Species that contain: Diplectrum and bivittatum [ 2 ] records

arcuarium, Diplectrum Ginsburg [I.] 1948:268 [Copeia 1948 (no. 4); ref. 13054] Off Breton Sound, Louisiana, U.S.A., 29°29'30"N, 88°41'W, depth 15 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 144213. Paratypes: (37) CAS-SU 50185 (1); USNM 118535 (18, now 11), 118536 (1), 129817 (1), 144213-16 (1, 1, 9, 1), 155173-77 (1, 1, 2, 2, 2). Appeared as "Diplectrum arcuarium, new subspecies," but the author states, "...Therefore, for nomenclatural purposes, the Gulf population is tentatively treated as though it were a full species." •Synonym of Diplectrum bivittatum (Valenciennes 1828) -- (Bortone 1977:22 [ref. 7064], Bullock & Smith 1991:46 [ref. 36591], Parenti & Randall 2020:114 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Diplectrum bivittatum (Valenciennes 1828). Serranidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Caribbean Sea south to Brazil [if valid]. Habitat: marine.

bivittatus, Serranus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828:241 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 2; ref. 997] Martinique Island, West Indies; Havana, Cuba. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-6988 (1) Martinique, 0000-5889 (1) Havana. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1984:24 [ref. 19232]. •Valid as Diplectrum bivittatum (Valenciennes 1828) -- (Bortone 1977:22 [ref. 7064], Robins & Ray 1986:141 [ref. 23100], Bullock & Smith 1991:46 [ref. 36591], Cervigón 1991:317 [ref. 24472], Boschung 1992:104 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:434 [ref. 23827], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:268 [ref. 24550], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:205 [ref. 25013], Rojas M. & Pequeño 2001:162 [ref. 25813], Heemstra et al. 2003:1326 [ref. 27060], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:75 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:21 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:127 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:140 [ref. 28815], García-Hernández et al. 2009:92 [ref. 37265], Page et al. 2013:131 [ref. 32708], Parenti & Randall 2020:114 [ref. 37354], Robertson et al. 2020:162 [ref. 38098], Carvalho-Filho et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:514 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:125 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Diplectrum bivittatum (Valenciennes 1828). Serranidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.) south to Espírito Santo (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.