Genus Cephalopholis Bloch and Schneider (28 species)

Type species: Cephalopholis argus Bloch and Schneider.

Type locality: East Indies.

Included species:

C. aitha Randall & Heemstra, 1991

C. albomarginatus (Fowler & Bean, 1930) (formerly Gracila) C. argus Schneider, 1801

C. aurantia (Valenciennes, 1828)

C. boenak (Bloch, 1790)

C. colonus (Valenciennes, 1846) (formerly Paranthias) C. cruentata (Lacepède, 1802)

C. cyanostigma (Valenciennes, 1828)

C. formosa (Shaw, 1812)

C. fulva (Linnaeus, 1758)

C. furcifer (Valenciennes, 1828) (formerly Paranthias) C. hemistiktos (Rüppell, 1830)

C. igarashiensis Katayama, 1957

C. leopardus (Lacepède, 1801)

C. microprion (Bleeker, 1852)

C. miniata (Forsskål, 1775)

C. nigri (Günther, 1859)

C. nigripinnis (Valenciennes, 1828)

C. oligosticta Randall & Ben-Tuvia, 1983

C. panamensis (Steindachner, 1876)

C. polleni (Bleeker, 1868)

C. polyspila Randall & Satapoomin, 2000 C. rogaa (Forsskål, 1775) (formerly Aethaloperca) C. sexmaculata (Rüppell, 1830)

C. sonnerati (Valenciennes, 1828)

C. spiloparaea (Valenciennes, 1828)

C. taeniops (Valenciennes, 1828)

C. urodeta (Forster, 1801)