chlorurum, Plectropoma Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828:406 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 2; ref. 997] Caribbean Sea. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-7785 (1) Martinique, 0000-7586 (1) Antilles, 0000-7787 (1) Martinique. •Valid as Serranus chlorurus (Cuvier 1828) -- (Herrera 1896:52 [ref. 39336]). •Valid as Hypoplectrus chlorurus (Cuvier 1828) -- (Cervigón 1992:435 [ref. 23827], Domeier 1994:104 [ref. 21359], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:157 [ref. 27754], Heemstra et al. 2003:1365 [ref. 27060], Smith et al. 2003:22 [ref. 27621], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:157 [ref. 28815], Aguilar-Perera & González-Salas 2010:377 [ref. 30878], Lobel 2011:11 [ref. 31606], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2012:4 [ref. 31860], Tavera & Acero P. 2013:33 [ref. 32434], Page et al. 2013:132 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:40 [ref. 33341], Parenti & Randall 2020:117 [ref. 37354], Robertson et al. 2020:162 [ref. 38098], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:71 [ref. 39585], Puebla et al. 2022:109 [ref. 39011], Page et al. 2023:194 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Hypoplectrus chlorurus (Cuvier 1828). Serranidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Texas (U.S.A.) south to Venezuela, including western and southern Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.