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Species in the family or subfamily Gobiidae: [ 3052 ] records

abacopus, Glossogobius Jordan [D. S.] & Richardson [R. E.] 1909:200, Pl. 74 [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 4 (no. 4); ref. 2493] Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Holotype: FMNH 52210 [ex CM 357]. Paratypes: FMNH 59540 (1), CAS-SU 21258 (2). Type catalog: Henn 1928:97 [ref. 12305], Böhlke 1953:112 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:40 [ref. 12367], Ho & Shao 2011:57 [ref. 31432]. Type designated in Pl. 74. •Synonym of Glossogobius biocellatus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Ho & Shao 2011:57 [ref. 31432]). •Synonym of Psammogobius biocellatus (Valenciennes 1837) (Kottelat 2013:421 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Psammogobius biocellatus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

abascantus, Ellogobius Whitley [G. P.] 1937:17, Fig. 4 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 20 (no. 1); ref. 4691] Bateman's Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Holotype: AMS IA.6850. Paratypes: AMS I.32053-001 [ex AMS IA.6850] (2). Additional material: AMS I.6508 (1). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:171 [ref. 2676]. •Synonym of Mugilogobius paludis (Whitley 1930) -- (Gomon et al. 1994:793 [ref. 22532]). •Synonym of Mugilogobius platynotus (Günther 1861) -- (Larson 2001:159 [ref. 25522], Hoese & Larson 2006:1666 [ref. 29097], Kuiter 2018:88 [ref. 36369]). Current status: Synonym of Mugilogobius platynotus (Günther 1861). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

abax, Asterropteryx Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:40, Fig. 2 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 24 (no. 1244); ref. 2509] Misaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Sagami Sea, Japan. Holotype: CAS-SU 6445. Paratypes: CAS 43534 [ex CAS-SU 6445] (5); CAS-SU 6652 (6), 9784 (17); ?USNM 49917 (2). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:140-141 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:105 [ref. 12291]. Types: Shinohara & Williams 2006:563 [ref. 31656]. •Valid as Eviota abax (Jordan & Snyder 1901) -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:342 [ref. 7348], Yoshino & Shimada in Masuda et al. 1984:243 [ref. 6441], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1178 [ref. 25182], Shinohara et al. 2000:182 [ref. 25987], Nakabo 2002:1178 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:399, 660 [ref. 26218], Matsuura & Senou 2006:347 [ref. 28813], Greenfield & Randall 2010:271 [ref. 30765], Motomura et al. 2010:209 [ref. 31256], Hoese & Stewart 2012:66 [ref. 32113], Greenfield & Jewett 2014:58 [ref. 33326], Matsui et al. 2014:12 [ref. 33344], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:38 [ref. 34537] as abex, Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:41 [ref. 35011], Koeda et al. 2016:90 [ref. 35333], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Kwun et al. 2017:143 [ref. 37287], Kim et al. 2020:169 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:104 [ref. 37637], Parenti 2021:137 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota abax (Jordan & Snyder 1901). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: southern Korea and Japan. Habitat: marine.

abbotti, Taenioides Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] 1906:524, Fig. 4 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 31 (no. 1493); ref. 2531] Port Arthur, Manchuria, China. Holotype: USNM 55634. Paratypes: CAS-SU 9881 (1). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:131, 146 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:117 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Odontamblyopus lacepedii (Temminck & Schlegel 1845) -- (Murdy & Shibukawa 2001:39 [ref. 25243], Parenti 2021:61 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Odontamblyopus lacepedii (Temminck & Schlegel 1845). Gobiidae: Amblyopinae. Habitat: marine.

abdurahmanovi, Benthophilus magistri Ragimov [D. B.] 1978:793 [703] [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 18 (no. 5); ref. 8998] East coast of Tyuleniy Island, northern Caspian Sea, depth 2.7 meters. Holotype: ZISP [= ZIN] 53657 [ex IZAB 132]. Paratypes: (orig. 99) ZISP 53658 [ex IZAB 132] (15). On p. 703 of English translation. •Synonym of Benthophilus magistri Iljin 1927, but a valid subspecies as described -- (Coad 1995:30 [ref. 23608], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:753 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:129 [ref. 23591]). •Synonym of Benthophilus magistri Iljin 1927 -- (Bogutskaya et al. 2001:47 [ref. 26178]). •Valid as Benthophilus abdurahmanovi Ragimov 1978 -- (Miller & Vasil'eva in Miller 2004:169 [ref. 27853], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:215 [ref. 28183], Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2004:132 [ref. 28099], Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:56 [ref. 29150], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487], Esmaeili et al. 2010:376 [ref. 33391], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:897 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:79 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:60 [ref. 36089], Parenti 2021:69 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Benthophilus abdurahmanovi Ragimov 1978. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Caspian Sea basin. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

abei, Ctenogobius Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:55, Fig. 5 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 24 (no. 1244); ref. 2509] Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, Inland Sea. Holotype: CAS-SU 6447. Paratypes: USNM 49892 (1). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:141 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:109-110 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Gobius abei (Jordan & Snyder 1901) -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:354 [ref. 7348]). •Valid as Mugilogobius abei (Jordan & Snyder 1901) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:268 [ref. 6441], Wu & Ni in Kuang et al. 1986:271 [ref. 26639], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:576 [ref. 25598], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:456 [ref. 23876], Zhu 1995:179 [ref. 25213], Cheng & Zhou 1997:373 [ref. 26385], Kim 1997:466 [ref. 24032], Takahashi et al. 1997:48 [ref. 24971], Sato et al. 1998:42 [ref. 24972], Mizuno et al. 1999:12 [ref. 25311], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1241 [ref. 25182], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:239 [ref. 25480], Kottelat 2001:60 [ref. 25482], Larson 2001:80 [ref. 25522], Sakai et al. 2001:113 [ref. 25693], Kim & Park 2002:390 [ref. 25913], Nakabo 2002:1241 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:399, 662 [ref. 26218], Matsui et al. 2014:7 [ref. 33344], Kottelat 2013:413 [ref. 32989], Larson et al. 2014:721 [ref. 33557], Huang et al. 2016:14 [ref. 34500], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:262 [ref. 36460], Kim et al. 2020:169 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:106 [ref. 37637], Thu & Thao 2023:642 [ref. 40499]). Current status: Valid as Mugilogobius abei (Jordan & Snyder 1901). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: northern Vietnam, southern China and Taiwan to Korea and southern Japan. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

abyssum, Trimma Allen [G. R.] 2015:30, Figs. 1-2 [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 14; ref. 33704] Off Pulau Siladen, approximately 1°38’N, 124°47’E, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, depth 107 meters. Holotype: WAM P.34327-001. Paratypes: WAM P.34327-002 (1). Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:28 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Trimma abyssum Allen 2015 -- (Winterbottom & Erdmann 2018:480 [ref. 36013], Winterbottom 2019:28 [ref. 37115]). Current status: Valid as Trimma abyssum Allen 2015. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: North Sulawesi (Indonesia). Habitat: marine.

acanthistius, Hoplopomus Regan [C. T.] 1908:242, Pl. 29 (fig. 3) [The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Second Series. Zoology v. 12 (pt 3); ref. 3634] Mulaku, Maldives, Indian Ocean, depth 27 fathoms. Syntypes: BMNH 1901.12.31.48-57 (4). •Synonym of Oplopomus oplopomus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Randall & Goren 1993:15 [ref. 21131], Larson 2022:117 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Oplopomus oplopomus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

acer, Sovvityazius Prokofiev [A. M.] 2015:662, Figs. 1f, 2b, 2c, 3 [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 55 (no. 6); ref. 34549] Philippines, 12°28'N, 128°05'E. Holotype: ZMMU 23152. Paratypes: ZMMU. •Valid as Sovvityazius acer Prokofiev 2015 -- (Parenti 2021:62 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Sovvityazius acer Prokofiev 2015. Gobiidae: Amblyopinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines. Habitat: marine.

aceras, Enypnias Ginsburg [I.] 1939:61 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 29 (no. 2); ref. 12362] Lower chamber, Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal. Holotype: USNM 107298. Paratypes: USNM 81835 (1), 123184 (7, 1 c&s), 123185 (1). •Valid as Enypnias aceras Ginsburg 1939 -- (Hoese in Fischer et al. 1995:1134 [ref. 22829], Thomson et al. 2000:240 [ref. 25640], Rüber et al. 2003:1596 [ref. 26969], Van Tassell 2011:153 [ref. 31732]). •Valid as Gobiosoma acerus (Ginsberg 1939) -- (Tornabene & Van Tassell 2014:8 [ref. 33167], González-Murcia et al. 2019:293 [ref. 36544]). Current status: Valid as Gobiosoma aceras (Ginsburg 1939). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: El Salvador south to Panama. Habitat: marine.

