Species that contain: Pseudupeneus and maculatus [ 3 ] records

maculatus, Mullus Walbaum [J. J.] (ex Klein) 1792:619 [Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium Part 3; ref. 4572] Brazil. No types known. Based on the 'Mullus barbatus, totus sanguineus' of Klein 1749:22, pl. 6, fig. 3 [ref. 30141], which was based on Piso 'hist. nat. indiae 60' and 'Mullus' of Markgraf von Liebstadt 1648:156 [ref. 30347]. Regarded as forgotten name, not to replace Pseudupeneus maculatus (Bloch 1793), but Mullus maculatus Walbaum 1792 perhaps is available and valid. •Synonym of Pseudupeneus maculatus (Bloch 1793) -- (P. Parenti, pers. comm.). •Perhaps valid as Pseudupeneus maculatus (Walbaum 1792). Nomen Oblitum. Current status: Synonym of Pseudupeneus maculatus (Bloch 1793). Mullidae. Habitat: marine.

maculatus, Mullus Bloch [M. E.] 1793:95, Pl. 348 (fig. 1) [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 7; ref. 4868] Brazil. No types known. On p. 79 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 10 [ref. 21381]. •Valid as Pseudupeneus maculatus (Bloch 1793) -- (Robins & Ray 1986:190 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:147 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:364 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:318 [ref. 24474], Andreata & Séret 1996:587 [ref. 16204], Aguilera 1998:51 [ref. 24221], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:272 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:163 [ref. 27754], Rocha & Rosa 2001:990 [ref. 25909], Kim 2002:63 [ref. 26347], Collette et al. 2003:111 [ref. 26784], Randall 2003:1658 [ref. 27098], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:89 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:38 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:149 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:451 [ref. 28815], Page et al. 2013:153 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:58 [ref. 33341], Bos 2014:752 [ref. 33550], Pinheiro et al. 2015:20 [ref. 34324], Robertson et al. 2016:146 [ref. 34961], Spier et al. 2018:15 [ref. 36103], Robertson et al. 2020:159 [ref. 38098], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:81 [ref. 38844], Rotundo et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:500 [ref. 38945], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:74 [ref. 39585], Echreshavi et al. 2022:25 [ref. 39234], Carvalho-Filho 2023:183 [ref. 40480], Ceríaco et al. 2023:63 [ref. 40710], Hoff et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40463], Page et al. 2023:119 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Pseudupeneus maculatus (Bloch 1793). Mullidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: New Jersey (U.S.A.) south to Santa Catarina (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.

punctatus, Upeneus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:482 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 3; ref. 4879] Martinique Island, West Indies. Syntypes: MNHN A-3195 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1985:9 [ref. 20735]. •Synonym of Pseudupeneus maculatus (Bloch 1793). Current status: Synonym of Pseudupeneus maculatus (Bloch 1793). Mullidae. Habitat: marine.