lateralis, Gobius Macleay [W.] 1881:602 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 5 (pt 4); ref. 2869] King George Sound, Western Australia. Syntypes: AMS I.16386-001 [ex MAMU F893] (3). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:158 [ref. 2676], Stanbury 1969:208 [ref. 19518]. •Valid as Favonigobius lateralis (Macleay 1881) -- (Paulin et al. 1989:225 [ref. 24556], Gill & Miller 1990:516 [ref. 16711], Gill 1993:177 [ref. 21981], Kuiter 1993:348 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:167 [ref. 25479], Gomon et al. 1994:790 [ref. 22532], Kuiter 1997:352 [ref. 25488], Willis et al. 1999:189 [ref. 24629], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Hoese & Larson 2006:1649 [ref. 29097], Hoese & Larson 2008:758 [ref. 30660], Larson 2011:237, 238 [ref. 31740], Hammer et al. 2015:374 [ref. 34092], Hoschke et al. 2019:160 [ref. 36626], Parenti 2021:154 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Favonigobius lateralis (Macleay 1881). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean: Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. Habitat: brackish, marine.