fallax, Gobius Sarato [C.] 1889:506 [Gazette Nice Alpes Maritimes No. 16 (Apr. 21); ref. 18655] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: MSNG CE 12640 (3); MNHN 1888-0261 to 0263 (1, 1, 1); ZMO 1133 (2). Type catalog: Pethon 1969:10 [ref. 19268], Bauchot et al. 1991:31 [ref. 19958]. Specimens ZMUO J1133 (2) are labeled syntypes but they are not types according to Pethon 1969:1, 10 [ref. 19268]. •Valid as Gobius fallax Sarato 1889 -- (Miller 1973:486 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1040 [ref. 13677], Miller 1990:935 [ref. 19376], Al-Hassan 1999:196 [ref. 25945], Kovačić & Miller 2000:235 [ref. 25014], Herler et al. 2005:1059 [ref. 28118], Fricke et al. 2007:103 [ref. 29533], Kovačić & Golani 2007:90 [ref. 39536], Kovačić & Golani 2008:418 [ref. 33214]. Lipej & Dulčić 2010:64 [ref. 36649], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:186 [ref. 31737], Kovačić et al. 2011:248 [ref. 32868], Kovačić et al. 2012:439 [ref. 32861], Kovačić & Šanda 2016:1121 [ref. 34173], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2840 [ref. 34618], Kovačić & Schembri 2019:290 [ref. 36757], Kovačić 2020:77 [ref. 37932], Kovačić et al. 2020:24 [ref. 37519], Golani 2021:74 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:40 [ref. 39014], Parenti 2021:177 [ref. 38603], Kovačić et al. 2022: 56 [ref. 39303], Renoult et al. 2022:98 [ref. 39288]). Current status: Valid as Gobius fallax Sarato 1889. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic: ?Canary Islands. Habitat: marine.