acicularis, Gobiodon Harold [A. S.] & Winterbottom [R.] 1995:688, Figs. 1-2 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 108 (no. 4); ref. 21923] Off Babelthuap Island, coral-enclosed area north of Arakataoch Stream, Belau (Palau), western Pacific. Holotype: CAS 81525. Paratypes: CAS 81515 (5), 81522 (6), 82377 (5); ROM 1603CS (2, c&s), 69038 (2). •Valid as Gobiodon acicularis Harold & Winterbottom 1995 -- (Harold & Winterbottom 1999:56 [ref. 23701], Myers 1999:255 [ref. 23965], Munday et al. 1999:54 [ref. 24284], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:350 [ref. 28867], Hoese & Larson 2006:1655 [ref. 29097], Harold et al. 2008:120 [ref. 29450], Dimara et al. 2010:621 [ref. 31108], Suzuku et al. 2012:63 [ref. 32027], Allen & Erdmann 2012:896 [ref. 31980]. Shibukawa et al. 2013:144 [ref. 32951], Allen 2021:18 [ref. 38272], Parenti 2021:167 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gobiodon acicularis Harold & Winterbottom 1995. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea to Solomon Islands, Palau and Australia. Habitat: marine.

acritosus, Awaous (Awaous) Watson [R. E.] 1994:372, Fig. 1 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 5 (no. 4); ref. 21576] Brown River at bridge 18.3 miles north of junction Brown-Sogeri Road, Central District, Papua New Guinea. Holotype: USNM 210816. Paratypes: KFRS F.5241-08 (2, not found); QM I.14162 (1), I.20753 (1); USNM 210776 (1), 210787 (1), 210804 (1), 210843 (1); WAM P.27395-006 (3), P.28545-005 (1), P.28546-006 (6). Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:43 [ref. 30117]. Specimens not found in KFRS (Pogonoski, Appleyard & White, pers. comm. 9/18/2016). •Valid as Awaous acritosus Watson 1994 -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3600 [ref. 26293], Unmack 2001:1064 [ref. 25797], Allen et al. 2002:259 [ref. 25930], Hoese & Larson 2006:1626 [ref. 29097], Pusey et al. 2017:70 [ref. 35250]). Current status: Valid as Awaous acritosus Watson 1994. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Australia and New Guinea. Habitat: freshwater.

aculeatus, Benthophilus Baer [K. E.] in Lukina 1984:168 [ ref. 29151] Bight at Novopetrovsk, Mangyshlak, Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan. No types known. Original not seen; see Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:56 [ref. 29150]. •Synonym of Benthophilus leobergius Berg 1949 -- (Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:60 [ref. 29150] with question, Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:227 [ref. 37983], Parenti 2021:70 [ref. 38603], Çiçek et al. 2024:301 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Synonym of Benthophilus leobergius Berg 1949. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

acutipennis, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:80 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Malabar, India. Syntypes: MNHN A-1356 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:25 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Oligolepis acutipennis (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:253 [ref. 6441], Maugé 1986:378 [ref. 6218], Hoese 1986:796 [ref. 5670], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:570 [ref. 25598], Allen 1991:189 [ref. 21090], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:939 [ref. 20764], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:475 [ref. 23876], Rema Devi 1993:178 [ref. 24020], Indra 1993:190 [ref. 24009], Kottelat et al. 1993:147 [ref. 23448], Rainboth 1996:205 [ref. 22772], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1240 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3601 [ref. 26293], Sakai et al. 2001:113 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:1240 [ref. 26193], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Pezold 2004:273 [ref. 27685], Seegers et al. 2003:46 [ref. 28087], Larson et al. 2008:142 [ref. 29532], Allen et al. 2008:173 [ref. 30265], Kottelat 2013:415 [ref. 32989], Prokofiev 2016:648 [ref. 35020], Koeda et al. 2016:93 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:335 [ref. 35805], Suresh et al. 2018:285 [ref. 36495], Eagderi et al. 2019:65 [ref. 37020], Larson 2022:162 [ref. 39971], Jamandre 2023:168 [ref. 40455], Thu & Thao 2023:642 [ref. 40499]). Current status: Valid as Oligolepis acutipennis (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Persian Gulf and Madagascar east to Palau and Vanuatu, north to southern Japan. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

acutipinnis, Cotylopus Guichenot [A.] 1863:C-10 [Faune ichthyologique 2nd Partie, Annexe C.; ref. 1943] Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-1321. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:21 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Cotylopus acutipinnis Guichenot 1863 -- (Maugé 1986:366 [ref. 6218], Watson 1995:65 [ref. 22316], Fricke 1999:506 [ref. 24106], Keith et al. 1999:118 [ref. 24548], Sparks & Nelson 2004:4 [ref. 27700], Keith et al. 2005:1396 [ref. 28139], Fricke et al. 2009:100 [ref. 30213], Keith et al. 2015:34 [ref. 34328], Arndt & Fricke 2019:16 [ref. 36883], Larson 2022:177 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Cotylopus acutipinnis Guichenot 1863. Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: western Mascarenes (La Réunion and Mauritius) endemic [amphidromous]. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

adamsi, Varicus Gilmore [R. G.], Van Tassell [J. L.] & Tornabene [L.] in Tornabene, Van Tassell, Gilmore, Robertson, Young & Baldwin 2016:31, Figs. 23-26 [Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society v. 177 (no. 4); ref. 34435] Sand Point, San Salvador, Bahamas, 23.957833N, -74.57066W, depth 435.1 meters. Holotype: USNM 427226. Paratypes: USNM. •Valid as Varicus adamsi Gilmore, Van Tassell & Tornabene 2016 -- (Tornabene et al. 2016:151 [ref. 34485], Tornabene & Baldwin 2019:200 [ref. 36806], Fuentes et al. 2023:168 [ref. 40497]). Current status: Valid as Varicus adamsi Gilmore, Van Tassell & Tornabene 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: San Salvador and Tobago. Habitat: marine.

adamsoni, Monishia Goren [M.] 1985:3, Figs. 1a, 2, 4a [Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) No. 360; ref. 5179] Small cove 4.8 kilometers west of nuclear power plant, Sind, Pakistan, depth 2 meters. Holotype: LACM 38320-23. Paratypes: LACM 38310-26 (1), TAU [= SMNHTAU] 8800 (1), plus non-type material. •Valid as Coryogalops adamsoni (Goren 1985) -- (Goren 1991:3 [ref. 19343], Randall et al. 1994:243 [ref. 21645], Randall 1995:330 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:213 [ref. 23922], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Kovačić et al. 2014:513 [ref. 33562], Kovačić et al. 2016:344 [ref. 34349], Eagderi et al. 2019:61 [ref. 37020],, Parenti 2021:118 [ref. 38603] Larson 2022:66 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Coryogalops adamsoni (Goren 1985). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman east to Pakistan. Habitat: marine.

adapel, Luciogobius Okiyama [M.] 2001:142, Figs. 1-3 [Bulletin of the National Science Museum (Tokyo) v. 27 (no. 2); ref. 25683] Off Imabetsu, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, 41°11'N, 140°29'E, depth 20 meters. Holotype: NSMT-P 59610. Paratypes: FRLM 21099 (1); NSMT-P 59611 (1, c&s), 59612 (1); USNM 365136 (1). •Valid as Luciogobius adapel Okiyama 2001 -- (Chen et al. 2008:253 [ref. 30075], Kanagawa et al. 2011:67 [ref. 31329]). Current status: Valid as Luciogobius adapel Okiyama 2001. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Western North Pacific: Japan. Habitat: marine.

