rostratus, Lepadogaster Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:1 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] British sea. Syntypes: ZMB 4110 (2). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:83 [ref. 24282]. As gouani on p. xxiii. •Synonym of Lepadogaster lepadogaster (Bonaterre 1788) -- (Briggs 1955:36 [ref. 637], Briggs 1973:654 [ref. 7222], Briggs 1990:475 [ref. 15498]). •Synonym of Lepadogaster purpurea (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (Henriques et al. 2002:338 [ref. 26172]). Current status: Synonym of Lepadogaster purpurea (Bonnaterre 1788). Gobiesocidae: Lepadogastrinae. Habitat: marine.