mertoni, Gobius Weber [M.] 1911:37, Figs. 5-6 [Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Frankfurt-a.-M. v. 34 (no. 1); ref. 14827] Aru Island, Aru Islands, Maluku, Indonesia. Lectotype: SMF 6699. Paralectotypes: (several) SMF 6692 (1), 6693-96 (4), 6697-98 (2); ZMA 112660 (1). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:99 [ref. 19236]. Lectotype selected by Larson 2001:149 [ref. 25522]. •Synonym in part of Mugilogobius platystomus (Günther 1872) -- (Larson 2001:164 [ref. 25522]). •Valid as Mugilogobius mertoni (Weber 1911) -- (Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Larson 2001:143 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3601 [ref. 26293], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Heemstra et al. 2004:3329 [ref. 27945], Hoese & Larson 2006:1665 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:142 [ref. 29532], Larson et al. 2013:201 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:413 [ref. 32989], Huang et al. 2013:101 [ref. 33734], Fricke et al. 2014:169 [ref. 33932], Miesen et al. 2016:94 [ref. 34492], Huang et al. 2016:14 [ref. 34500], Labatos 2017:4 [ref. 36239], Sulaiman et al. 2018:46 [ref. 35802], Fricke et al. 2018:335 [ref. 35805], Parenti 2021:330 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:162 [ref. 39971], Jamandre 2023:168 [ref. 40455], Sreeraj et al. 2024:5 [ref. 41260]). Current status: Valid as Mugilogobius mertoni (Weber 1911). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Gulf of Aden, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Rodrigues) east to Philippines and Papua New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.