adeia, Mugilogobius Larson [H. K.] & Kottelat [M.] 1992:227, Figs. 2-6 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 3 (no. 3); ref. 20008] East of Talu, northern margin of Lake Matano, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Holotype: Mus. Zool. Bogoriense 5891. Paratypes: MZB 5892 (2); NTM S.13067-001 (4), S.13068-001 (3); CMK 6468 (4), 6513 (4), 9063 (4). Type catalog: Neumann 2011:260 [ref. 31652]. •Valid as Mugilogobius adeia Larson & Kottelat 1992 -- (Larson 2001:90 [ref. 25522], Kottelat 2013:413 [ref. 32989], Larson et al. 2014:720 [ref. 33557], Miesen et al. 2016:93 [ref. 34492]). Current status: Valid as Mugilogobius adeia Larson & Kottelat 1992. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Lake Matano, Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia. Habitat: freshwater.

adelphizonus, Lentipes Watson [R. E.] & Kottelat [M.] 2006:122, Figs. 1-3 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 17 (no. 2); ref. 28766] Sungai Okitai, Halmahera, Maluku, Indonesia. Holotype: MZB 5933. Paratypes: CMK 11293 (1), 11346 (1). •Valid as Lentipes adelphizonus Watson & Kottelat 2006 -- (Kottelat 2013:411 [ref. 32989], Keith et al. 2014:138 [ref. 33420], Keith et al. 2015:40 [ref. 34328], Maeda et al. 2021:5 [ref. 38708]). Current status: Valid as Lentipes adelphizonus Watson & Kottelat 2006. Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Distribution: Halmahera, Maluku, Indonesia [amphidromous]. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

adelum, Sicydium Bussing [W. A.] 1996:820, Figs. 1-3 [Revista de Biología Tropical v. 44 (no. 2); ref. 22890] Río Schui, tributary of Río Telire, Sixalo drainage neat Costa Rica-Panama border, 9°30'06'N, 83°00'04"W, elevation 90 meters. Holotype: LACM 45941-1. Paratypes: UCR 214-18 (2), 289-4 (1), 374-10 (was 24, now 10), 894-14 (2), 1126-25 (5), 1141-15 (9), 1294-24 (1), 1299-24 (164, 7 c&s), 1352-17 (9), 1372-7 (4), 1373-7 (2), 1394-8 (1); LACM 45941-2 (1), 45942-1 (14), 45943-1 (12). Type catalog: Angulo et al. 2015:383 [ref. 35212]. •Valid as Sicydium adelum Bussing 1996 -- (Bussing 1998:400 [ref. 24179], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1795 [ref. 27111], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:662 [ref. 27061], Van Tassell 2011:145 [ref. 31732], de Lucena et al.2013:142 [ref. 32517], Angulo et al. 2013:1009 [ref. 33194]). Current status: Valid as Sicydium adelum Bussing 1996. Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Costa Rica. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

adonis, Myersina Shibukawa [K.] & Satapoomin [U.] 2006:30, Figs. 1-3 [Bulletin of the National Science Museum Series A (Zoology) v. 31; ref. 28710] Eastern coast of Libong Island, Trang Province, Andaman Sea, Thailand, eastern Indian Ocean. Holotype: PMBC 21030. Paratypes: AMS I.43770-001 (1); NSMT-P 65979 (, c&s), 65980 (1), 65987 (1); PMBC 20177 (1); ROM 79683 (1). Plus non-type material. •Valid as Myersina adonis Shibukawa & Satapoomin 2006 -- (Shibukawa 2009:280 [ref. 30449], Allen & Erdmann 2012:879 [ref. 31980], Greenfield & Randall 2018:98 [ref. 36091]). Current status: Valid as Myersina adonis Shibukawa & Satapoomin 2006. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: eastern Andaman Sea (Thailand), Singapore and Brunei. Habitat: marine.

adriaticus, Pomatoschistus pictus Miller [P. J.] 1973:72, Pl. 1 (fig. 2) [Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale `Giacomo Doria' v. 79 (for 1 Sept 1972); ref. 7519] Split, Croatia, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea). Syntypes: NMW 28663-76 (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1); coll. of Hans Bath (9). Replacement name for Pomatoschistus affinis Kolombatovic 1891, preoccupied by Gobius affinis Eichwald 1831. •Synonym of Pomatoschistus pictus (Malm 1865), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Miller 1973:59 [ref. 7519], Miller 1973:510 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1076 [ref. 13677], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:136 [ref. 26753] dated to 1972). •Synonym of Pomatoschistus pictus (Malm 1865) -- (Parin et al. 2014:496 [ref. 33547]). •Valid as Pomatoschistus adriaticus Miller 1973 -- (Fricke et al. 2007:106 [ref. 29533], Öztürk & Engin 2019:[3] [ref. 36554], Artüz & Fricke 2019:559 [ref. 36612], Kovačić 2020:78 [ref. 37932], Kovačić et al. 2020:26 [ref. 37519], Kovačić et al. 2021:42 [ref. 39014], Kovačić et al. 2022: 73 [ref. 39303]). Replacement Name. Current status: Valid as Pomatoschistus adriaticus Miller 1973. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; Black Sea. Habitat: brackish, marine.

adyari, Vaimosa Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1945:402 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 35 (no. 12); ref. 2141] Adyar River, Madras, southern India. Holotype: CAS-SU 39864. Paratypes: CAS-SU 39865 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:118 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Pseudogobius gastrospinos (Bleeker 1853) -- (Huang et al. 2013:95 [ref. 33734]). •Synonym of Pseudogobius melanosticta (Day 1876) (often seen as melanostictus) -- (Larson 2001:203 [ref. 25522], Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32989], Chen et al. 2014:130 [ref. 33159], Larson & Hammer 2021:47 [ref. 38276]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudogobius melanosticta (Day 1876). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish.

aegyptius, Gobius lesueuri Chabanaud [P.] 1933:11, Fig. 7 [Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique (Monaco) No. 627; ref. 16475] Lake Timsah, Suez Canal. Holotype (unique): MNHN 1967-0955. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:35 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Silhouettea aegyptia (Chabanaud 1933) -- (Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1080 [ref. 13677], Miller 1988:253 [ref. 26483], Goren & Dor 1994:66 [ref. 25356], Golani 1998:97 [ref. 27567] as Silhouetta, Randall 2008:297 [ref. 29721], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:232 [ref. 28183], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[7] 245 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:160 [ref. 36273], Kovačić 2020:78 [ref. 37932], Kovačić et al. 2020:55 [ref. 37377], Golani 2021:77 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:43 [ref. 39014], Kovačić et al. 2022: 84 [ref. 39303], Larson 2022:133 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:23 [ref. 40247], Kovačić et al. 2023:132 [ref. 40094]). Current status: Valid as Silhouettea aegyptia (Chabanaud 1933). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northern Red Sea endemic; Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant). Habitat: marine.

aeneofuscus, Gobius Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1852:681 [Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1852; ref. 18539] Sena, Zambezi River, Mozambique. Syntypes and possible syntypes: BMNH 1861.5.2.75 (1); ZMB 2105-07 (2, 3, 1), 17429 (1). Also in Peters 1868:18, Pl. 3 (fig. 1) [ref. 3440]. •Valid as Chonophorus aeneofuscus (Peters 1852) -- (Maugé 1986:363 [ref. 6218]). •Valid as Awaous aeneofuscus (Peters 1852) -- (Hoese 1986:779 [ref. 5670], Skelton 1993:363 [ref. 24071], Reinthal & Stiassny 1997:354 [ref. 22780], Stiassny & Harrison 2000:151 [ref. 25252], Skelton 2001:363 [ref. 27406], Seegers et al. 2003:46 [ref. 28087], Heemstra et al. 2004:3328 [ref. 27945], Marshall 2011:264 [ref. 31755], Fricke et al. 2018:325 [ref. 35805], Esmaeili et al. 2019:[6] [ref. 37285], Zajonz et al. 2019:95 [ref. 36871] as cf. aeneofuscus, Al-Jufaili et al. 2021:[3] [ref. 38743], Fermon et al. 2022:222 [ref. 39448] with question, Larson 2022:157 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Awaous aeneofuscus (Peters 1852). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: East Africa east to Madagascar and southern Iran. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

aeolosoma, Gobius Ogilby [J. D.] 1889:61 [Memoirs of the Australian Museum, Sydney No. 2 (art. no. 3); ref. 18489] Lord Howe Island. Syntypes: AMS I.1488 (1), I.1849 (1). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:161 [ref. 2676]. •Valid as Bathygobius aeolosoma (Ogilby 1889) -- (Francis 1993:167 [ref. 25479], Parenti 2021:98 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Bathygobius aeolosoma (Ogilby 1889). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Lord Howe Island (Australia) endemic. Habitat: marine.

