Serranus alatus Alleyne and Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, Vol. 1, p. 264, pl. 4, fig. 2, 1876.
Serranus merra Day, Fishes India, p. 13, pl. 2, fig. 2, 1878.
Serranus areolatus japonicus Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Pices, p. 8, 1842.
Epinephelus megachir Boulenger, Cat. Fishes British Mus., ed. 2, Vol. 1, p. 219, 1895; Jordan and Seale, 1907; Weber and de Beaufort, 1931; Herre, 1934.