arabicus, Gobius Gmelin [J. F.] (ex Forsskål) 1789:1198 [Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 3); ref. 18139] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. No types known. Based on Gobius anguillaris (non Linnaeus 1758) of Forsskål 1775:x, 23 [ref. 1351]. Preoccupied by the unused name Gobius djiddensis Bonnaterre, 1788. Declared a nomen protectum by Parenti 2021:123 [ref. 38603]. •Valid as Amblycentrus arabicus (Gmelin 1789) -- (Goren 1979:23 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:238 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Cryptocentroides arabicus (Gmelin 1789) -- (Randall et al. 1994:244 [ref. 21645], Goren & Dor 1994:63 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:333 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:213 [ref. 23922], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Fricke 2008:53 [ref. 30182], Ghanbarifardi & Malek 2009:[4] 498 [ref. 37937], Golani & Fricke 2018:150 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:61 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:96 [ref. 36871], Jawad et al. 2021:8 [ref. 38429], Parenti 2021:123 [ref. 38603], Esmaeili et al. 2022:481 [ref. 39253], Larson 2022:70 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:8 [ref. 40247], Esmaeili & Hamidan 2023:213 [ref. 40377], Çiçek et al. 2024:303 [ref. 40789]). Nomen Protectum. Current status: Valid as Cryptocentroides arabicus (Gmelin 1789). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden and Socotra (Yemen) to Persian Gulf. Habitat: brackish, marine.