bosc, Gobius Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Bosc d'Antic) 1800:536, 555, Pl. 16 (fig. 1) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 2; ref. 2709] Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:55 [ref. 19958]. Based on 'Gobius alepidotus, corpore nudo, griseo, fasciis septem pallidis' in manuscript by Bosc (Louis-Augustin Bosc d'Antic, 1759-1828, French naturalist). The spelling bosc is acceptable. •Valid as Gobiosoma bosc (Lacepède 1800) [often as bosci] -- (Lee et al. 1980:795 [ref. 22416], Smith 1986:443 [ref. 22186], Robins & Ray 1986:249 [ref. 23100] as bosci, Boschung 1992:164 [ref. 23239], Murdy et al. 1997:215 [ref. 23144], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:431 [ref. 24550], Schwartz 1999:286 [ref. 25307], Fuller et al. 1999:460 [ref. 25838], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:167 [ref. 27754], Rüber et al. 2003:1597 [ref. 26969], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1794 [ref. 27111], Ross & Rhode 2004:310 [ref. 27789], Nelson et al. 2004:171 [ref. 27807], Boschung & Mayden 2004:631 [ref. 27995], Lasso-Alcalá et al. 2005:211 [ref. 28376], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:706 [ref. 28815], Miller 2006:398 [ref. 28615], García-Hernández et al. 2009:94 [ref. 37265] as bosci, Van Tassell 2011:154 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:177 [ref. 32708], Tornabene & Van Tassell 2014:22 [ref. 33167], Van Tassell et al. 2015:475 [ref. 33949], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:345 [ref. 36407], Robins et al. 2018:414 [ref. 35886]). Current status: Valid as Gobiosoma bosc (Lacepède 1800). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: including Gulf of Mexico; introduced elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.