bleekeri, Serranus Vaillant [L. L.] in Vaillant & Bocourt 1878:47, 69 [Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique centrale Part 4; ref. 4498] Jakarta (Java, Indonesia); Samarang (Semarang), Surabaya, Bezuki and Tjilatjap (Java, Indonesia); Ambon (Maluku, Indonesia); Singapore; Bangka (Bangka-Belitung, Indonesia); Makassar (Sulawesi, Indonesia); Goram (Pulau Gorom, Maluku, Indonesia). Syntypes: MNHN 0000-7401 (1), Jakarta; RMNH (ca. 10) (need to be located). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1984:24 [ref. 19232]. Based on Serranus variolosus (not of Valenciennes) of Bleeker 1849:35 [ref. 318] and Bleeker 1876:48 [ref. 4861]. •Valid as Epinephelus bleekeri (Vaillant 1878) -- (Kyushin et al. 1977:204 [ref. 19756], Lee 1990:38 [ref. 19830], Randall & Heemstra 1991:105 [ref. 19601], Heemstra & Randall 1993:117 [ref. 21042], Randall 1995:128 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:233 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:88 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:143 [ref. 23922], Chen et al. 1997:45 [ref. 26476] dated 1877, Heemstra & Randall 1999:2489 [ref. 24815], Randall in Randall & Lim 2000:609 [ref. 25122], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:81 [ref. 25480], Hutchins 2001:30 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:31 [ref. 26830] dated to 1849, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S104 [ref. 27377], Hoese et al. 2006:1008 [ref. 28999], Satapoomin in Motomura & Satapoomin 2009:87 [ref. 30492], Craig et al. 2011:93 [ref. 31786], Allen & Erdmann 2012:268 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:99 [ref. 32988] dated 1877, Yoshida et al. 2013:99 [ref. 34464], Psomadakis et al. 2015:196 [ref. 34104], Ali et al. 2018:318 [ref. 36183], Jawad et al. 2018:103 [ref. 36262], Ma & Craig 2018:455 [ref. 36100], Satapoomin in Kimura et al. 2018:101 [ref. 36460], Eagderi et al. 2019:107 [ref. 37020], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 21 [ref. 38321], Parenti & Randall 2020:63 [ref. 37354], Psomadakis et al. 2020:387 [ref. 37272], Ray & Mohapatra 2020:110 [ref. 37300], Akhilesh et al. 2021:50 [ref. 38701], Wakimoto & Kunishima 2021:22 [ref. 38087], Taki et al. 2021:362 [ref. 39830], Heemstra 2022:51 [ref. 39742], Saha et al. 2022:[3] [ref. 39613], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:667 [ref. 40722]). Current status: Valid as Epinephelus bleekeri (Vaillant 1878). Epinephelidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf east to Philippines, north to Wakayama Prefecture (Japan), south to northern Australia (York Sound, Western Australia east to Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory). Habitat: marine.