puellaris, Cossyphus Poey [F.] 1860:210 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Havana, Cuba. Syntypes and/or Poey specimens: MCZ 14339 (2), ZMB 5946 (1). Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:209 [ref. 22926] with a holotype. •Valid as Decodon puellaris (Poey 1860) -- (Robins & Ray 1986:201 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:154 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:346 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:402 [ref. 24474], Gomon 1997:819 [ref. 23083], Aguilera 1998:51 [ref. 24221], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:291 [ref. 25013], Parenti & Randall 2000:17 [ref. 24943], Thomson et al. 2000:173 [ref. 25640], Westneat 2003:1721 [ref. 27105], Moura et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:92 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004:155 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:511 [ref. 28815], Kuiter 2010:49 [ref. 35285], Page et al. 2013:160 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:62 [ref. 33341], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:168 [ref. 37485], Pinheiro et al. 2015:24 [ref. 34324], Pimentel et al. 2020:6 [ref. 38051], Robertson et al. 2020:157 [ref. 38098], Carvalho-Filho et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:459 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:206 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:173 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Decodon puellaris (Poey 1860). Labridae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.) south to Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.