lacertus, Gobius Poey [F.] 1860:278 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Cuba. Syntypes and/or Poey specimens: MCZ 13114 (orig. 9, now 8), ?NMW 33927-28 (2), USNM 120413 [ex MCZ 13114] (1, possibly the 92-mm primary specimen). Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:214 [ref. 22926]. •Valid as Bathygobius lacertus (Poey 1860) -- (Tornabene et al. 2010:154 [ref. 30990], Van Tassell 2011:140 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:175 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Collette 2013:180 [ref. 32953], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:75 [ref. 33341], Rodríguez-Rey et al. 2017:11 [ref. 35433], Parenti 2021:103 [ref. 38603], Martínez-Servín et al. 2023:113 [ref. 40726], Page et al. 2023:120 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Bathygobius lacertus (Poey 1860). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Bahamas, Florida (U.S.A.) and Mexico south to Panama, including Caribbean Sea. Habitat: brackish, marine.