thalassinus, Gobius Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1883:612 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 5 (no. 328); ref. 2473] Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, U.S.A. Syntypes: (2) USNM 29674 (1). •Valid as Microgobius thalassinus (Jordan & Gilbert 1883) -- (Lee et al. 1980:798 [ref. 22416], Birdsong 1981:285 [ref. 5425] with a holotype, Robins & Ray 1986:252 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:165 [ref. 23239], Murdy et al. 1997:214 [ref. 23144], Schwartz 1999:288 [ref. 25307], Rüber et al. 2003:1598 [ref. 26969], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1794 [ref. 27111], Ross & Rhode 2004:315 [ref. 27789], Nelson et al. 2004:173 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:721 [ref. 28815], García-Hernández et al. 2009:94 [ref. 37265], Van Tassell 2011:168 [ref. 31732], Van Tassell et al. 2012:88 [ref. 31948], Tornabene et al. 2012:41 [ref. 32138], Page et al. 2013:178 [ref. 32708], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:345 [ref. 36407], Robins et al. 2018:436 [ref. 35886], Parenti 2021:275 [ref. 38603], Bagley et al. 2023:317 [ref. 41241], Page et al. 2023:124 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Microgobius thalassinus (Jordan & Gilbert 1883). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Pennsylvania south to Florida (U.S.A.), including northern and western Gulf of Mexico. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.