maculiferus, Hypoplectrus Poey [F.] 1871:78, Pl. 1 (bottom) [Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York v. 10 (no. 1-3) (art. 3); ref. 3506] Havana, Cuba. Holotype: MCZ 9783 or USNM 24783. Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:194 [ref. 22926]. •Questionably a synonym of Hypoplectrus aberrans (Poey 1868) -- (Domeier 1994:105 [ref. 21359]). •Synonym of Hypoplectrus aberrans (Poey 1868) -- (Puebla et al. 2022:111 [ref. 39011]). •Valid as Hypoplectrus maculiferus Poey 1871 -- (Heemstra et al. 2003:1367 [ref. 27060] as cf. maculiferus, Lobel 2011:11 [ref. 31606], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2012:4 [ref. 31860], Robertson et al. 2016:144 [ref. 34961], Parenti & Randall 2020:118 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Valid as Hypoplectrus maculiferus Poey 1871. Serranidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.