punctata, Protemblemaria Cervigón [F.] 1966:684 [Los peces marinos de Venezuela; ref. 9018] Estado Sucre, Laguna Grande, Peninsula de Araya, Golfo de Cariaco, Venezuela. Lectotype: MOBR-EDIMAR-P-2575. Paralectotypes: ANSP 108147 (2), MOBR-EDIMAR-P-2020 (5). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:41 [ref. 13621], Lasso et al. 1999:110 [ref. 33859]. Described in more detail and lectotype selected in Böhlke & Cervigón 1967:4 [ref. 20754]. •Valid as Coralliozetus punctatus (Cervigón 1966) -- (Cervigón 1994:103 [ref. 24488]). •Valid as Protemblemaria punctata Cervigón 1966 -- (Böhlke & Cervigón 1967:2 [ref. 20754], Hastings 1997:758 [ref. 23518], Hastings 2001:128 [ref. 25781], Williams 2003:1767 [ref. 27109], Patzner et al. 2009:471 [ref. 30396]). Current status: Valid as Protemblemaria punctata Cervigón 1966. Chaenopsidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Venezuela. Habitat: marine.