• Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider, 1801
• Cephalopholis acanthistius (Gilbert, 1892) accepted as Hyporthodus acanthistius (Gilbert, 1892)
• Cephalopholis aitha Randall & Heemstra, 1991
• Cephalopholis albomarginatus Fowler & Bean, 1930 accepted as Gracila albomarginata (Fowler & Bean, 1930)
• Cephalopholis analis (Valenciennes, 1828) accepted as Cephalopholis aurantia (Valenciennes, 1828)
• Cephalopholis aotearoa Schwarzhans, 2019 †
• Cephalopholis argus Schneider, 1801
• Cephalopholis aurantia (Valenciennes, 1828)
• Cephalopholis aurantius (Valenciennes, 1828) accepted as Cephalopholis aurantia (Valenciennes, 1828)
• Cephalopholis boenack (Bloch, 1790) accepted as Cephalopholis boenak (Bloch, 1790)
• Cephalopholis boenacki (Bloch, 1790) accepted as Cephalopholis boenak (Bloch, 1790)
• Cephalopholis boenak (Bloch, 1790)
• Cephalopholis boninius Jordan & Thompson, 1914 accepted as Cephalopholis miniata (Forsskål, 1775)
• Cephalopholis coatesi Whitley, 1937 accepted as Cephalopholis sexmaculata (Rüppell, 1830)
• Cephalopholis colonus (Valenciennes, 1846)
• Cephalopholis cruentata (Lacepède, 1802)
• Cephalopholis cruentatus (Lacepède, 1802) accepted as Cephalopholis cruentata (Lacepède, 1802)
• Cephalopholis cyanostigma (Valenciennes, 1828)
• Cephalopholis formosa (Shaw, 1812)
• Cephalopholis formosanus Tanaka, 1911 accepted as Cephalopholis miniata (Forsskål, 1775)
• Cephalopholis fulva (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cephalopholis fulvus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Cephalopholis fulva (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cephalopholis furcifer (Valenciennes, 1828) accepted as Paranthias furcifer (Valenciennes, 1828)
• Cephalopholis gibbus Fourmanoir, 1955 accepted as Cephalopholis sexmaculata (Rüppell, 1830)
• Cephalopholis guttata (Bloch) accepted as Cephalopholis argus Schneider, 1801
• Cephalopholis hemistiktos (Rüppell, 1830)
• Cephalopholis igarashiensis Katayama, 1957
• Cephalopholis igarasiensis Katayama, 1957 accepted as Cephalopholis igarashiensis Katayama, 1957
• Cephalopholis indelibilis (Fowler, 1904) accepted as Cephalopholis aurantia (Valenciennes, 1828)
• Cephalopholis kendalli Evermann & Seale, 1907 accepted as Cephalopholis cyanostigma (Valenciennes, 1828)
• Cephalopholis leoparda (Lacepède, 1801) accepted as Cephalopholis leopardus (Lacepède, 1801)
• Cephalopholis leopardus (Lacepède, 1801)
• Cephalopholis maculatus Seale & Bean, 1907 accepted as Cephalopholis miniata (Forsskål, 1775)
• Cephalopholis malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) accepted as Epinephelus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
• Cephalopholis megachir (Richardson, 1846) accepted as Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes, 1830)
• Cephalopholis merra (Bloch, 1793) accepted as Epinephelus merra Bloch, 1793
• Cephalopholis microprion (Bleeker, 1852)
• Cephalopholis miniata (Forsskål, 1775)
• Cephalopholis miniatus (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Cephalopholis miniata (Forsskål, 1775)
• Cephalopholis moara (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) accepted as Epinephelus bruneus Bloch, 1793
• Cephalopholis morrhua (Valenciennes, 1833) accepted as Epinephelus morrhua (Valenciennes, 1833)
• Cephalopholis nebulosus (Valenciennes, 1828) accepted as Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton, 1822)
• Cephalopholis nigri (Günther, 1859)
• Cephalopholis nigripinna (Valenciennes, 1828) accepted as Cephalopholis nigripinnis (Valenciennes, 1828)
• Cephalopholis nigripinnis (Valenciennes, 1828)
• Cephalopholis obtusauris Evermann & Seale, 1907 accepted as Cephalopholis aurantia (Valenciennes, 1828)
• Cephalopholis obtusaurus Evermann & Seale, 1907 accepted as Cephalopholis aurantia (Valenciennes, 1828)
• Cephalopholis oligosticta Randall & Ben-Tuvia, 1983
• Cephalopholis pachycentron (Valenciennes, 1828) accepted as Cephalopholis boenak (Bloch, 1790)
• Cephalopholis pachycentrum (Valenciennes, 1828) accepted as Cephalopholis boenak (Bloch, 1790)
• Cephalopholis panamensis (Steindachner, 1876)
• Cephalopholis platycentron (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
• Cephalopholis polleni (Bleeker, 1868)
• Cephalopholis polyspila Randall & Satapoomin, 2000
• Cephalopholis popino Walford, 1936 accepted as Hyporthodus acanthistius (Gilbert, 1892)
• Cephalopholis purpureus Fourmanoir, 1966 accepted as Cephalopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes, 1828)
• Cephalopholis retouti (Bleeker, 1868) accepted as Epinephelus retouti Bleeker, 1868
• Cephalopholis rogaa (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Aethaloperca rogaa (Forsskål, 1775)
• Cephalopholis sexfasciatus (Valenciennes, 1828) accepted as Epinephelus sexfasciatus (Valenciennes, 1828)
• Cephalopholis sexmaculata (Rüppell, 1830)
• Cephalopholis sexmaculatus (Rüppell, 1830) accepted as Cephalopholis sexmaculata (Rüppell, 1830)
• Cephalopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes, 1828)
• Cephalopholis spiloparae (Valenciennes, 1828) accepted as Cephalopholis spiloparaea (Valenciennes, 1828)
• Cephalopholis spiloparaea (Valenciennes, 1828)
• Cephalopholis swanius Tsai, 1960 accepted as Cephalopholis igarashiensis Katayama, 1957
• Cephalopholis taeniops (Valenciennes, 1828)
• Cephalopholis tauvina (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Epinephelus tauvina (Forsskål, 1775)
• Cephalopholis undulosus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) accepted as Epinephelus undulosus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
• Cephalopholis urodela (Valenciennes, 1828) accepted as Cephalopholis urodeta (Forster, 1801)
• Cephalopholis urodelus (Forster, 1801) accepted as Cephalopholis urodeta (Forster, 1801)
• Cephalopholis urodelus (Valenciennes, 1828) accepted as Cephalopholis urodeta (Forster, 1801)
• Cephalopholis urodeta (Forster, 1801)
• Cephalopholis virgatus Fourmanoir, 1955 accepted as Cephalopholis polleni (Bleeker, 1868)
• Cephalopholis xanthopterus Allen & Starck, 1975 accepted as Cephalopholis cyanostigma (Valenciennes, 1828)