Pseudoserranus Klunzinger, 1870 Variola, the lyretails, is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, groupers from the subfamily Epinephelinae, part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses.

They are found in the tropical Indo-Pacific and their distribution extends from the Red Sea to South Africa across the Indian Ocean and east to the islands of the central Pacific.

They have a slightly convex dorsal profile of the head and a snout which is longer than the diameter of the eye.

Both the upper and lower jaws have a pair of large canine teeth at the front and there are also 1 to 3 large canines in the middle of the lower jaw, and there are teeth on the roof of the mouth as well.

The dorsal fin contains 9 spines and 13 to 15 soft rays and it has its origin above the posterior end of the gill cover.