Epinephelus alexandrinus Valenciennes, 1828
Synonyms:
Serranus Alexandrinus Valenciennes, 1828, in Cuv. Val., Hist. nat. Poiss., 2: 281 (Egypt). Holotype: MNHN no. 7325.
Plectropoma fasciatus O. G. Costa, 1836, Fauna Regno Napoli: 1, pl. 6 (southern Italy).
Serranus cosfae Steindachner, 1878, Sitzber. Akad. Wiss. Wien., 77: 389 (Messina).
Cerna alexandrina: Doderlein, 1882a, 15: 3 (Sicily) | Soljan, 1963: 287, fig. 674-677.
Cerna chrysolaenia Doderlein, 1882, Giorn. Sci. naf. Palermo, 15: 41, 85, pl. 2 (fig. 4) (Sicily).
Epinephelus chrysofaenia: Doderlein, 1889: 69.
Epinephelus alexandrinus: Doderlein, 1889: 71 | Boulenger, 1895: 200 | Cadenat, 1935: 396, fig. 9 | Poll, 1954: 56, fig. 15, pl. 3 (3, 4, 5, 6) | Dieuzeide et al., 1954: 191, fig. | Bini, 1968: 67, fig.
Serranus alexandrinus: Fowler, 1936, 2: 753 | Lozano Rey, 1952: 110, pl. 6 (fig. 2).
Common names:
badèche [France and Belgium]
cernia dorata [Italy]
falso abadejoi [Spain]
garoupa amarela [Portugal]
golden grouper [UK and USA]
jabali [Spain]
kirnja ligaca [former Yugoslavia]
mennani [Tunesia, Algeria, Morocco]
stira [Greece]
tashanisi [Turkey]
wakar [Egypt]