tabacarius, Centropristes Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:44 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 3; ref. 4879] Martinique Island, West Indies. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-6978. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1984:13 [ref. 19232]. Original genus should have been Centropristis. •Valid as Serranus tabacarius (Cuvier 1829) -- (Robins & Ray 1986:140 [ref. 23100], Bullock & Smith 1991:75 [ref. 36591], Cervigón 1991:364 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:436 [ref. 23827], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:219 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:158 [ref. 27754], Collette et al. 2003:107 [ref. 26784], Heemstra et al. 2003:1327 [ref. 27060], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:77 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:25 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:130 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:191 [ref. 28815], Page et al. 2013:133 [ref. 32708], Carvalho-Filho & Ferreira 2013:809 [ref. 33030], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:43 [ref. 33341], Robertson et al. 2016:145 [ref. 34961], Iwamoto & Wirtz 2018:35 [ref 36189], Parenti & Randall 2020:128 [ref. 37354], Robertson et al. 2020:163 [ref. 38098], Carvalho-Filho 2023:126 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Serranus tabacarius (Cuvier 1829). Serranidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Georgia (U.S.A.) and Bermuda south to Ceará (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.