stomatus, Gobionellus Starks [E. C.] 1913:67, Pl. 10 [Leland Stanford Jr. University Publications, University Series; ref. 4197] Pool near mouth of harbor of Natal, Brazil. Holotype: CAS-SU 22219. Paratypes: AMNH 3847 (23), CAS-SU 22212 (67). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:113 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Gobionellus stomatus Starks 1913 -- (Pezold & Grady 1989:648 [ref. 13579], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1795 [ref. 27111], Moura et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:99 [ref. 27192], Pezold 2004:294 [ref. 27686], Van Tassell 2011:144 [ref. 31732], Parenti 2021:321 [ref. 38603], Carvalho-Filho 2023:239 [ref. 40480], Brito et al. 2024:2 [ref. 41337]). Current status: Valid as Gobionellus stomatus Starks 1913. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: Maranhão south to Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) endemic. Habitat: brackish.