maeandricus, Lepadogaster Girard [C. F.] 1858:130 [General report upon zoology of the several Pacific railroad routes, 1857; ref. 4911] San Luis Obispo, California, U.S.A. Syntypes: ?USNM 516 to 518 (1, 1, 1). Replacement name for Lepadogaster reticulatus Girard 1854, preoccupied by Lepadogaster reticulatus Risso 1810. •Valid as Gobiesox maeandricus (Girard 1858) -- (Briggs 1955:101 [ref. 637], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:109 [ref. 9277], Matarese et al. 1989:230 [ref. 26885], McAllister 1990:228 [ref. 14674], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:798 [ref. 25968], Nelson et al. 2004:167 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:159 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:173 [ref. 32708], Pietsch & Orr 2015:66 [ref. 34694], Kells et al. 2016:300 [ref. 35888], Hastings & Conway 2017:396 [ref. 35062] as meandricus, Conway et al. 2017:[9] [ref. 35287], Burton & Lea 2019:90 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:201 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:152 [ref. 40505]). Replacement Name. Current status: Valid as Gobiesox maeandricus (Girard 1858). Gobiesocidae: Gobiesocinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southeastern Alaska (U.S.A.) south to Pacific coast of central Baja California (Mexico), including Guadalupe Island (Mexico). Habitat: marine.