mirabilis, Gillichthys Cooper [J. G.] 1864:111, Fig. 24 (labeled Fig. 18) [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 1) v. 3 (sigs. 7-8); ref. 4877] San Diego Bay, California, U.S.A. Syntypes: [Orig. Calif. State Coll. no. 627 (4)], ?CAS; ?MNHN A-3390 [ex USNM 5229] (1), USNM 5229 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:23 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Gillichthys mirabilis Cooper 1864 -- (Herrera 1896:62 [ref. 39336], Lee et al. 1980:789 [ref. 22416], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:262 [ref. 9277], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:169 [ref. 24545], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:435 [ref. 24550], Fuller et al. 1999:459 [ref. 25838], Ruiz-Campos et al. 2000:75 [ref. 24940], Thomson et al. 2000:251 [ref. 25640], Moyle 2002:434 [ref. 26449], Nelson et al. 2004:171 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:162 [ref. 37547], Miller 2006:397 [ref. 28615], Minckley & Marsh 2009:280 [ref. 31114], Page & Burr 2011:618 [ref. 31215], Van Tassell 2011:143 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:177 [ref. 32708], Kells et al. 2016:304 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:90 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:205 [ref. 39279], Parenti 2021:296 [ref. 38603], Page et al. 2023:122 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Gillichthys mirabilis Cooper 1864. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: northern California (U.S.A.) south to Pacific coast of Baja California Sur (Mexico), including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.