puncticulatum, Gobiosoma Ginsburg [I.] 1938:57 [Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin v. 1 (no. 2); ref. 17145] Los Frailes, near Cape San Lucas, Baja California. Holotype: CAS-SU 36564 [not 32963 as published]. Paratypes: CAS-SU 36560 [not 32964] (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:113 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Gobiosoma punticulatus Ginsburg 1938 -- (Rüber et al. 2003:1597 [ref. 26969]). •Valid as Elacatinus puncticulatus (Ginsburg 1938) -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:262 [ref. 22193], Hoese in Fischer et al. 1995:1134 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:168 [ref. 24545], Thomson et al. 2000:234 [ref. 25640], Hoese & Reader 2001:165 [ref. 26035], Nelson et al. 2004:171 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:161 [ref. 37547], Van Tassell 2011:153 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:176 [ref. 32708], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:149 [ref. 34871], Sandoval-Huerta et al. 2019:269 [ref. 37390], Love et al. 2021:204 [ref. 39279], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Elacatinus puncticulatus (Ginsburg 1938). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern tip of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Ecuador, including Gulf of California (Mexico) Habitat: marine.