puella, Plectropoma Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828:405, Pl. 37 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 2; ref. 997] Martinique Island, West Indies. Holotype: MNHN 0000-5404. Non-types or possible syntypes: ZMB 356 [ex MNHN] (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1984:21 [ref. 19232]. •Valid as Hypoplectrus puella (Cuvier 1828) -- (Cervigón 1991:340 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:435 [ref. 23827], Acero P. & Garzón-Ferreira 1994:12 [ref. 22090], Domeier 1994:104 [ref. 21359], Aguilera 1998:48 [ref. 24221], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:212 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:157 [ref. 27754], Collette et al. 2003:107 [ref. 26784], Heemstra et al. 2003:1368 [ref. 27060], Smith et al. 2003:23 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:128 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:160 [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 2012:3 [ref. 32153], Tavera & Acero P. 2013:33 [ref. 32434], Page et al. 2013:132 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Collette 2013:172 [ref. 32953], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:40 [ref. 33341], Robertson et al. 2016:144 [ref. 34961], Victor & Marks 2018:12 [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. 2022:109 [ref. 39011], Page et al. 2023:194 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Hypoplectrus puella (Cuvier 1828). Serranidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.) south to West Indies, including northeastern Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, Habitat: marine.