echinocephalus, Gobius Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1830:136, Pl. 34 (fig. 3) [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Syntypes or possible types: BMNH 1860.12.3.2-3 (2); SMF 1722 (6); ZMB 2087-89 (1, 1, 1), 6553 (1), 15589 (1). Also in Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:134 [ref. 1006]. •Valid as Paragobiodon echinocephalus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Dor 1984:249 [ref. 29757], Yoshino & Yamamoto in Masuda et al. 1984:266 [ref. 6441], Maugé 1986:379 [ref. 6218], Hoese 1986:798 [ref. 5670], Allen & Swainston 1988:136 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:405 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:65 [ref. 25356], Allen 1997:218 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:369 [ref. 23967], Randall et al. 1997:405 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:257 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:518 [ref. 24106], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:639 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1185 [ref. 25182], Randall & Earle 2000:19 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:121 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1185 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:645 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:544 [ref. 28239], Herler & Hilgers 2005:123 [ref. 28528], Hoese & Larson 2006:1671 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:150 [ref. 29532], Fricke et al. 2009:102 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:216 [ref. 31256], Suzuki & Randall 2011:155 [ref. 31616], Allen & Erdmann 2012:902 [ref. 31980]. Larson et al. 2013:203 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:169 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988] dated 1828, Prokofiev 2016:652 [ref. 35020], Fricke et al. 2018:337 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:158 [ref. 36273], Parenti 2021:207 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:119 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:21 [ref. 40247], Sato et al. 2023:15 [ref. 40019]). Current status: Valid as Paragobiodon echinocephalus (Rüppell 1830). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Tuamotu Archipelago and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island (Australia), and Tonga. Habitat: marine.
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