hispanum, Plectropoma Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828:396 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 2; ref. 997] Martinique Island, West Indies. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-7679. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1984:21 [ref. 19232]. •Valid as Gonioplectrus hispanus (Cuvier 1828) -- (Robins & Ray 1986:143 [ref. 23100], Bullock & Smith 1991:122 [ref. 36591], Cervigón 1991:338 [ref. 24472], Boschung 1992:107 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:430 [ref. 23827], Heemstra & Randall 1993:252 [ref. 21042], Grace et al. 1994:32 [ref. 25512], Gasparini & Floeter 2001:1644 [ref. 25634], Betancur-R. et al. 2001:26 [ref. 26211], Heemstra et al. 2003:1349 [ref. 27060], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:76 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004:128 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:152 [ref. 28815], Craig et al. 2011:259 [ref. 31786], Page et al. 2013:130 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:39 [ref. 33341], Pinheiro et al. 2015:14 [ref. 34324], Ma & Craig 2018:455 [ref. 36100], Parenti & Randall 2020:83 [ref. 37354], Robertson et al. 2020:162 [ref. 38098], Moral-Flores et al. 2021:1300 [ref. 38649], Carvalho-Filho 2023:122 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:196 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Gonioplectrus hispanus (Cuvier 1828). Epinephelidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to Espirito Santo (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea and Trinidade Island (Brazil). Habitat: marine.