xanthiprora, Gobiosoma (Elacatinus) Böhlke [J. E.] & Robins [C. R.] 1968:85, Fig. 5 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 120; ref. 609] Off Alligator Reef Light, Florida, U.S.A., depth about 75 feet. Holotype: ANSP 110898 [ex UMML 7138]. Paratypes: UF 208312 [ex UMML 8312] (1), USNM 118105 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:111 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Gobiosoma xanthiprora Böhlke & Robins 1968 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:250 [ref. 23100], Schwartz 1999:287 [ref. 25307], Rüber et al. 2003:1597 [ref. 26969], Ross & Rhode 2004:312 [ref. 27789]). •Valid as Elacatinus xanthiprora (Böhlke & Robins 1968) -- (Sazima et al. 1997:36 [ref. 23134], Hoese & Reader 2001:157 [ref. 26035], Colin 2002:4 [ref. 26436], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1793 [ref. 27111], Smith et al. 2003:62 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:171 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:700 [ref. 28815], Taylor & Akins 2007:45 [ref. 29023], Randall & Lobel 2009:9 [ref. 30249], Colin 2010:38, 47 [ref. 30879], Van Tassell 2011:153 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:176 [ref. 32708], Robertson et al. 2016:148 [ref. 34961], Parenti 2021:268 [ref. 38603], Page et al. 2023:122 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Elacatinus xanthiprora (Böhlke & Robins 1968). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina south to Florida (U.S.A.), including Gulf of Mexico (U.S.A., Mexico). IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.