• Epinephelus Bloch, 1793
• Epinephelus acanthistius (Gilbert, 1892) accepted as Hyporthodus acanthistius (Gilbert, 1892)
• Epinephelus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765)
• Epinephelus aeneus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
• Epinephelus aenus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) accepted as Epinephelus aeneus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
• Epinephelus afer Bloch, 1793 accepted as Alphestes afer (Bloch, 1793)
• Epinephelus akaara (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842)
• Epinephelus albimaculatus Seale, 1910 accepted as Epinephelus bleekeri (Vaillant, 1878)
• Epinephelus albomarginatus (Fowler & Bean, 1930) accepted as Gracila albomarginata (Fowler & Bean, 1930)
• Epinephelus albomarginatus Boulenger, 1903
• Epinephelus albopunctulatus Boulenger, 1895 accepted as Epinephelus irroratus (Forster, 1801)
• Epinephelus alexandrinus (Valenciennes, 1828) accepted as Epinephelus fasciatus (Forsskål, 1775)
• Epinephelus altivelis (Valenciennes, 1828) accepted as Chromileptes altivelis (Valenciennes, 1828) accepted as Cromileptes altivelis (Valenciennes, 1828)
• Epinephelus amblycephalus (Bleeker, 1857)
• Epinephelus analis (Valenciennes, 1828) accepted as Cephalopholis aurantia (Valenciennes, 1828)
• Epinephelus analogus Gill, 1863
• Epinephelus andersoni Boulenger, 1903
• Epinephelus angularis (Valenciennes, 1828) accepted as Epinephelus areolatus (Forsskål, 1775)
• Epinephelus areolatus (Forsskål, 1775)
• Epinephelus argus (Schneider, 1801) accepted as Cephalopholis argus Schneider, 1801
• Epinephelus armatus (Castelnau, 1875) accepted as Epinephelides armatus (Castelnau, 1875)
• Epinephelus ascencionis (Osbeck, 1765) accepted as Epinephelus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765)
• Epinephelus ascensionis (Osbeck, 1765) accepted as Epinephelus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765)
• Epinephelus ascolatus (uncertain > unassessed)
• Epinephelus aspersus (Jenyns, 1840) accepted as Epinephelus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765)
• Epinephelus aurantius (Valenciennes, 1828) accepted as Cephalopholis aurantia (Valenciennes, 1828)
• Epinephelus australis (Castelnau, 1875) accepted as Epinephelus polystigma (Bleeker, 1853)
• Epinephelus awaora (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) accepted as Epinephelus awoara (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842)
• Epinephelus awoara (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842)
• Epinephelus bilobatus Randall & Allen, 1987
• Epinephelus bleekeri (Vaillant, 1878)
• Epinephelus boelang (Valenciennes, 1828) accepted as Cephalopholis boenak (Bloch, 1790)
• Epinephelus boenack (Bloch, 1790) accepted as Cephalopholis boenak (Bloch, 1790)
• Epinephelus bontoides (Bleeker, 1855)
• Epinephelus brachysoma Cope, 1871 accepted as Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834)
• Epinephelus bruneus Bloch, 1793
• Epinephelus brunneus Bloch, 1793 accepted as Epinephelus bruneus Bloch, 1793
• Epinephelus caeruleeopunctatus (Bloch, 1790) accepted as Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus (Bloch, 1790)
• Epinephelus caeruleopunctatus (Bloch, 1790) accepted as Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus (Bloch, 1790)
• Epinephelus caerulopunctatus (Bloch, 1790) accepted as Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus (Bloch, 1790)
• Epinephelus caninus (Valenciennes, 1843)
• Epinephelus capreolus (Poey, 1860) accepted as Epinephelus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765)
• Epinephelus chabaudi (Castelnau, 1861)
• Epinephelus chalinius Cope, 1871 accepted as Mycteroperca acutirostris (Valenciennes, 1828)
• Epinephelus chewa Morgans, 1966 accepted as Epinephelus tauvina (Forsskål, 1775)
• Epinephelus chlorocephalus (Valenciennes, 1830)
• Epinephelus chlorostigma (Valenciennes, 1828)
• Epinephelus chrysotaenia (Döderlein, 1882) accepted as Epinephelus costae (Steindachner, 1878)
• Epinephelus cifuentesi Lavenberg & Grove, 1993 accepted as Hyporthodus cifuentesi (Lavenberg & Grove, 1993)
• Epinephelus ciliatus Tilesius, 1813 accepted as Sebastes ciliatus (Tilesius, 1813)
