Hyporthodus Gill [T. N.] 1861:98 Masc. Hyporthodus flavicauda Gill 1861. 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]). •Valid as Hyporthodus Gill 1861 -- (Craig & Hastings 2007:10, 17 [ref. 29046], Craig et al. 2011:263 [ref. 31786], Kottelat 2013:326 [ref. 32989], Robertson et al. 2017:85 [ref. 35676], Fricke et al. 2018:154 [ref. 35805], Ma & Craig 2018:448 [ref. 36100], Fricke et al. 2019:121 [ref. 36673], Parenti & Randall 2020:83 [ref. 37354], Moore et al. 2022:1 [ref. 39791]). Current status: Valid as Hyporthodus Gill 1861. Epinephelidae.