aestivaregia, Rhinogobius Mori [T.] 1934:56, Pl. 21 (figs. 3a-3b) [Report of the first scientific expedition to Manchoukuo, Tokyo, Sec. 5, Zoology Pt 1; ref. 3042] Summer Palace, Jehol, Manchouko, China. Holotype: whereabouts unknown. Additional material or paratypes: (4). •Valid as Ctenogobius aestivaregia (Mori 1934) -- (Zhu 1995:183 [ref. 25213]). •Synonym of Rhinogobius similis Gill 1859 -- (Okada 1961:659 [ref. 6363] as aestivarengia). •Synonym of Rhinogobius fukushimai Mori 1934 -- (Suzuki et al. 2017:81 [ref. 35202], Pezold 2022:68 [ref. 39351]). Current status: Synonym of Rhinogobius fukushimai Mori 1934. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater.

aestuarius, Acentrogobius Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:202, Fig. 18 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 13; ref. 4122] Inhambane, Mozambique. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 215. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 871 (1). •Valid as Istiogobius aestuarius (Smith 1959) -- (Goren 1981:98 [ref. 8597]). •Synonym of Istigobius spence (Smith 1947) -- (Murdy & Hoese 1985:27 [ref. 5237], Hoese 1986:794 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:375 [ref. 6218], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:351 [ref. 28867], Fricke et al. 2018:334 [ref. 35805], Parenti 2021:189 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:112 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Istigobius spence (Smith 1947). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

afelei, Eviota Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:387, Fig. 77 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Pago Pago, American Samoa. Lectotype: CAS-SU 8715. Paralectotypes: CAS 43542 [ex CAS-SU 8715] (6), USNM 51763 (3) Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:106 [ref. 12291]. Lectotype selected by Lachner & Karnella 1980:95 [ref. 6916]. •Valid as Eviota afelei Jordan & Seale 1906 -- (Yoshino & Shimada in Masuda et al. 1984:244 [ref. 6441], Kuiter 1993:355 [ref. 23929], Myers 1999:253 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1184 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1184 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:644 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:76 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:27 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:529 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1642 [ref. 29097], Greenfield & Suzuki 2011:66 [ref. 31244], Allen & Erdmann 2012:912 [ref. 31980], Tornabene et al. 2013:378 [ref. 32884], Greenfield et al. 2014:484 [ref. 33193], Suzuki & Greenfield 2014:35 [ref. 33412], Suzuki et al. 2015:399 [ref. 33946], Greenfield & Randall 2016:34, 35 [ref. 34356], Greenfield & Jewett 2016:76 [ref. 34495], Tornabene & Greenfield 2016:6 [ref. 34518], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:71, 73 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Parenti 2021:137 [ref. 38603], Fujiwara et al. 2022:91 [ref. 39094]). Current status: Valid as Eviota afelei Jordan & Seale 1906. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Timor Sea and Papua New Guinea east to Tuamotu Archipelago, north to southern Japan. Habitat: marine.

affinis, Buenia Iljin [B. S.] 1930:51, Figs. 33-34 [Trabajos, Instituto Espanol de Oceanografía v. 2; ref. 2297] No type locality stated [Mediterranean Sea]. Based on Art. 70.3 and Art. 11.10 of the Code, Miller 1973:55 [ref. 7519] suggests that Iljin established a new nominal species as above in establishing the type species of Buenia (misidentified type species, not Gobius affinis Kolombatovic 1881). There is no evidence that this was a deliberate use of a misidentification (see Art. 11.5), so Buenia affinis was not established. The Code required that the problem be submitted to the ICZN to establish the type species, and that was not done. We assume that there is a valid species, but its name and authorship is not yet clarified, but it can be called Buenia affinis Iljin 1930 until properly established. •Treated as valid under this authorship -- (Miller 1973:491 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1026 [ref. 13677], Costa et al. 1996:15 [ref. 23506], Kovačić & Patzner 2009:175 [ref. 30510], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:62 [ref. 36649], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:185 [ref. 31737], Kovačić et al. 2012:436 [ref. 32861], Engin et al. 2014:[1] 368 [ref. 36625], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2839 [ref. 34618], Kovačić et al. 2017:459 [ref. 35242], Kovačić et al. 2018:269 , 382 [ref. 35846], Carneiro et al. 2019:178 [ref. 37250], Iglésias et al. 2020:298 [ref. 37987], Kovačić 2020:76 [ref. 37932], Kovačić et al. 2020:23 [ref. 37519], Kovačić et al. 2021:38 [ref. 39014], Kovačić et al. 2022: 43 [ref. 39303], Renoult et al. 2023:30 [ref. 40491]). Current status: Valid as Buenia affinis Iljin 1930. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; eastern Atlantic: Madeira, Canary Islands. Habitat: marine.

affinis, Gobius Eichwald [C. E. von] 1831:75 [Zoologia specialis quam expositis animalibus tum vivis Pars posterior [3]; ref. 5562] Balkhan Bay, Caspian Sea. No types known. Also appeared as new in Eichward 1838:104 [ref. 34622]. •Synonym of Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas 1814), but a valid subspecies affinis Eichwald 1831 -- (Berg 1949:1085 [ref. 20662], Mitrofanov & Dukravec 1989:276 [ref. 37748]). •Synonym of Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas 1814) -- (Miller 1973:503 [ref. 6888], Coad 1995:31 [ref. 23608], Kottelat 1997:179 [ref. 22952], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:756 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:141 [ref. 23591], Charlebois et al. 1998:1 [ref. 24500], Pinchuk et al. 2003:293 [ref. 27349], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:231 [ref. 28183], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487], Esmaeili et al. 2010:377 [ref. 33391], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:899 [ref. 34062], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:237 [ref. 37983], Parenti 2021:73 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas 1814). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

affinis, Gobius Kolombatović [G.] 1891:17 [Godicnje Izviesće C. K. Velike Realke u Splitu za Skolsku Godinu, Split v. 1890-1891; ref. 18430] Dalmatia, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: NMW 28663-76 (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1), 28647-49 (3), 28658-62 (5). Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Gobius affinis Eichwald 1831, replaced by Pomatoschistus pictus adriaticus Miller 1973. •Synonym of Pomatoschistus adriaticus Miller 1973. 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Pomatoschistus adriaticus Miller 1973. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: marine.

africana, Gobius caninus var. Playfair [R. L.] in Playfair & Günther 1867:71, Pl. 9 (fig. 1) [The fishes of Zanzibar; ref. 3490] Zanzibar, Tanzania; East Indian Archipelago; China. Holotype: BMNH 1867.3.7.503. •Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Maugé 1986:387 [ref. 6218], Larson 2022:155 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

africanus, Fusigobius neophytus Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:208, Pl. 11 (fig. F) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 13; ref. 4122] Ibo, Mozambique. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 187 [?not 882]. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 880 (16), 881-883 (1, 1, 1), 899-901 (1, 1, 2). •Synonym of Fusigobius neophytus (Günther 1877), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Goren 1979:39 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:245 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Fusigobius neophytus (Günther 1877) -- (Hoese & Reader 1985:7 [ref. 8155], Hoese 1986:789 [ref. 5670], Francis 1993:167 [ref. 25479]). •In the synonymy of Fusigobius duospilus Hoese & Reader 1985 -- (Larson 2022:88 [ref. 39971], in part). •Synonym of Coryphopterus neophytus (Günther 1877) -- (Greenfield & Randall 2004:518 [ref. 28175], Golani & Fricke 2018:154 [ref. 36273], Parenti 2021:158 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:90 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Fusigobius neophytus (Günther 1877). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

africanus, Paratyntlastes Giltay [L.] 1935:12, Fig. 3 [Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique v. 11 (no. 36); ref. 1797] Moanda, Democratic Republic of Congo. Holotype: MRAC 39278. Paratypes: (11) IRSNB 44 (1), MRAC 39279-89 (11). Type catalog: Walschaerts 1987:45 [ref. 20755]. •Valid as Gobioides africanus (Giltay 1935) -- (Maugé 1986:370 [ref. 6218], Miller 1990:932 [ref. 19376], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:803 [ref. 21590], Murdy 1998:125 [ref. 23380], Harrison et al. 2007:501 [ref. 30083], Schliewen 2011:211 [ref. 31738], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2841 [ref. 34618], Reiner 2019:265 [ref. 38139], Fermon et al. 2022:222 [ref. 39448] possible). Current status: Valid as Gobioides africanus (Giltay 1935). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Ghana south to Democratic Republic of Congo, including São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: brackish, marine.

