Plectranthias garrupellus Robins & Starck, 1961

Holotype: ANSP 95129, 52 mm SL, female.

Type locality: off Daytona Beach, Florida, 28°52’ N, 80°05’ W in 119 meters. Illustrations: Anderson & Heemstra, 2012, fig. 8; Bullock & Smith, 1991, pl. II, fig. D; Robins & Starck, 1961:313, fig. 7 (middle).

D: X, 15 to 17 (rarely 17). A: III, 7. P: 12 to 14 (usually 13). C: 17 (9 + 8). V: 26 (10 + 16). S: 3. GR: 14 to 18 (4 to 6 +10 to 13). LL: 28 or 29 (most frequently 29). CP: 12 to 14 (usually 14).

Distribution: western Atlantic from North Carolina to the Straits of Florida, Bahamas, eastern Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea (Anderson & Heemstra, 2012: 42).