mystacinus, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:124 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-2967. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:36 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Waitea mystacina (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Maugé 1986:386 [ref. 6218], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:297 [ref. 24014]). •Valid as Mahidoria [sic] mystacina (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:262 [ref. 6441]). •Valid as Mahidolia mystacina (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Yanagisawa 1978:310 [ref. 7028], Hoese 1986:794 [ref. 5670], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:938 [ref. 20764], Rainboth 1996:202 [ref. 22772], Chen et al. 1997:131 [ref. 22867], Larson & Williams 1997:369 [ref. 23967], Kuiter 1997:348 [ref. 25488], Myers 1999:241 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1235 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:412 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:120 [ref. 25868], Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Sakai et al. 2001:113 [ref. 25693], Satapoomin & Winterbottom 2002:62 [ref. 26168], Nakabo 2002:1235 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:643 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:187 [ref. 27510], Randall 2005:542 [ref. 28239], Randall et al. 2005:129 [ref. 28745], Hoese & Larson 2006:1664 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:150 [ref. 29532], Shibukawa 2009:279 [ref. 30449], Allen & Erdmann 2012:879 [ref. 31980]). Current status: Valid as Mahidolia mystacina (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to Micronesia, New Caledonia and Australia north to Japan. Habitat: brackish, marine.