Review of the family Serranidae (Perciformes) from the Canary Islands (eastern-central Atlantic), with the first records of Serranus hepatus and Epinephelus aeneus Author González-Lorenzo, J. Gustavo Author González-Jiménez, José F. Author González, José A. text Cybium 2021 45 2 141 154 http://dx.doi.org/10.26028/cybium/2021-452-006 journal article 292133 10.26028/cybium/2021-452-006 0f842716-a0f9-40fd-8266-fdc30453e184 2101-0315 10493590 Epinephelus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765) – Rock hind Cephalopholis cf. cruentata : Falcón , 2015 (PhD Thesis). Epinephelus adscensionis : Falcón et al. , 2018: 42 , 55 (GC); Báez et al. , 2019 : suppl. tab. (C) (as to be confirmed). An amphi-Atlantic species with warm affinity; a wideranging species in the Atlantic ( Craig et al. , 2011 ). Western Atlantic: from Massachusetts , USA and Bermuda to southern Brazil , including Vila dos Remedios, Abrolhos, Fernando de Noronha and Trindade islands. Central Atlantic: Bonaparte Seamount, and Ascension and St. Helena Islands. Eastern Atlantic: São Tomé and Príncipe ( Craig et al. , 2011 ; Heemstra and Anderson, 2016 ; Froese and Pauly, 2020 ). Reports of this species from the Azores and Cabo Verde Islands ( Freitas et al. , 2019 ), as well as from South Africa are unsubstantiated ( Froese and Pauly, 2020 ). It has been observed twice off the island of Gran Canaria with one individual each sighting ( Falcón , 2015 as Cephalopholis cf. cruentata ; Falcón et al. , 2018 ). Reported maximum size: to 45 cm TL.