atricauda, Serranus Günther [A.] 1874:230 [1] [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 13 (no. 75) (art. 32); ref. 18200] [Mogador] Essaouira, Morocco, eastern Atlantic. Lectotype: BMNH 1874.1.30.7. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1840.12.9.41 (right half skin), 1840.12.9.45 (right half skin), 1840.12.9.51 (left half skin), 1860.7.14.18-20 (3), 1860.7.14.22-24 (3), 1860.7.14.32 (1); SMF 1769 (1); ZMB 8710 (1). On p. 1 of separate. Lectotype not researched, not designated here. •Valid as Serranus atricauda Günther 1874 -- (Tortonese 1973:355 [ref. 7192], Tortonese in Whitehead et al. 1986:789 [ref. 13676], Smith 1990:704 [ref. 18227], Santos et al. 1997:81 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:80 [ref. 24952], Rojas M. & Pequeño 2001:165 [ref. 25813], Wirtz et al. 2013:122 [ref. 32972], Heemstra & Anderson in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2408 [ref. 34618], Iwamoto & Wirtz 2018:6 [ref. 36189], Carneiro et al. 2019:245 [ref. 37250], Parenti & Randall 2020:123 [ref. 37354], González-Lorenzo et al. 2021:143 [ref. 38374], Kovačić et al. 2021:78 [ref. 39014], Fermon et al. 2022:286 [ref. 39448] with question). Current status: Valid as Serranus atricauda Günther 1874. Serranidae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Spain and Portugal south to Guinea Bissau, including Azores (Portugal), Madeira (Portugal), Canary Islands (Spain) and Cape Verde Islands. Habitat: marine.