radialis, Serranus Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1824:316 [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-7015 (1), B-3114 [ex MNHN 0000-7015] (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1984:34 [ref. 19232] as holotype (7015) and paratype. •Valid as Diplectrum radiale (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Hiyama in Kumada 1937:39 [ref. 39147] misidentified, Bortone 1977:26 [ref. 7064], Matsuura in Uyeno et al. 1983:310 [ref. 14275], Cervigón 1991:320 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:434 [ref. 23827], Aguilera 1998:48 [ref. 24221], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:205 [ref. 25013], Figueroa et al. 2000:1280 [ref. 37471], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:157 [ref. 27754], Rojas M. & Pequeño 2001:162 [ref. 25813], Camargo & Isaac 2001:143 [ref. 27639], López et al. 2002:65 [ref. 26808], Heemstra et al. 2003:1326 [ref. 27060], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:75 [ref. 27192], Nión et al. 2016:46 [ref. 35565], Spier et al. 2018:9 [ref. 36103], Ribeiro et al. 2019:7 [ref. 36717], Parenti & Randall 2020:115 [ref. 37354], Carvalho-Filho et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:516 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:125 [ref. 40480], Hoff et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40463]). Current status: Valid as Diplectrum radiale (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Serranidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Venezuela south to Mar Chiquita lagoon (Argentina). Habitat: brackish, marine.