dorsipunctatus, Microdesmus Dawson [C. E.] 1968:523, Figs. 1-4, 8, 10 [Copeia 1968 (no. 3); ref. 7884] Mangrove slough, behind Fort Kobbe beach, Pacific coast of Panama, about 8°54'N, 79°35'15"W, depth 0-4 feet. Holotype: USNM 202426. Paratypes: ANSP 111200 (2); BMNH 1967.12.30.4-5 (2); GCRL V67:2306 (19, 2 c&s), V67:2307-09 (30, 4, 5); INIBP uncat. (2); SIO 65-182 (1); UF 223551 [ex UMML 23551] (2); UMMZ 187473 (2); USNM 202427-28 (4, 3). Other material: GCRL V67:2310 (1), GCRL V67:2311 (46, 4 cs). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:127 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Microdesmus dorsipunctatus Dawson 1968 -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:270 [ref. 22193], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:453 [ref. 24550], Nelson et al. 2004:174 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:163 [ref. 37547], Van Tassell 2011:146 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:179 [ref. 32708], Angulo et al. 2013:1009 [ref. 33194], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:149 [ref. 34871], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:92 [ref. 35859], Love et al. 2021:207 [ref. 39279], Parenti 2021:384 [ref. 38603], Page et al. 2023:125 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Microdesmus dorsipunctatus Dawson 1968. Gobiidae: Microdesminae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Panama. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.