africanus, Periophthalmus koelreuteri Eggert [B.] 1935:78, Pl. 5 (fig. 21) [Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere (Jena) v. 67; ref. 13880] Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Holotype: ZMB 18365 [?18364]. Comments on types for Periophthalmus koelreuteri, subspecies africanus Eggert 1935: Konstantinidis et al. 2016:[4] [ref. 34503]. •Synonym of Periophthalmus koelreuteri (Pallas 1770), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Dor 1984:253 [ref. 29757], Maugé 1986:400 [ref. 6218]). •Valid as Periophthalmus africanus Eggert 1935 -- (Hoese 1986:799 [ref. 5670]). •Synonym of Periophthalmus kallopterus Bleeker 1854 -- (Kottelat 2013:419 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Periophthalmus argentilineatus Valenciennes 1837 -- (Fricke et al. 2018:338 [ref. 35805]). •Synonym of Periophthalmus kalolo Lesson 1831 -- (Murdy 1989:38 [ref. 13628], Larson 2022:174 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:2 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Synonym of Periophthalmus kalolo Lesson 1831. Gobiidae: Oxudercinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

aggregatus, Brachygobius Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1940:361, Pl. 4 [Philippine Journal of Science v. 72 (no. 4); ref. 11010] Dumaguete, Oriental Negros, Philippines. Lectotype: CAS-SU 32990. Paralectotypes: ?BMNH 1938.12.1.193-198 (?6) from Herre; CAS-SU 18082 (2), 32991-92 (124, 61). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:108 [ref. 12291]. Lectotype selected by Böhlke 1953:108 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Brachygobius aggregatus Herre 1940 -- (Miller 1989:380 [ref. 13540], Kottelat et al. 1993:143 [ref. 23448], Rainboth 1996:203 [ref. 22772], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122], Larson 2001:50 [ref. 25522], Kottelat 2013:403 [ref. 32989], Jamandre 2023:168 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Brachygobius aggregatus Herre 1940. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Philippines. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

aglestes, Glossogobius Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1905:798, Fig. 16 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 28 (no. 1407); ref. 2495] Southern Negros, Philippines. Holotype (unique): USNM 51948. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:123 [ref. 2676]. •Synonym of Psammogobius biocellatus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kottelat 2013:421 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Psammogobius biocellatus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

agrena, Priolepis Winterbottom [R.] & Burridge [M.] 1993:2057, Figs. 1-3 [Canadian Journal of Zoology v. 71; ref. 21406] West side of Sumilon Island, 0.75 kilometers northeast of sand spit at southwestern tip, 9°26'12"N, 123°23'06"E, Philippines, depth 15-26 meters. Holotype: ROM 53204. Paratypes: AMS I.20779-165 (1), I.21918-041 (1). •Valid as Priolepis agrena Winterbottom & Burridge 1993 -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Allen & Erdmann 2012:928 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:171 [ref. 33932]). Current status: Valid as Priolepis agrena Winterbottom & Burridge 1993. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Philippines and Australia. Habitat: marine.

agrena, Trimma Winterbottom [R.] & Chen [I-S.] 2004:103, Fig. 1 [Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. No. 11; ref. 27714] Sumilon Island, southern side of island about 0.75 kilometers northeast of sand spit, 9°26'10"N, 123°23'06"E, Bohol Strait, Cebu, Philippines, depth 3-10.7 meters. Holotype: ROM 53126. Paratypes: ROM 1153CS (1?), 1157CS (1?), 49216 (6), 74054 (6); USNM 210234 (23). Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:55 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Trimma agrena Winterbottom & Chen 2004 -- (Hagiwara & Winterbottom 2007:164 [ref. 29103], Winterbottom & Zur 2007:24 [ref. 29376], Allen & Erdmann 2012:934 [ref. 31980], Winterbottom & Hoese 2015:30, 81 [ref. 33709], Fricke et al. 2019:290 [ref. 36673], Winterbottom 2019:55 [ref. 37115]). Current status: Valid as Trimma agrena Winterbottom & Chen 2004. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Malaysia and Indonesia east to New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Philippines. Habitat: marine.

agulhensis, Gobius Barnard [K. H.] 1927:71 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 20 (no. 115) (art. 8); ref. 193] False Bay, St. Sebastian Bay, Mossel Bay, and off East London, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, depth 20-40 fathoms [37-73 meters]. Syntypes: BMNH 1927.12.6.50-51 [ex SAM] (2); SAM 17349-51 (4, 10, 1), 17453-54 (2, 2). Also appeared as new in Barnard 1927:821 [ref. 194]. •Valid as Caffrogobius agulhensis (Barnard 1927) -- (Hoese 1986:783 [ref. 5670], Randall 1995:795 [ref. 22357], Goren 1996:5 [ref. 24415], Schliewen 2011:214 [ref. 31738], Parenti 2021:109 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:58 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Caffrogobius agulhensis (Barnard 1927). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: Western Cape, eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) north to southern Mozambique. Habitat: marine.

aiensis, Sicyopterus Keith [P.], Watson [R. E.] & Marquet [G.] 2004:112, Figs. 1-3 [Cybium v. 28 (no. 2); ref. 27828] Creek Ai, Efate Island, Vanuatu. Holotype: MNHN 2003-268. Paratypes: BLIH, MNHN, ROM, SMF. •Valid as Sicyopterus aiensis Keith, Watson & Marquet 2004 -- (Keith et al. 2012:304 [ref. 31972], Keith et al. 2015:80 [ref. 34328], Kottelat 2013:427 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Sicyopterus aiensis Keith, Watson & Marquet 2004. Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Vanuatu Islands. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

ailina, Priolepis Winterbottom [R.] & Burridge [M.] 1993:495, Figs. 1-3 [Canadian Journal of Zoology v. 71; ref. 20895] Off northwestern coast of Moorea, 17°31'00"S, 149°55'35"W, Society Islands, depth 18-24 meters. Holotype: ROM 60046. Paratypes: ROM 60044-45 (1, 1), 60047-48 (2, 1), 62680 (4), 1421CS (1, c&s). •Valid as Priolepis ailina Winterbottom & Burridge 1993 -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Randall 2005:547 [ref. 28239], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988]). Current status: Valid as Priolepis ailina Winterbottom & Burridge 1993. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Society Islands and Marquesas Islands. Habitat: marine.

aimoriensis, Pinnichthys Van Tassell [J. L.] & Tornabene [L.] in Tornabene, Van Tassell, Gilmore, Robertson, Young & Baldwin 2016:18, Figs. 10-12 [Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society v. 177 (no. 4); ref. 34435] Plataforma Peroá, Espírito Santo, Brazil, -39.264W, -19.577S, depth 70 meters. Holotype: CIUFES 2414. Paratypes: AMNH. •Valid as Pinnichthys aimoriensis Van Tassell & Tornabene 2016 -- (Robertson et al. 2020:155 [ref. 38098], Fuentes et al. 2023:172 [ref. 40497]). Current status: Valid as Pinnichthys aimoriensis Van Tassell & Tornabene 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: eastern Caribbean off Sint Eustatius, southern Caribbean off Bonaire and margin of the continental shelf of Brazil off Espírito Santo. Habitat: marine.

