madraspatensis, Gobius Day [F.] 1868:152 [4] [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1868 (pt 1); ref. 14070] Backwaters and probably in the sea, Madras, India. Syntypes (3) and/or Day specimens: AMS B.8090 (1, syntype?) Madras; BMNH 1868.4.15.5-8 (4), 1889.2.1.4301-4302 (2, dry), 1889.2.1.4378-79 (2, dry); ZSI 180 (1, lost), A.217 (1), 2820 (1, lost). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:161 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:299 [ref. 25110]. On p. 4 of separate. Reasons for loss of ZSI type specimens during WWII see Chopra 1947:349-350 [ref. 33077]. •Valid as Amoya madraspatensis (Day 1868) -- (Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:635 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Hoese & Larson 2006:1623 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:145 [ref. 29532], Larson et al. 2013:190 [ref. 32988]). •Valid as Acentrogobius madraspatensis (Day 1868) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:925 [ref. 20764], Rema Devi 1993:171 [ref. 24020], Larson & Murdy 2001:3594 [ref. 26293], Adrim et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27715], Kottelat 2013:397 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:80 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Acentrogobius madraspatensis (Day 1868). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: South Asia: India. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.