• Epinephelus clarkei Smith, 1958 accepted as Epinephelus chabaudi (Castelnau, 1861)
• Epinephelus clippertonensis Allen & Robertson, 1999
• Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus (Bloch, 1790)
• Epinephelus coiodes (Hamilton, 1822) accepted as Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton, 1822)
• Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton, 1822)
• Epinephelus colonus (Valenciennes, 1846) accepted as Cephalopholis colonus (Valenciennes, 1846)
• Epinephelus cometae Tanaka, 1927 accepted as Epinephelus morrhua (Valenciennes, 1833)
• Epinephelus compressus Postel, Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1963 accepted as Hyporthodus octofasciatus (Griffin, 1926)
• Epinephelus coralicola (Valenciennes, 1828) accepted as Epinephelus corallicola (Valenciennes, 1828)
• Epinephelus corallicola (Valenciennes, 1828)
• Epinephelus costae (Steindachner, 1878)
• Epinephelus craigi Frable, Tucker & Walker, 2018
• Epinephelus craspedurus Jordan & Richardson, 1910 accepted as Epinephelus areolatus (Forsskål, 1775)
• Epinephelus cruentatus (Lacepède, 1802) accepted as Cephalopholis cruentata (Lacepède, 1802)
• Epinephelus cubanus Poey, 1865 accepted as Epinephelus guttatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Epinephelus cuvieri Bleeker, 1874 accepted as Mycteroperca acutirostris (Valenciennes, 1828)
• Epinephelus cyanopodus (Richardson, 1846)
• Epinephelus cyanostigrna (Valenciennes, 1828) accepted as Cephalopholis cyanostigma (Valenciennes, 1828)
• Epinephelus cylindricus Postel, 1965 accepted as Epinephelus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
• Epinephelus daemeli (Günther, 1876) accepted as Epinephelus daemelii (Günther, 1876)
• Epinephelus daemelii (Günther, 1876)
• Epinephelus damelii (Günther, 1876) accepted as Epinephelus daemelii (Günther, 1876)
• Epinephelus darwinensis Randall & Heemstra, 1991 accepted as Hyporthodus darwinensis (Randall & Heemstra, 1991)
• Epinephelus dayi Bleeker, 1874 accepted as Epinephelus diacanthus (Valenciennes, 1828)
• Epinephelus dayi Bleeker, 1875 accepted as Epinephelus bleekeri (Vaillant, 1878)
• Epinephelus dermatolepis Boulenger, 1895 accepted as Dermatolepis dermatolepis (Boulenger, 1895)
• Epinephelus diacanthus (Valenciennes, 1828)
• Epinephelus dictyophorus (Bleeker, 1856) accepted as Epinephelus miliaris (Valenciennes, 1830)
• Epinephelus diktiophorus (Bleeker, 1856) accepted as Epinephelus miliaris (Valenciennes, 1830)
• Epinephelus dispar (Playfair, 1867) accepted as Epinephelus polyphekadion (Bleeker, 1849)
• Epinephelus döderleinii Franz, 1910 accepted as Epinephelus radiatus (Day, 1868)
• Epinephelus doederleinii Franz, 1910 accepted as Epinephelus radiatus (Day, 1868)
• Epinephelus drummondhayi Goode & Bean, 1878
• Epinephelus elongatus Schultz, 1953 accepted as Epinephelus tauvina (Forsskål, 1775)
• Epinephelus emoryi Schultz, 1953 accepted as Epinephelus fasciatus (Forsskål, 1775)
• Epinephelus epistictus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842)
• Epinephelus episticus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) accepted as Epinephelus epistictus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842)
• Epinephelus ergastularius Whitley, 1930 accepted as Hyporthodus ergastularius (Whitley, 1930)
• Epinephelus erythraeus (Valenciennes, 1830) accepted as Cephalopholis urodeta (Forster, 1801)
• Epinephelus erythrurus (Valenciennes, 1828)
• Epinephelus exsul (Fowler, 1944) accepted as Hyporthodus exsul (Fowler, 1944)
• Epinephelus fario (Thunberg, 1793) accepted as Epinephelus longispinis (Kner, 1864)
• Epinephelus fasciatomaculatus (Peters, 1865) accepted as Epinephelus fasciatomaculosus (Peters, 1865)
• Epinephelus fasciatomaculosus (Peters, 1865)
• Epinephelus fasciatus (Forsskål, 1775)
• Epinephelus faveatus (Valenciennes, 1828)
• Epinephelus flavocaeruleus (Lacepède, 1802)
• Epinephelus flavo-caeruleus (Lacepède, 1802) accepted as Epinephelus flavocaeruleus (Lacepède, 1802)
• Epinephelus flavocoeruleus (Lacepède, 1802) accepted as Epinephelus flavocaeruleus (Lacepède, 1802)
• Epinephelus flavolimbatus Poey, 1865 accepted as Hyporthodus flavolimbatus (Poey, 1865)