aino, Chloea Schmidt [P. Yu.] 1904:207 [Fishes of the eastern seas of the Russian Empire; ref. 3946] Chepisani and Tunaichi Lakes, near Aniva Bay, southern Sakhalin Island, River Arzakul', Aniva Bay, Russia. Syntypes: ?NMW 82275 (1); ZIN 13106 (3), 13133 (10, now 8). •Synonym of Gymnogobius macrognathos (Bleeker 1860) -- (Berg 1949:1073 [ref. 20662] as macrognathus, Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:377 [ref. 7348] as macrognathus). •Synonym of Chaenogobius annularis Gill 1859, subspecies urotaenia (Hilgendorf 1879) -- (Okada 1961:678 [ref. 6363]). •Synonym of Chaenogobius annularis Gill 1859 -- (Vasil'eva 1998:132 [ref. 23591]). •Synonym of Chaenogobius urotaenia (Hilgendorf 1879) -- (Stevenson 2002:303 [ref. 26489]). •Synonym of Gymnogobius urotaenia (Hilgendorf 1879) -- (Vasil'eva 2003:S47 [ref. 28444], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:224 [ref. 28183], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:191 [ref. 35257]). Current status: Synonym of Gymnogobius urotaenia (Hilgendorf 1879). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

aithiops, Priolepis Winterbottom [R.] & Burridge [M.] 1992:1936, Figs. 2-3 [Canadian Journal of Zoology v. 70; ref. 20878] 11 kilometers east of Maumere off São Wisata Resort, Flores, Indonesia, depth 15-17 meters. Holotype: BPBM 34123. Paratypes: ROM 63319 (1). •Valid as Priolepis aithiops Winterbottom & Burridge 1992 -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:60 [ref. 26830] as aithops, Nogawa & Endo 2007:159 [ref. 29104], Allen & Erdmann 2012:928 [ref. 31980], Allen et al. 2018:36 [ref. 36193], Koeda et al. 2021:[6] [ref. 38416]). Current status: Valid as Priolepis aithiops Winterbottom & Burridge 1992. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Flores and Batanta Islands, Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

akihito, Exyrias Allen [G. R.] & Randall [J. E.] 2005:231, Figs. 1-6 [Raffles Bulletin of Zoology v. 53 (no. 2); ref. 28537] Amitori Bay, Iriomote Island, Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, depth 28 meters. Holotype: NSMT-P 71648. Paratypes: Many lots at AMS, BLIH, BPBM, and WAM. Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:44 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Exyrias akihito Allen & Randall 2005 -- (Randall 2008:300 [ref. 29721], Allen & Erdmann 2012:968 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:164 [ref. 33932], Parenti 2021:153 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Exyrias akihito Allen & Randall 2005. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia east to Philippines and Papua New Guinea, north to Yaeyama Islands (Japan), south to Great Barrier Reef (Quensland, Australia). Habitat: marine.

akihito, Platygobiopsis Springer [V. G.] & Randall [J. E.] 1992:353, Figs. 1-3 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 38 (no. 4); ref. 19514] Maumere Bay off São Wisata Resort, Flores, Indonesia, depth 15-17 meters. Holotype: USNM 309181. Paratypes: AMS I.31467-001 (1); BMNH 1991.5.7.1 (1); BPBM 32817 (2); CAS 76005 (1); NSMT-P 34720 (1); NTM S.13009-001 (1); ROM 61628 (1); USNM 309197 (2, 1 c&s), 316643 (1). •Valid as Platygobiopsis akihito Springer & Randall 1992 -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Okiyama 2008:85 [ref. 29577], Prokofiev 2008:853 [ref. 29937], Shibukawa 2010:97 [ref. 30809], Allen & Erdmann 2012:985 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2020:17 [ref. 37261]). Current status: Valid as Platygobiopsis akihito Springer & Randall 1992. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Flores, Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

akihitoi, Priolepis Hoese [D. F.] & Larson [H. K.] 2010:377, Figs. 1, 5a, 5b [Ichthyological Research v. 57; ref. 31045] Futo, Ito City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, depth 25 meters. Holotype: NSMT-P 69916. Paratypes: AMS, BMNH 2005.1.25.1 (1), BLIH, BPBM, NSMT, QM, ROM, YCM. Plus non-type material. •Valid as Priolepis akihitoi Hoese & Larson 2010 -- (Allen et al. 2018:36 [ref. 36193], Koeda et al. 2021:[6] [ref. 38416]). Current status: Valid as Priolepis akihitoi Hoese & Larson 2010. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Japan, New Caledonia and Australia. Habitat: marine.

alasanicus, Ponticola Epitashvili [G.], Japoshvili [B.] & Mumladze [L.] 2023:8, Figs. 2-4 [Biodiversity Journal v. 11: e101095; ref. 40224] Tsitsmatiant Psha, right tributary of the Alazani River, near the Telavi-Eniseli connecting bridge, Western Caspian Sea basin, Kakheti Region, Georgia, 41.988808N, 45.577726E. Holotype: HID-ISU SCCBO130-22. Paratypes: HID-ISU (5). Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Ponticola alasanicus Epitashvili, Japoshvili & Mumladze 2023. Current status: Valid as Ponticola alasanicus Epitashvili, Japoshvili & Mumladze 2023. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Alazani River drainage, South Caucasus Region, Georgia. Habitat: freshwater.

albescens, Gobius Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1800:557, 558 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 2; ref. 2709] Not available, name cited in the synonymy of Gobius jozo Linnaeus 1758. Nomen Nudum. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

albescens, Gobius jozo var. Canestrini [G.] 1862:129 [Archivio per la Zoologia, l'Anatomia e la Fisiologia v. 1 (no. 2) (for 1861); ref. 17322] Described as a "Varietas." Treated by Kottelat 1997:177 [ref. 22952] as infrasubspecific and not available; from Gulf of Genoa, Italy. •In the synonymy of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758 -- (Miller 1973:483 [ref. 6888], Kottelat 1997:177 [ref. 22952]). Infrasubspecific. Current status: Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

albicaudatum, Trimma Wada [H.], Takase [W.] & Senou [H.] 2022:[3], Figs. 1-5 [Ichthyological Research v. 70 (no. 3); ref. 39808] Izu Oceanic Park in Jogasaki Coast, east coast of Izu Peninsula, Sagami Bay, Shizuoka Prefecture, Honshu, Japan, depth 60 meters. Holotype (unique): KPM-NI 50326. •Valid as Trimma albicaudatum Wada, Takase & Senou 2022. Current status: Valid as Trimma albicaudatum Wada, Takase & Senou 2022. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Sagami Bay, Honshu, Japan and Mactan Island, Visayas, the Philippines. Habitat: marine.

albidorsus, Mars Yanagisawa [Y.] 1978:282, Pl. 1 (fig. f); Figs. 7, 11a [Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory v. 24 (nos 4/6); ref. 7028] Sonai, Iriomote Island, Nansei Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, depth 1 meter. Holotype: SMBL 299 [not seen at FAKU]. Paratypes: SMBL 300 (1) [not seen at FAKU]. Type catalog: Harada 1991:222 [ref. 20030]. •Valid as Cryptocentrus albidorsus (Yanagisawa 1978) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:257 [ref. 6441], Myers 1999:239 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1226 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1226 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Hoese & Larson 2004:168 [ref. 28074], Motomura et al. 2010:208 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:869 [ref. 31980], Parenti 2021:125 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Cryptocentrus albidorsus (Yanagisawa 1978). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines east to Palau, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.

albilosus, Asterropteryx Koumans [F. P.] (ex Ogilby) 1940:176 [Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden) v. 22; ref. 2676] Ogilby name mentioned as "Name not published?" Not available, not treated as a valid taxon when proposed and no description. Nomen Nudum. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

albimaculatus, Gobius Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1830:135 [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Lectotype: SMF 1733. Paralectotypes: ?BMNH 1860.11.9.66-67 (2), SMF 4844-45 (2). Lectotype established by Dor 1984:239 [ref. 29757] if not designated earlier. •Valid as Amblygobius albimaculatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Goren 1979:24 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:239 [ref. 29757], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:255 [ref. 6441], Maugé 1986:359 [ref. 6218], Hoese 1986:778 [ref. 5670], Goren & Dor 1994:62 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:327 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:213 [ref. 23922], Myers 1999:242 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:497 [ref. 24106], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:241 [ref. 25480], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Heemstra et al. 2004:3328 [ref. 27945], Fricke et al. 2018:324 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:15 [ref. 36883], Eagderi et al. 2019:58 [ref. 37020], Parenti 2021:88 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:40 [ref. 39965], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:4 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Amblygobius albimaculatus (Rüppell 1830). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Philippines (possibly Gambier Islands), north to southern Japan, south to Queensland (Australia). Habitat: brackish, marine.

albimaculatus, Rhinogobius Chen [I-S.], Kottelat [M.] & Miller [P. J.] 1999:23, Figs. 4-5, 10, 14 [Zoological Studies v. 38 (1); ref. 23908] Houay Sala Yai, a tributary of Nam San, 18°35'17"N, 103°05'00"E, Mekong River basin, Vientiane Province, Laos. Holotype: ZRC 45288. Paratypes: CMK 13360-4 through -13360-22 (19), ZRC 45289 (2). •Valid as Rhinogobius albimaculatus Chen, Kottelat & Miller 1999 -- (Kottelat 2001:157 [ref. 25780], Chen et al. 2008:341 [ref. 29895], Kottelat 2013:424 [ref. 32989], Huang et al. 2016:[8] [ref. 34339], Takahashi & Okazaki 2017:[2] [ref. 35171], Suzuki et al. 2017:82 [ref. 35202], Taki et al. 2021:441 [ref. 39830]). Current status: Valid as Rhinogobius albimaculatus Chen, Kottelat & Miller 1999. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Mekong River basin, central Laos. Habitat: freshwater.

