valid as)
• Epinephelus perplexus Randall, Hoese & Last, 1991

  • Epinephelus thompsoni Whitley, 1948; (2 homonym)
  • Epinephelus thompsoni Whitley, 1948; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus thompsoni Whitley, 1948; (valid, uncertain)
  • Epinephelus perplexus Randall, Hoese & Last, 1991; (replacement)
• Epinephelus poecilonotus Kyushin et al., 1977

  • Serranus poecilonotus Temminck & Schlegel, 1842; (valid as)
  • Serranus po«cilonotus Temminck & Schlegel, 1842; (misspelling)
• Epinephelus polylepis Randall & Heemstra, 1991
• Epinephelus polyphekadion Randall & Heemstra, 1991

  • Serranus polyphekadion Bleeker, 1849; (valid as)
  • Serranus goldmanni Bleeker, 1855; (synonym)
  • Serranus microdon Bleeker, 1856; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus microdon Dor, 1984; (synonym)
• Epinephelus polystigma Paxton et al., 1989

  • Serranus polystigma Bleeker, 1853; (valid as)
  • Serranus australis Castelnau, 1875; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus rahanus Popta, 1918; (synonym)
• Epinephelus posteli Fourmanoir & Crosnier, 1964
• Epinephelus quernus Seale, 1901
• Epinephelus quoyanus Paxton et al., 1989

  • Serranus quoyanus Valenciennes, 1830; (valid as)
  • Serranus gilberti Richardson, 1842; (synonym)
  • Serranus megachir Richardson, 1846; (synonym)
  • Serranus pardalis Bleeker, 1848; (synonym)
  • Perca melanocelidota Gronow, 1854; (synonym)
  • Serranus alatus Alleyne & Macleay, 1877; (synonym)
  • Serranus carinatus Alleyne & Macleay, 1877; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus megachir Katayama, 1984; (synonym)
• Epinephelus radiatus Heemstra & Randall, 1986

  • Serranus radiatus Day, 1868; (valid as)
  • Epinephelus doederleinii Franz, 1910; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus dæderleinii Franz, 1910; (misspelling)
• Epinephelus rivulatus Heemstra & Randall, 1986

  • Serranus rivulatus Valenciennes, 1830; (valid as)
  • Serranus rhyncholepis Bleeker, 1852; (synonym)
  • Serranus viridipinnis De Vis, 1884; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus grammatophorus Boulenger, 1903; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus raymondi Ogilby, 1908; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus matterni Fowler, 1918; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus homosinensis Whitley, 1944; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus spiramen Whitley, 1945; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus rhyncholepis Katayama, 1984; (synonym)
• Epinephelus septemfasciatus Katayama, 1984

  • Perca septemfasciata Walbaum, 1792; (valid as)
  • Perca 7-fasciata Thunberg, 1793; (misspelling)
  • Perca septemfasciata Thunberg, 1793; (valid as)
  • Plectropoma susuki Cuvier, 1828; (synonym)
  • Serranus octocinctus Temminck & Schlegel, 1842; (synonym)
• Epinephelus sexfasciatus Paxton et al., 1989

  • Serranus sexfasciatus Valenciennes (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt), 1828; (valid as)
• Epinephelus socialis Randall & Heemstra, 1991

  • Serranus socialis Gìnther, 1873; (valid as)
• Epinephelus spilotoceps Schultz, 1953

  • Epinephelus salonotus Smith & Smith, 1963; (synonym)
• Epinephelus stictus Randall & Allen, 1987
• Epinephelus stoliczkae Dor, 1984

  • Serranus stoliczkae Day, 1875; (valid as)
• Epinephelus striatus Robins & Ray, 1986

  • Anthias striatus Bloch, 1792; (valid as)
  • Epinephelus striatus Bloch, 1793; (2 homonym)
  • Anthias cherna Bloch & Schneider (ex Parra), 1801; (synonym)
  • Holocentrus epinephelus Lacep¨de, 1802; (synonym)
  • Lutjanus plumierii Lacep¨de, 1802; (synonym)
  • Lutjanus plumierii Lacep¨de, 1802; (unneeded replacement)
  • Sparus chrysomelanus Lacep¨de, 1802; (synonym)
  • Serranus gymnopareius Valenciennes, 1828; (synonym)
• Epinephelus suborbitalis Amaoka & Randall, 1990
• Epinephelus summana Dor, 1984

  • Perca summana Forssk¥l, 1775; (valid as)
  • Serranus leucostigma Valenciennes (ex Ehrenberg), 1828; (synonym)
  • Sebastes meleagris Peters, 1864; (synonym)
• Epinephelus tauvina Tortonese, 1973

  • Perca tauvina Forssk¥l, 1775; (valid as)
  • Holocentrus pantherinus Lacep¨de, 1802; (synonym)
  • Serranus jansenii Bleeker, 1857; (synonym)
  • Serranus goldiei Macleay, 1882; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus elongatus Schultz, 1953; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus chewa Morgans, 1966; (synonym)
• Epinephelus timorensis Randall & Allen, 1987
• Epinephelus trimaculatus Lee, 1990

  • Epinephelus japonicus Krusenstern, 1810-12; (unavailable)
  • Serranus trimaculatus Valenciennes, 1828; (valid as)
  • Serranus ura Valenciennes, 1828; (synonym)
  • Serranus ara Temminck & Schlegel, 1842; (unavailable, in synonymy)
  • Serranus ara Temminck & Schlegel, 1842; (unjustified emendation)
• Epinephelus trophis Randall & Allen, 1987
• Epinephelus tuamotuensis Fourmanoir, 1971
• Epinephelus tukula Morgans, 1959
• Epinephelus undulatostriatus

  • Serranus undulatostriatus Peters, 1866; (valid as)
  • Serranus guttulatus Macleay, 1878; (synonym)
  • Epinephelus undulostriatus Paxton et al., 1989; (valid as)
  • Epinephelus undulatostriatus Randall & Heemstra, 1991; (valid as)
• Epinephelus undulosus Heemstra & Randall, 1986

  • Bodianus undulosus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824; (valid as)
  • Serranus lineatus Valenciennes, 1828; (synonym)
  • Serranus amboinensis Bleeker, 1852; (synonym)

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  The taxonomic information and the basic database has been provided by; e-mail: Igor Sheremetyev; This is a conversion from a database dump, and there are probably many odd things as result of automatic conversion.