rhizophora, Gobius Heller [E.] & Snodgrass [R. E.] 1903:212, Pl. 12 [Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 5; ref. 2089] Tagus Cove, Isabela Island [Albemarle Island], Galápagos Islands. Holotype: CAS-SU 6349. Paratypes: CAS-SU 7000 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:114 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Lythrypnus rhizophora (Heller & Snodgrass 1903) -- (Bussing 1990:108 [ref. 19516], Allen & Robertson 1994:267 [ref. 22193], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:558 [ref. 24023], Thomson et al. 2000:248 [ref. 25640], Ahnelt & Bohacek 2004:47 [ref. 27751], Nelson et al. 2004:172 [ref. 27807], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:194 [ref. 30957], Van Tassell 2011:142 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:178 [ref. 32708], Fourriére et al. 2016:461 [ref. 34668] with question, Parenti 2021:197 [ref. 38603], Grove et al. 2022:18 [ref. 41326], Page et al. 2023:123 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Lythrypnus rhizophora (Heller & Snodgrass 1903). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Cocos Island (Costa Rica), Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) and other offshore islands. IUCN (2010): Data Deficient. Habitat: marine.