Species that contain: Serranus and tortugarum [ 1 ] records

tortugarum, Serranus Longley [W. H.] 1935:87 [Carnegie Institution of Washington Year Book No. 34; ref. 13714] Tortugas Islands, Florida, U.S.A. Lectotype: USNM 107329. Paralectotypes: USNM 108881 (1). Lectotype designated by Hildebrand in Longley & Hildebrand 1940:239 [ref. 2822]. •Valid as Serranus tortugarum Longley 1935 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:140 [ref. 23100], Bullock & Smith 1991:78 [ref. 36591], Cervigón 1991:366 [ref. 24472], Boschung 1992:110 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:436 [ref. 23827], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:158 [ref. 27754], Collette et al. 2003:107 [ref. 26784], Heemstra et al. 2003:1327 [ref. 27060], Smith et al. 2003:26 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:130 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:193 [ref. 28815], Page et al. 2013:133 [ref. 32708], Carvalho-Filho & Ferreira 2013:812 [ref. 33030], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:43 [ref. 33341], Robertson et al. 2016:145 [ref. 34961], Iwamoto & Wirtz 2018:35 [ref. 36189], Parenti & Randall 2020:128 [ref. 37354], Robertson et al. 2020:163 [ref. 38098], Page et al. 2023:195 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Serranus tortugarum Longley 1935. Serranidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Florida (U.S.A.) south to Venezuela, including Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.