paradoxus, Gobius Günther [A.] 1861:549 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] Pacific coast of Central America. Syntypes: BMNH 1861.8.13.23-24 (2). On p. 3 of separate. Also appeared as new in Günther 1862:372 [3] [ref. 1968]. •Valid as Gobiosoma paradoxum (Günther 1861) -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:265 [ref. 22193], Hoese in Fischer et al. 1995:1135 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:171 [ref. 24545], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:148 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:433 [ref. 24550], Thomson et al. 2000:232 [ref. 25640], Rüber et al. 2003:1597 [ref. 26969], Nelson et al. 2004:172 [ref. 27807], Van Tassell 2011:154 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:177 [ref. 32708], Tornabene & Van Tassell 2014:23 [ref. 33167], González-Murcia et al. 2019:293 [ref. 36544], Parenti 2021:272 [ref. 38603], Page et al. 2023:123 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Gobiosoma paradoxum (Günther 1861). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Mexico south to Ecuador. Habitat: brackish, marine.