albipunctatus, Callogobius Akihito & Ikeda [Y.] 2021:98, Figs. 1-3 [Ichthyological Research v. 69 (no. 1); ref. 38331] Agonoura, Zamami-jima Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Holotype: NSMT P132735. Paratypes: (24) AMS, BLIP, MNHN, NSMT, SAIAB, USNM. •Valid as Callogobius albipunctatus Akihito & Ikeda 2021 -- (Parenti 2021:111 [ref. 38603], Delventhal & Mooi 2023:461 [ref. 40434]). Current status: Valid as Callogobius albipunctatus Akihito & Ikeda 2021. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Ryukyu Islands (Japan) endemic. Habitat: marine.

albius, Cristatogobius Chen [T.-R.] 1959:209, Fig. 1 [Quarterly Journal of the Taiwan Museum (Taipei) v. 12 (nos 3-4); ref. 11954] Tong-kang, southeastern Taiwan. Holotype (unique): TFRI 3929. Type catalog: Ho & Shao 2011:56 [ref. 31432]. •Synonym of Cristatogobius nonatoae (Ablan 1940) -- (Zhu 1995:180 [ref. 25213], Akihito & Meguro 2000:257 [ref. 24803], Kottelat 2013:404 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Cristatogobius albius Chen 1959 -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293], Ho & Shao 2011:56 [ref. 31432], Parenti 2021:122 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Cristatogobius albius Chen 1959. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: China and Taiwan. Habitat: marine.

albofasciatus, Gobiodon Sawada [Y.] & Arai [R.] 1972:416, fig'd [Bulletin of the National Science Museum (Tokyo) v. 15 (no. 3); ref. 7643] Kabira, Ishigaki Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype: NSMT-P 17491. Paratypes: NSMT-P 17492 (1, 1). •Synonym of Gobiodon spilophthalmus Fower 1944 -- (Hoese & Larson 2006:1657 [ref. 29097]). •Questionably valid as Gobiodon albofasciatus Sawada & Arai 1972 -- (Harold et al. 2008:120 [ref. 29450]). •Synonym of Gobiodon heterospilos Bleeker 1856 -- (Shibukawa et al. 2013:141 [ref. 32951]). •Valid as Gobiodon albofasciatus Sawada & Arai 1972 -- (Yoshino & Yamamoto in Masuda et al. 1984:265 [ref. 6441], Harold & Winterbottom 1995:687 [ref. 21923], Harold & Winterbottom 1999:56 [ref. 23701], Munday et al. 1999:56 [ref. 24284] with question, Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1186 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1186 [ref. 26193], Larson et al. 2008:149 [ref. 29532], Herler et al. 2013:327 [ref. 32889], Parenti 2021:167 [ref. 38603]), Current status: Valid as Gobiodon albofasciatus Sawada & Arai 1972. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine.

albolineata, Eviota Jewett [S. L.] & Lachner [E. A.] 1983:783, Figs. 1-2 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 96 (no. 4); ref. 5368] Patch reef south of Tapueraha Pass, Tahiti, Society Islands [French Polynesia, South Pacific], depth 0-3 meters. Holotype: USNM 227140. Paratypes: AMNH 43020 (2), 43022-28 (1, 2, 13, 1, 1, 5, 1), 43033 (1), 43034 (orig. 45, now 20); AMS I.24025-001 (6), I.24026-001 (5); ANSP 151994 (6); BPBM 29191-92 (1, 5); CAS 48471 (4), 52829-30 (4, 5); USNM 227165-67 (5, 11, 7). •Valid as Eviota albolineata Jewett & Lachner 1983 -- (Hoese 1986:787 [ref. 5670], Sunobe & Shimada 1989:479 [ref. 22497], Randall & Goren 1993:9 [ref. 21131], Francis 1993:167 [ref. 25479], Randall 1997:4 [ref. 24375], Myers 1999:253 [ref. 23962], Fricke 1999:507 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:26 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:93 [ref. 37268], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1179 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1179 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:58 [ref. 26830] as albolineatus, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:644 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:180 [ref. 27510], Heemstra et al. 2004:3328 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:529 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1643 [ref. 29097], Greenfield & Randall 2010:286 [ref. 30765], Hoese & Stewart 2012:66 [ref. 32113], Tornabene et al. 2013:2 [ref. 32884], Greenfield & Jewett 2014:58 [ref. 33326], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:45 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Parenti 2021:137 [ref. 38603], Erdmann et al. 2023:43 [ref. 40267]). Current status: Valid as Eviota albolineata Jewett & Lachner 1983. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: South Pacific: Society Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia) and Line Islands. Habitat: marine.

albolineatus, Gobiodon Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:219, Fig. 38 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 13; ref. 4122] Assumption Island, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 185. Paratypes: (3) SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 877 (2). •Valid as Gobiodon albolineatus Smith 1959 -- (Herler et al. 3013:327 [ref. 32889], Parenti 2021:168 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:95 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Gobiodon albolineatus Smith 1959. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles; Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory); northern Australia east to Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.

albopunctatus, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:57 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-1044. Paralectotypes: MNHN 0000-1400 (1), 0000-1401 (1), A-1342 (2), 1986-0607 [ex MNHN 0000-1400] (1), 1986-0614 [ex MNHN 0000-1044] (1), 1986-1062 [ex. MNHN 0000-1044] (1) Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:25 [ref. 19958]. Lectotype selected by Goren 1988:38 [ref. 6612]. •Synonym of Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Dor 1984:240 [ref. 29757], Maugé 1986:361 [ref. 6218]). •Valid as Bathygobius albopunctatus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Hoese 1986:780 [ref. 5670], Goren 1988 [ref. 6612], Larson & Murdy 2001:3595 [ref. 26293]). •Synonym of Bathygobius coalitus (Bennett 1832) -- (Fricke 1999:500 [ref. 24106], Randall 2005:520 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:471 [ref. 28379], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:349 [ref. 28867], Randall 2007:395 [ref. 30952], Kottelat 2013:401 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:99 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:49 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Bathygobius coalitus (Bennett 1832). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

albosignatus, Gobius Kessler [K. F.] 1874:230 [40] [Trudy St.-Peterburgskogo Obscestva Estestvoispytatelej = Travaux de la Société des Naturalistes de St. Pétersbourg. v. 5; ref. 18397] Crimea, Ukraine. Holotype (unique): ZIN 2104. •Synonym of Gobius paganellus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Miller 1973:487 [ref. 6888], Miller 1990:937 [ref. 19376], Vasil'eva 2003:S45 [ref. 28444], Parin et al. 2014:483 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:180 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius paganellus Linnaeus 1758. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

albostriatus, Periophthalmus koelreuteri Eggert [B.] 1935:73, Fig. 10 [Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere (Jena) v. 67; ref. 13880] Poeloe Popole, Indonesia. Syntypes: (2) PMJ 763 (1), Universität Tübingen (destroyed in WWII). For type status see Murdy 1989:39 [ref. 13628]. Comments on types for Periophthalmus koelreuteri, subspecies albostriatus Eggert 1935: Konstantinidis et al. 2016:[4] [ref. 34503]. •Synonym of Periophthalmus kalolo Lesson 1831 -- (Murdy 1989:38 [ref. 13628]). •Synonym of Periophthalmus kallopterus Bleeker 1854 -- (Kottelat 2013:419 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Periophthalmus kallopterus Bleeker 1854. Gobiidae: Oxudercinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

albotaeniatum, Sicydium Günther [A.] 1877:183, Pl. 110 (fig. D) [Journal des Museum Godeffroy v. 4 (no. 13); ref. 14243] Hawaiian Islands. Syntypes: (2) whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Sicyopterus stimpsoni (Gill 1860) -- (Mundy 2005:481 [ref. 28379], Keith et al. 2015:134 [ref. 34328]). Current status: Synonym of Sicyopterus stimpsoni (Gill 1860). Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

albus, Gobius Parnell [R.] 1831-37:248, Pl. 29 [Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh v. 7 (art. 2) (for 1831-1837); ref. 18519] Firth of Forth, Scotland. No types known. Date uncertain, sometimes given as 1838. •Synonym of Aphia minuta (Risso 1810) -- (Miller 1973:489 [ref. 6888], Parin et al. 2015:476 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:93 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Aphia minuta (Risso 1810). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

albus, Gobius Gistel [J.] 1848:107, Pl. 18 (fig. 7) [Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs; ref. 1822] 1°Homonym. Gobiidae.

