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Species in the genus Yongeichthys: [ 15 ] records

africana, Gobius caninus var. Playfair [R. L.] in Playfair & Günther 1867:71, Pl. 9 (fig. 1) [The fishes of Zanzibar; ref. 3490] Zanzibar, Tanzania; East Indian Archipelago; China. Holotype: BMNH 1867.3.7.503. •Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Maugé 1986:387 [ref. 6218], Parenti 2021:257 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:155 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

auchenotaenia, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1867:415 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 2; ref. 14040] Madagascar. Syntypes: (10) RMNH (apparently lost). •Synonym of Acentrogobius nebulosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Maugé 1986:387 [ref. 6218]). •Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Fricke et al. 2018:345 [ref. 35805], Parenti 2021:257 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:155 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

audax, Acentrogobius Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:201, Fig. 17 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 13; ref. 4122] Ibo Island, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 192. •Synonym of Acentrogobius madraspatensis (Day 1868) -- (Allen 2015:7 [ref. 33699] if valid). •Synonym of Acentrogobius viganensis (Steindachner 1893) and Acentrogobius madraspatensis (Day 1868) -- (Allen 2017:110 [ref. 35601]). •Valid as Acentrogobius audax Smith 1959 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:249 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:777 [ref. 5670], Nakabo 2000:1244 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3594 [ref. 26293], Sakai et al. 2001:108 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:1244 [ref. 26193], Motomura et al. 2010:202 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2018:322 [ref. 35805], Parenti 2021:78 [ref. 38603], Furuhashi et al. 2023:27 [ref. 40140]). •Valid as Yongeichthys audax (Smith 1959), possibly a junior synonym of Yongeichthys viganensis (Steindachner 1893) -- (Larson 2022:155 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Yongeichthys audax (Smith 1959). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and Mozambique to Seychelles and Madagascar; northwestern Pacific: Osumi Islands (Japan). Habitat: brackish, marine.

bequaerti, Gobius Fowler [H. W.] 1923:4 [American Museum Novitates No. 103; ref. 1399] Mouth of the Congo River, western Africa. Holotype (unique): AMNH 8283 (not seen in 1996). •Synonym of Yongeichthys thomasi (Boulenger 1916) -- (Maugé 1986:38 [ref. 6218], Miller 1990:950 [ref. 19376], Parenti 2021:257 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Yongeichthys thomasi (Boulenger 1916). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

brevifilis, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:90 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Puducherry, India. Syntypes: MNHN A-1357 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:27 [ref. 19958]. •Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Maugé 1986:387 [ref. 6218], Kottelat 2013:432 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:257 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:155 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

criniger, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:82 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Dorey Harbor, New Guinea; Malabar, India. Syntypes: MNHN A-1348 (1, main specimen) Dorey Harbor, New Guinea; MNHN A-1350 (1) Malabar, India. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:30 [ref. 19958] as holotype and paratype. •Valid as Rhinogobius criniger (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Miller 1973:515 [ref. 6888]). •Valid as Ctenogobius criniger (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Geevarghese & John 1982:660 [ref. 8476], Wu & Ni in Kuang et al. 1986:295 [ref. 26639] with authors as Cuvier & Valenciennes). •Valid as Yongeichthys criniger (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:254 [ref. 6441], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:571 [ref. 25598], Rema Devi 1993:173 [ref. 24020], Randall 1995:795 [ref. 22357], Takahashi & Okamoto 2000:6 [ref. 24464], Nakabo 2000:1205 [ref. 25182], Sakai et al. 2001:120 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:1205 [ref. 26193], Randall et al. 2004:29 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:559 [ref. 28239], Kottelat 2013:432 [ref. 32989], Suresh et al. 2018:292 [ref. 36495]). •Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Dor 1984:252 [ref. 29757], Maugé 1986:387 [ref. 6218], Hoese & Larson 2006:1697 [ref. 29097], Parenti 2021:257 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:155 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

festivus, Gobius De Vis [C. W.] 1884:687 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 9 (pt 3); ref. 17383] Cape York, Queensland, Australia. Syntypes: AMS I.398, QM I.9934 (8, 1, 4, 10). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:175 [ref. 2676]. •Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Hoese & Larson 2006:1697 [ref. 29097], Kottelat 2013:432 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:257 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

lungi, Rhinogobius Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1907:41, Fig. 13 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 26 (Doc. 606) (for 1906); ref. 2498] Panay Island, Philippines. Holotype: USNM 53069. Paratypes: CAS-SU 9248 (1). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:126, 145 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:116 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Kottelat 2013:432 [ref. 32989], Kottelat 2013:432 [ref. 32989], Suzuki et al. 2017:80 [ref. 35202], Parenti 2021:257 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

nebulosus, Gobius Forsskål [P. S.] in Niebuhr 1775:24, x [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. No types known. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:53 [ref. 30182]. •Valid as Acentrogobius nebulosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3594 [ref. 26293], Larson et al. 2008:145 [ref. 29532], Allen & Erdmann 2012:954 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:209 [ref. 32988], Miesen et al. 2016:95 [ref. 34492], Allen 2017:108 [ref. 35601]). •Valid as Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Goren 1979:56 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:252 [ref. 29757], Maugé 1986:387 [ref. 6218], Hoese 1986:807 [ref. 5670], Allen & Swainston 1988:138 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:412 [ref. 15987], Kottelat et al. 1993:154 [ref. 23448], Goren & Dor 1994:67 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:345 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:218 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:369 [ref. 23967], Kuiter 1997:352 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:412 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:261 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:61 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S120 [ref. 27377], Tan & Lim 2004:111 [ref. 27716], Adrim et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27715], Hoese & Larson 2006:1696 [ref. 29097], Fricke 2008:53 [ref. 30182], Shibukawa 2009:290 [ref. 30449], Kottelat 2013:432 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:194 [ref. 34464], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:429 [ref. 33460], Prokofiev 2016:651 [ref. 35020], Motomura et al. 2017:200 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:345 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:164 [ref. 36273], Roy et al. 2019:296 [ref. 36920], Senou in Koeda & Ho 2019:1124 [ref. 42393], Psomadakis et al. 2020:551 [ref. 37272], Akaike et al. 2021:30 [ref. 38809], Parenti 2021:257 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:155 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:26 [ref. 40247], Jamandre 2023:170 [ref. 40455], Allen & Erdmann 2024:1141 [ref. 40796], Furuhashi et al. 2024:17 [ref. 41415], Vadher et al. 2024:24944 [ref. 40956]). Current status: Valid as Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa and Madagascar east to Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

