barbatulus, Gobiesox Starks [E. C.] 1913:73, Pl. 14 [Leland Stanford Jr. University Publications, University Series; ref. 4197] Tide pools at Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Holotype: CAS-SU 22210. Paratypes: (3) AMNH 3858 (1), CAS-SU 22521 (orig. 3). Type specimen established in Pl. 14. •Synonym of Gobiesox strumosus Cope 1870 -- (Briggs 1955:115 [ref. 637]). •Mention as Gobiesox barbatulus with Cope as author -- (Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:310 [ref. 25013]). •Valid as Gobiesox barbatulus Starks 1913 -- (Johnson & Greenfield 1983:43 [ref. 28991], Cervigón 1991:200 [ref. 24472], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:469 [ref. 24550], McEachran 2003:1774 [ref. 27089], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:96 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:57 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:167 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:173 [ref. 32708], Conway et al. 2017:[9] [ref. 35287], Ribeiro et al. 2019:6 [ref. 36717], Carvalho-Filho 2023:86 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:151 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Gobiesox barbatulus Starks 1913. Gobiesocidae: Gobiesocinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Belize to southern Brazil, including southernm Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.