Paragobiodon Bleeker [P.] 1872:129 Masc. Gobius echinocephalus Rüppell 1830. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Bleeker 1874:309 [ref. 437] with type as Gobius melanosoma Bleeker 1852:703. •Valid as Paragobiodon Bleeker 1872 -- (Yoshino & Yamamoto in Masuda et al. 1984:266 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:798 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:379 [ref. 6218], Birdsong et al. 1988:193 [ref. 7303], Larson & Murdy 2001:3585 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1671 [ref. 29097], Suzuki & Randall 2011:155 [ref. 31616], Fricke et al. 2018:337 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:158 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:287 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Paragobiodon Bleeker 1872. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.