A new subspecies of the bronzestripe grunt, Haemulon boschmae castroaguirrei sub
spec. nov., is described from the southern Gulf of Mexico. The new subspecies seems to be restricted to
the Gulf of Mexico, being separated for more than 2,000 km from the typical subspecies, H. boschmae
boschmae, which is endemic to the southern Caribbean and northern south America (Panamá to French
Guiana). Meristic values, scaling pattern, and some morphometric features distinguish both subspecies
