dewegeri, Serranus (Paralabrax) Metzelaar [J.] 1919:52, Fig. 20 [Report on the fishes; ref. 2982] Guanta, Venezuela. Syntypes: (2) ZMA 113104 (1). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:90 [ref. 19236]. •Valid as Serranus dewegeri Metzelaar 1919 -- (Matsuura in Uyeno et al. 1983:308 [ref. 14275], Robins & Ray 1986:139 [ref. 23100], Aguilera 1998:48 [ref. 24221], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:77 [ref. 27192]). •Valid as Paralabrax dewegeri (Metzelaar 1919) -- (Cervigón 1991:355 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:435 [ref. 23827], Rojas M. & Pequeño 2001:164 [ref. 25813], Heemstra et al. 2003:1361 [ref. 27060], Pondella et al. 2003:182 [ref. 29770], Carvalho Filho & Ferreira 2013:809 [ref. 33030], Parenti & Randall 2020:120 [ref. 37354], Carvalho-Filho et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:528 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:127 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Paralabrax dewegeri (Metzelaar 1919). Serranidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Venezuela south to Ceará (Brazil), including southern Caribbean Sea. Habitat: brackish, marine.