pavidus, Ctenogobius Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:196, Figs. 9-10 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 13; ref. 4122] Palma, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 200. Paratypes: AMS I.19417-001 (2), SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 934 (9). •Valid as Yongeichthys pavidus (Smith 1855) -- (Goren 1979:57 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:252 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Amoya signatus (Peters 1855) -- (Hoese 1986:778 [ref. 5670]). •Synonym of Amoya signata (Peters 1855) -- (Parenti 2021:92 [ref. 38603]). •Synonym of Yongeichthys signatus (Peters 1855) -- (Larson 2022:156 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Yongeichthys signatus (Peters 1855). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

petersii, Gobius Steindachner [F.] 1866:781, Pl. 18 (fig. 7) [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 16; ref. 18789] Zanzibar, Tanzania, eastern Africa. Syntypes: NMW 30323-24 (2). •Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Maugé 1986:387 [ref. 6218]). •Synonym of Acentrogobius nebulosus (Forsskäl 1775) -- (Allen 2015:7 [ref. 33699], Parenti 2021:257 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

signatus, Gobius Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1855:444 [Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1855; ref. 3449] Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): ZMB 2101. Also described as new in Peters 1855:253 [ref. 13448]. The genus is feminine, and the species epithet is adjectival, so the correct species epithet is signata when in Amoya. •Valid as Amoya signatus (Peters 1855) -- (Hoese 1986:778 [ref. 5670], Goren & Dor 1994:63 [ref. 25356], Fricke 1999:498 [ref. 24106]). •Valid as Amoya signata (Peters 1855) -- (Fricke et al. 2009:99 [ref. 30213], Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:81 [ref. 35264] as signatus, Allen 2015:7 [ref. 33699], Parenti 2021:92 [ref. 38603], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:4 [ref. 40247]). •Valid as Acentrogobius signatus (Peters 1855) -- (Allen 2015:7 [ref. 33699], Allen 2017:108 [ref. 35601], Fricke et al. 2018:323 [ref. 35805]). •Valid as Yongeichthys signatus (Peters 1855) -- (Larson 2022:156 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Yongeichthys signatus (Peters 1855). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: East Africa, Seychelles and Madagascar to western Mascarenes (La Réunion). Habitat: marine.

thomasi, Gobius Boulenger [G. A.] 1916:336, Fig. 195 [Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa v. 4; ref. 585] Northern Sherbo District, Sierra Leone. Syntypes: BMNH 1915.4.13.66-67 (2). •Valid as Favonigobius thomasi (Boulenger 1916) -- (Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2840 [ref. 34618]). •Valid as Yongeichthys thomasi (Boulenger 1916) -- (Maugé 1986:387 [ref. 6218], Miller 1990:950 [ref. 19376], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:816 [ref. 21590], Afonso et al. 1999:86 [ref. 25466], Harrison et al. 2007:533 [ref. 30083], Wirtz et al. 2007:40 [ref. 30263], Schliewen 2011:221 [ref. 31738], Parenti 2021:257 [ref. 38603], Fermon et al. 2022:225 [ref. 39448], Oladipo et al. 2025:42 [ref. 42344]). Current status: Valid as Yongeichthys thomasi (Boulenger 1916). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic, western-central Africa: Senegal south to Democratic Republic of Congo. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

tuticorinensis, Ctenogobius Fowler [H. W.] 1925:645 [Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society v. 30 (pt 3); ref. 15537] Tuticorin, Madras, India. Lectotype: ANSP 51254. Paralectotypes: ANSP 51255-60 (6, in jar with lectotype). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:110 [ref. 13621] with holotype and paratypes; the "holotype" designated lectotype by Eschmeyer 1998:1713 [ref. 23416]. •Valid as Yongeichthys tuticorinensis (Fowler 1925) -- (Parenti 2021:258 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Yongeichthys tuticorinensis (Fowler 1925). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northern Indian Ocean: India endemic. Habitat: marine.

viganensis, Gobius Steindachner [F.] 1893:150 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 30 (no. 14) (for 18 May 1893); ref. 20494] Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. Syntypes: (several) NMW 30143-44 (2). Species described in more detail in Steindachner 1893:230 [ref. 14536]. •Valid as Acentrogobius viganensis (Steindachner 1893) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:249 [ref. 6441], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:568 [ref. 25598], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:635 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1245 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:118 [ref. 25868], Larson & Murdy 2001:3594 [ref. 26293], Sakai et al. 2001:109 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:1245 [ref. 26193], Kottelat 2013:398 [ref. 32989], Allen 2015:7 [ref. 33699], Allen 2017:108 [ref. 35601], Parenti 2021:81 [ref. 38603]). •Valid as Yongeichthys viganensis (Steindachner 1893) -- (Larson 2022:155 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Yongeichthys viganensis (Steindachner 1893). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines north to Taiwan and Ryukyu Islands (Japan). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.