Acanthistius Gill, 1862 (taxonomy source)
Aethaloperca Fowler, 1904 (taxonomy source)
Alphestes Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (taxonomy source)
Altiserranus Whitley, 1947 accepted as Epinephelus Bloch, 1793 (taxonomy source)
Anatolanthias Anderson, Parin & Randall, 1990 (taxonomy source)
Anthias Bloch, 1792 (taxonomy source)
Anthiasicus Ginsburg, 1952 accepted as Hemanthias Steindachner, 1875 (taxonomy source)
Anyperodon Günther, 1859 (taxonomy source)
Aporops Schultz, 1943 (taxonomy source)
Archoperca Jordan & Evermann, 1896 accepted as Mycteroperca Gill, 1862 (taxonomy source)
Atractoperca Gill, 1861 accepted as Paralabrax Girard, 1856 (taxonomy source)
Aulacocephalus Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 (taxonomy source)
Aylopon Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Anthias Bloch, 1792 (taxonomy source)
Baldwinella Anderson & Heemstra, 2012 (taxonomy source)
Bathyanthias Günther, 1880 (taxonomy source)
Belonoperca Fowler & Bean, 1930 (taxonomy source)
Brachyrhinus Gill, 1862 accepted as Paranthias Guichenot, 1868 (taxonomy source)
Bullisichthys Rivas, 1971 (taxonomy source)
Caesioperca Castelnau, 1872 (taxonomy source)
Caesioscorpididae Parenti & Randall, 2020 (original description)
Caesioscorpis Whitley, 1945 (taxonomy source)
Caesioscorpis Whitley, 1945 (verified source for family)
Callidulus Fowler, 1907 accepted as Dules Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829 (taxonomy source)
Caprodon Temminck & Schlegel in Siebold, 1843 (taxonomy source)
Centristhmus Garman, 1899 accepted as Hemanthias Steindachner, 1875 (taxonomy source)
Centropristis Cuvier, 1829 (taxonomy source)
Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (taxonomy source)
Cerna Bonaparte, 1833 accepted as Epinephelus Bloch, 1793 (taxonomy source)
Cernua Costa, 1849 accepted as Epinephelus Bloch, 1793 (taxonomy source)
Chelidoperca Boulenger, 1895 (taxonomy source)
Chenia Fowler, 1958 accepted as Othos Castelnau, 1875 (taxonomy source)
Choranthias Anderson & Heemstra, 2012 (taxonomy source)
Choristidium Parenti & Randall, 2020 accepted as Chorististium Gill, 1862 accepted as Liopropoma Gill, 1861 (original description)
Chorististium Gill, 1862 accepted as Liopropoma Gill, 1861 (taxonomy source)
Chromileptes Swainson, 1839 (status source)
Colpognathus Klunzinger, 1879 accepted as Othos Castelnau, 1875 (taxonomy source)
Creolus Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 accepted as Brachyrhinus Gill, 1862 accepted as Paranthias Guichenot, 1868 (taxonomy source)
Cromileptes Swainson, 1839 accepted as Chromileptes Swainson, 1839 (source of synonymy)
Cynichthys Swainson, 1839 accepted as Epinephelus Bloch, 1793 (taxonomy source)
Dactylanthias Bleeker, 1871 (taxonomy source)
Dermatolepis Gill, 1861 (taxonomy source)
Diplectrum Holbrook, 1855 (taxonomy source)
Diploprion Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828 (taxonomy source)
Dules Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829 (taxonomy source)
Dulichthys Bonaparte, 1831 accepted as Dules Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829 (taxonomy source)
Eleutheractis Cope, 1871 accepted as Rypticus Cuvier, 1829 (taxonomy source)
Ellerkeldia Whitley, 1927 accepted as Hypoplectrodes Gill, 1862 (taxonomy source)
Emmelanthias Smith, 1955 accepted as Nemanthias Smith, 1954 (taxonomy source)
Enneacentrus Gill, 1865 accepted as Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (taxonomy source)
Enneistus Jordan & Evermann, 1896 accepted as Epinephelus Bloch, 1793 (taxonomy source)
