coalitus, Gobius Bennett [E. T.] 1832:166 [Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1830-31 (pt 1); ref. 4944] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1856.2.15.20 [ex Zool. Soc.]. •Synonym of Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Maugé 1986:360 [ref. 6218]). •Valid as Bathygobius coalitus (Bennett 1832) -- (Randall & Goren 1993:5 [ref. 21131], Randall et al. 1997:527 [ref. 25919], Fricke 1999:500 [ref. 24106], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3595 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Heemstra et al. 2004:3328 [ref. 27945], Greenfield & Randall 2004:507 [ref. 28175], Randall 2005:520 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:471 [ref. 28379], Hoese & Larson 2006:1626 [ref. 29097], Randall 2007:395 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:99 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:204 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:960 [ref. 31980], Kottelat 2013:401 [ref. 32989], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Koeda et al. 2016:89 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:326 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:16 [ref. 36883], Parenti 2021:99 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:49 [ref. 39971], Fricke et al. 2024:72 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Bathygobius coalitus (Bennett 1832). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania), Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.