| Citation | Golani, D. and S. V. Bogorodsky, 2010, The fishes of the Red Sea - reappraisal and updated checklist.. Zootaxa 2463:1-135. |
| Ref. | 84159 Golani, D. and S. V. Bogorodsky, 2010 |
| Page | 67 |
| Named Used as Valid | Epinephelus merra |
| Comment | |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Not in Red Sea. |
| Quote | This species is absent from the Red Sea (Heemstra & Randall, 1993). Tortonese's (1935-36) record from Massawa was a misidentification of the E. tauvina (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775) (see: Dor, 1984). |