nigricans, Plectropoma Poey [F.] 1852:71, 75 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 1; ref. 3497] Havana, Cuba. Holotype: MCZ 34036. Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:194-195 [ref. 22926]. •Valid as Hypoplectrus nigricans (Poey 1852) -- (Cervigón 1992:435 [ref. 23827], Domeier 1994:104 [ref. 21359], Acero P. & Garzón-Ferreira 1994:11 [ref. 22090], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:157 [ref. 27754], Heemstra et al. 2003:1367 [ref. 27060], Smith et al. 2003:23 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:128 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:159 [ref. 28815], Aguilar-Perera & González-Salas 2010:377 [ref. 30878], Lobel 2011:11 [ref. 31606], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2012:4 [ref. 31860], Victor 2012:15 [ref. 32153], Tavera & Acero P. 2013:33 [ref. 32434], Page et al. 2013:132 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:40 [ref. 33341], Robertson et al. 2016:144, 149 [ref. 34961], Victor & Marks 2018:14 [ref. 36139], Parenti & Randall 2020:119 [ref. 37354], Robertson et al. 2020:162 [ref. 38098], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:79 [ref. 38844], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:71 [ref. 39585], Puebla et al. 2022:110 [ref. 39011], Martínez-Servín et al. 2023:117 [ref. 40726]). Current status: Valid as Hypoplectrus nigricans (Poey 1852). Serranidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Southern Florida (U.S.A.), Bahamas, Antilles, and Belize south to Panama, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.