australis, Cottus Shaw [G.] in White 1790:266, Pl. 52 [Journal of a voyage to New South Wales; ref. 4654] Between Botany Bay and Broken Bay, New South Wales, Australia. No types known. Authorship according to Sherborn 1891:535 [ref. 32516]. •Valid as Centropogon australis (Shaw 1790) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:439 [ref. 12442], Kuiter 1993:118 [ref. 23929], Kuiter 1997:82 [ref. 25488], Poss 1999:2311 [ref. 24796], Johnson 1999:727 [ref. 25471], Allen et al. 2006:897 [ref. 29078], Johnson & Motomura 2008:499 [ref. 30648]). Current status: Valid as Centropogon australis (Shaw 1790). Synanceiidae: Tetraroginae. Distribution: Australia: southern Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. Habitat: brackish, marine.