fusculus, Centropristes Poey [F.] 1861:342 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Havana, Cuba. Holotype (unique): MCZ 10015. Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:193 [ref. 22926], Carvalho-Filho et al. 2023:54 [ref. 40476]. Original genus should have been Centropristis. •Valid as Serranus fuscula (Poey 1861) -- (Robertson et al. 2020:162 [ref. 38098]). •Valid as Centropristis fuscula Poey 1861 -- (Bortone 1977:24 [ref. 7059], Robins & Ray 1986:138 [ref. 23100], Heemstra et al. 2003:1326 [ref. 27060], Nelson et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:131 [ref. 32708], Lins Oliveira et al. 2015:148 [ref. 37485], Parenti & Randall 2020:110 [ref. 37354], Page et al. 2023:193 [ref. 40505]). •Valid as Serranus fusculus (Poey 1861) -- (Carvalho-Filho et al. 2023:54 [ref. 40476], Carvalho-Filho 2023:127 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Serranus fusculus (Poey 1861). Serranidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina and Florida (U.S.A.) and Cuba south to Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) and Uruguay, including eastern, southwestern and southern Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.