spilota, Garmannia Ginsburg [I.] 1939:62 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 29 (no. 2); ref. 12362] Tide pools, Colón, (Atlantic) Panama. Holotype: USNM 81828. •Valid as Garmannia spilota Ginsburg 1939 -- (authors). •Valid as Gobiosoma spilotum (Ginsburg 1939) -- (Rüber et al. 2003:1596 [ref. 26969], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1794 [ref. 27111], Van Tassell 2011:154 [ref. 31732], Tornabene & Van Tassell 2014:24 [ref. 33167], Van Tassell et al. 2015:469 [ref. 33949], Parenti 2021:272 [ref. 38603], Carvalho-Filho 2023:240 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Gobiosoma spilotum (Ginsburg 1939). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: ?Costa Rica and Panama south to Pernambuco (Brazil), including southern Caribbean Sea Habitat: brackish, marine.