heterurus, Paracentropristis Cadenat [J.] 1937:456, Figs. 13-14 [Revue des Travaux de l'Institut des Pêches Maritimes v. 10 (fasc. 4, no. 40); ref. 17134] West Africa. Syntypes: MHNLR P.407 (1), 1 lost. Type catalog: Aloncle 1968:686-687 [ref. 20713], Bauchot et al. 1984:43 [ref. 19232]. •Synonym of Serranus sanctaehelenae Boulenger 1895 -- (Smith 1990:706 [ref. 18227]). •Valid as Serranus heterurus (Cadenat 1937) -- (Rojas M. & Pequeño 2001:166 [ref. 25813], Wirtz et al. 2013:122 [ref. 32972], Wirtz & Iwamoto 2016:192 [ref. 34418], Heemstra & Anderson in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2411 [ref. 34618], Iwamoto & Wirtz 2018:15 [ref. 36189], Reiner 2019:177 [ref. 38139], Parenti & Randall 2020:125 [ref. 37354], Fermon et al. 2022:286 [ref. 39448] possible). Current status: Valid as Serranus heterurus (Cadenat 1937). Serranidae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to Ghana, including Cape Verde Islands, and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: marine.