Epinephelinae Bleeker 1874

Laan, Richard Van Der, Eschmeyer, William N. & Fricke, Ronald, 2014, Family-group names of Recent fishes, Zootaxa 3882 (2), pp. 1-230 : 92

Subfamily Epinephelinae Bleeker 1874

Name in prevailing recent practice

Liopropomatina Poey 1867:205 [ref. 32247] (subfamily) Liopropoma [stem changed to Liopropom- by Jordan & Evermann 1896a:1127 [ref. 2443], confirmed by Nelson 2006:346 [ref. 32486], by Baldwin & Johnson 2014:1 [ref. 33312] and by Baldwin & Robertson 2014:71 [ref. 33311]; original stem Liopropomat- used by Gosline 1966:95 [ref. 32661] and by Eschmeyer 1998:2476 [ref. 23416]]

Epinephelini Bleeker 1874a:1 [ref. 5110] (phalanx ≈ tribe) Epinephelus [also Bleeker 1871–76:1, 22 [ref. 4861] and Bleeker 1876a:253 [ref. 447]]

Niphonidae Jordan 1923a:191 [ref. 2421] (family) Niphon

Rainfordiidae McCulloch 1923:119 [ref. 2946] (family) Rainfordia [family name sometimes seen as Rainfordidae]

Chorististiinae Fowler & Bean 1930:175 [ref. 1477] (subfamily) Chorististium

Cephalopholinae Whitley 1937b:124 [ref. 4689] (subfamily) Cephalopholis [name only, but used as valid by Whitley 1951a:61 [ref. 4711] Article 13.2.1; family name sometimes seen as Cephalophidae]

Chromileptidae Whitley 1951a:63 [ref. 4711] (family) Chromileptes [name only, used as valid before 2000?, not available]

Plectropomidae Smith 1956:689 [ref. 33077] (family) Plectropomus [name only, but used as valid by Smith 1961b:189 [ref. 18723] Article 13.2.1]