cocosensis, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1854:47 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 7 (no. 1); ref. 16938] Indonesia [original locality was Nova Selma, Cocos Island/Cocos-Keeling Islands, eastern Indian Ocean]. Neotype: RMNH 4533. Unique holotype from Cocos-Keeling Is. apparently lost; neotype selected by Akihito & Meguro 1980:225 [ref. 6920]. •Valid as Bathygobius cocosensis (Bleeker 1854) -- (Akihito & Meguro 1980:225 [ref. 6920], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:272 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:781 [ref. 5670], Allen & Swainston 1988:134 [ref. 25477], Miller & Smith 1989:315 [ref. 25535], Randall et al. 1990:395 [ref. 15987], Randall & Goren 1993:5 [ref. 21131], Allen 1997:216 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:395 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:245 [ref. 23965], Chu 1999:70 [ref. 24097], Randall 1999:26 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:92 [ref. 37268], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:635 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1220 [ref. 25182], Randall & Earle 2000:19 [ref. 25806], Sakai et al. 2001:109 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3595 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1221 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:643 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:26 [ref. 27624], Tan & Lim 2004:110 [ref. 27716], Adrim et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27715], Heemstra et al. 2004:3328 [ref. 27945], Greenfield & Randall 2004:508 [ref. 28175], Randall 2005:520 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:472 [ref. 28379], Hoese & Larson 2006:1627 [ref. 29097], Randall 2007:395 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:99 [ref. 30213], Shibukawa 2009:264 [ref. 30449], Motomura et al. 2010:205 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:960 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:191 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:401 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:159 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Fricke et al. 2018:326 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:16 [ref. 36883], Eagderi et al. 2019:59 [ref. 37020], Sadeghi & Esmaeili 2019:118 [ref. 39549], Okamoto in Motomura et al. 2021:68 [ref. 38121], Parenti 2021:99 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:49 [ref. 39971], Mochizuki et al. 2022:23 [ref. 39612], Sreeraj et al. 2022:649 [ref. 40119]). Current status: Valid as Bathygobius cocosensis (Bleeker 1854). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Pitcairn, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia and Rapa (French Polynsia). Habitat: marine.
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