commersoni, Gobius Schneider [J. G.] in Bloch & Schneider 1801:548 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Southern Ocean, at river mouths [is Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean]. New name for Gobius niger Lacepède 1800. •Valid as Awaous commersoni (Schneider 1801) -- (Fricke 1999:499 [ref. 24106], Heemstra et al. 2004:3328 [ref. 27945], Fricke et al. 2009:99 [ref. 30213], Arndt & Fricke 2019:15 [ref. 36883], Parenti 2021:302 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:158 [ref. 39971], Fricke et al. 2024:72 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Awaous commersoni (Schneider 1801). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius and Rodrigues) endemic. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.