Entonanthias Jordan & Tanaka, 1927 accepted as Pseudanthias Bleeker, 1871 (taxonomy source)
Epinephelides Ogilby, 1899 (taxonomy source)
Epinephelus Bloch, 1793 (taxonomy source)
Eudulus Fowler, 1907 accepted as Dules Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829 (taxonomy source)
Flagelloserranus Kotthaus, 1970 accepted as Liopropoma Gill, 1861 (taxonomy source)
Franzia Jordan & Thompson, 1914 accepted as Pseudanthias Bleeker, 1871 (taxonomy source)
Garrupa Jordan in Jordan & Eigenmann, 1890 accepted as Epinephelus Bloch, 1793 (taxonomy source)
Giganthias Katayama, 1954 (taxonomy source)
Gilbertella Waite, 1902 accepted as Epinephelides Ogilby, 1899 (taxonomy source)
Gonioperca Gill, 1862 accepted as Paralabrax Girard, 1856 (taxonomy source)
Gonioplectrus Gill, 1862 (taxonomy source)
Gracila Randall, 1964 (taxonomy source)
Grammistes Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (taxonomy source)
Grammistops Schultz in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods, 1953 (taxonomy source)
Haliperca Gill, 1862 accepted as Diplectrum Holbrook, 1855 (taxonomy source)
Hemanthias Steindachner, 1875 (taxonomy source)
Hemilutjanidae Parenti & Randall, 2020 (original description)
Hemilutjanus Bleeker, 1876 (verified source for family)
Hemitlutjanus accepted as Hemilutjanus Bleeker, 1876 (verified source for family)
Hepatus Artedi in Röse, 1793 accepted as Serranus Cuvier, 1816 (status source)
Holanthias Günther, 1868 (taxonomy source)
Homalogrystes Alleyne & Macleay, 1877 accepted as Epinephelus Bloch, 1793 (taxonomy source)
Hypoplectrodes Gill, 1862 (taxonomy source)
Hypoplectrus Gill, 1861 (taxonomy source)
Hyporthodus Gill, 1861 (taxonomy source)
Hyposerranus Klunzinger, 1884 accepted as Epinephelus Bloch, 1793 (taxonomy source)
Isobuna Jordan in Jordan & Herre, 1907 accepted as Plectranthias Bleeker, 1873 (taxonomy source)
Itaiara Vaillant & Bocourt, 1878 accepted as Epinephelus Bloch, 1793 (taxonomy source)
Jeboehlkia Robins, 1967 (taxonomy source)
Labracopsis Steindachner & Döderlein, 1883 accepted as Liopropoma Gill, 1861 (taxonomy source)
Labroperca Gill, 1862 accepted as Epinephelus Bloch, 1793 (taxonomy source)
Lacepedia Castelnau, 1873 accepted as Caesioperca Castelnau, 1872 (taxonomy source)
Lepidoperca Regan, 1914 (taxonomy source)
Lioperca Gill, 1862 accepted as Dermatolepis Gill, 1861 (taxonomy source)
Liopropoma Gill, 1861 (taxonomy source)
Luzonichthys Herre, 1936 (taxonomy source)
Meganthias Randall & Heemstra, 2006 (taxonomy source)
Menephorus Poey, 1871 accepted as Paranthias Guichenot, 1868 (taxonomy source)
Mentiperca Gill, 1862 accepted as Serranus Cuvier, 1816 (taxonomy source)
Mirolabrichthys Herre, 1927 accepted as Pseudanthias Bleeker, 1871 (taxonomy source)
Mustelichthys Tanaka, 1917 accepted as Tosana Smith & Pope, 1906 (taxonomy source)
Mycteroperca Gill, 1862 (taxonomy source)
Naurua Whitley & Colefax, 1938 accepted as Luzonichthys Herre, 1936 (taxonomy source)
Neanthias Norman, 1931 accepted as Serranus Cuvier, 1816 (taxonomy source)
Nemanthias Smith, 1954 (taxonomy source)
Neoanthias Castelnau, 1879 accepted as Caprodon Temminck & Schlegel in Siebold, 1843 (taxonomy source)
Niphon Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828 (taxonomy source)
Novanthias Whitley, 1937 accepted as Serranus Cuvier, 1816 (taxonomy source)
Ocyanthias Jordan & Evermann, 1896 accepted as Holanthias Günther, 1868 (taxonomy source)
Odontanthias Bleeker, 1873 (taxonomy source)

 Taxonomic remark

 for Serranidae Swainson, 1839

Ma and Craig proposed a classification of Epinepheliene which is not followed by most subsequent authors [details]