albus, Luciogobius Regan [C. T.] 1940:465 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 11) v. 5 (no. 29) (art. 42); ref. 17245] Cave of Daikon-zima, Simani-ken, Japan. Syntypes: (2) ZUMT 25693 (1), 25762 (1). Based on two specimens of Luciogobius guttatus guttatus of Tomiyama 1936:51, Fig. 10C [ref. 4413]. •Valid as Luciogobius albus Regan 1940 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:405 [ref. 7348], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:282 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 2000:1163 [ref. 25182], Romero & Paulson 2001:35 [ref. 26040], Nakabo 2002:1163 [ref. 26193], Proudlove 2006:195 [ref. 28992], Chen et al. 2008:253 [ref. 30075], Kanagawa et al. 2011:67 [ref. 31329]). Current status: Valid as Luciogobius albus Regan 1940. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Japan. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

albus, Sicyodon Fourmanoir [P.] 1966:957, Fig. 1 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2) v. 37 (no. 6, 1965); ref. 1355] Nha-Trang market, Vietnam. Holotype: MNHN 1965-0708. Paratypes: (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:45 [ref. 19958]. •Synonym of Lobulogobius omanensis Koumans 1944 -- (Randall 1995:339 [ref. 22896], Parenti 2021:192 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Lobulogobius omanensis Koumans 1944. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

alcedo, Stiphodon Maeda [K.], Mukai [T.] & Tachihara [K.] 2012:287, Figs. 5, 6, 8 [Cybium v. 35 (no. 4) (for 2011); ref. 31973] Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype: NSMT-P 103600. Paratypes: many at BLIH, NSMT, URM. •Valid as Stiphodon alcedo Maeda, Mukai & Tachihara 2012 -- (Maeda & Saeki 2013:215 [ref. 33022], Maeda 2013:(7) [ref. 33023], Maeda & Palla 2015:393 [ref. 33960], Maeda et al. 2015:255 [ref. 33999], Keith et al. 2015:174 [ref. 34328]). Current status: Valid as Stiphodon alcedo Maeda, Mukai & Tachihara 2012. Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Distribution: Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan [amphidromous]. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

alcockii, Gobius Annandale [N.] 1906:201, Fig. 1 [Journal & Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (New Series) v. 2 (no. 5) (art. 27); ref. 15638] Port Canning and Calcutta, India. Syntypes: BMNH 1906.8.10.46 (1), ZMA 114487 (3). Non-types: RMNH 12063 (2). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:98 [ref. 19236]. •Valid as Brachygobius alcockii (Annandale 1906) -- (Miller 1989:380 [ref. 13540] as alcocki). •Synonym of Brachygobius nunus (Hamilton 1822) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:930 [ref. 20764], Larson 2001:52 [ref. 25522]). Current status: Synonym of Brachygobius nunus (Hamilton 1822). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

alepidoptus, Gobius Bosc [L. A. G.] in Lacepède 1800:555 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 2; ref. 2709] No types known. Appeared as "Gobius alepidoptus, corpus nudo,...."in account of Gobius bosc; regarded as nonbinominal and not available. Gobiidae.

alepidotus, Gobius Schneider [J. G.] in Bloch & Schneider 1801:547 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] "Americanum septentrionale". No types known. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Gobius alepidotus Bosc 1800. •Synonym of Gobiosoma bosc (Lacepède 1800). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Gobiosoma bosc (Lacepède 1800). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

alepis, Psilotris Ginsburg [I.] 1953:22 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 43 (no. 1); ref. 1806] St. Croix Island, Virgin Islands, West Indies. Holotype (unique): USNM 123231. •Valid as Psilotris alepis Ginsburg 1953 -- (Greenfield et al. 1993:183 [ref. 20313], Greenfield 1993:773 [ref. 21015], Cervigón 1994:208 [ref. 24488], Smith & Baldwin 1999:438 [ref. 24419], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1794 [ref. 27111], Nelson et al. 2004:173 [ref. 27807], Van Tassell 2011:155 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:178 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:79 [ref. 33341], Tornabene et al. 2016:13 [ref. 34435], Tornabene & Baldwin 2019:200 [ref. 36806]). Current status: Valid as Psilotris alepis Ginsburg 1953. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

alfiei, Gobiosoma Joyeux [J.-C.] & Macieira [R. M.] in Van Tassell, Joyeux, Macieira & Tornabene 2015:462, Figs. 6-8 [Zootaxa 4007 (no. 4); ref. 33949] Tidepool at Praia dos Castelhanos, Anchieta, Espírito Santo, Brazil, 20°50'S, 40°37'W, depth shallow. Holotype: CIUFES 3114. Paratypes: AMNH, CIUFES, UF, UFRB, ZUEC. Plus additional non-type specimens. •Valid as Gobiosoma alfiei Joyeux & Macieira 2015 -- (Carvalho-Filho 2023:240 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Gobiosoma alfiei Joyeux & Macieira 2015. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: Ceará south to Espírito Santo (Brazil) endemic. Habitat: marine.

algarbiensis, Gobius de Brito Capello [F.] 1880:23 [Catalogo dos peixes de Portugal; ref. 27866] Seas of Lisboa, Setubal and Lagos, Portugal. Syntypes: whereabouts unknown. Appeared first as Gobius sp. ? in Brito Capello 1869:224 [ref. 17966]. •Synonym of Gobius cobitis Pallas 1814 -- (Miller 1973:485 [ref. 6888], Miller 1990:934 [ref. 19376], Kottelat 1997:176 [ref. 22952], Parenti 2021:176 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius cobitis Pallas 1814. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

algida, Eviota Greenfield [D. W.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2014:29, Figs. 1-4 [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 13; ref. 33581] Gamat Bay, Nasa Penida, Indonesia, 8°42.042'S, 115°28.107'E, depth 32 meters. Holotype: CAS 237612. Paratypes: CAS, ROM, MZB, USNM. Photograph from another Indonesia locality. •Valid as Eviota algida Greenfield & Erdmann 2014 -- (Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:56 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Greenfield & Erdmann 2021:32 [ref. 38434], Parenti 2021:137 [ref. 38603], Greenfield et al. 2022:43 [ref. 39807]). Current status: Valid as Eviota algida Greenfield & Erdmann 2014. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Bali (Indonesia); plus photographic records in Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

aliceae, Gnathogobius Smith [H. M.] 1945:523, Fig. 104 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 188; ref. 4056] Bangkok, Thailand. Holotype: USNM 119604. Paratypes: USNM 119605 (1). Type catalog: Vilasri et al. 2018:65 [ref. 36451]. •Valid as Calamiana aliceae (Smith 1945) -- (Rainboth 1996:204 [ref. 22772]). •Synonym of Calamiana kabilia (Herre 1940) -- (Larson 2001:59 [ref. 25522]). •Synonym of Eugnathogobius kabilia (Herre 1940) -- (Larson 2009:135 [ref. 30125], Kottelat 2013:406 [ref. 32989], Vilasri et al. 2018:65 [ref. 36451]). Current status: Synonym of Eugnathogobius kabilia (Herre 1940). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater.

aliciae, Aboma Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1936:10, Pl. 7 [Bulletin of the Raffles Museum No. 12; ref. 10994] Singapore harbor. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 30952. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:152 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:107 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Papillogobius reichei (Bleeker 1849) -- (Kottelat 2013:417 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Favonigobius aliciae (Herre 1936) -- (Rainboth 1996:199 [ref. 22772], Larson et al. 2008:149 [ref. 29532]). •Synonym of Favonigobius reichei (Bleeker 1854) -- (Taki et al. 2021:433 [ref. 39830], Parenti 2021:155 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Favonigobius reichei (Bleeker 1854). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

allen, Stiphodon Watson [R. E.] 1996:114, Figs. 2-5 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 23 (no. 3/4); ref. 22688] Harvey Creek at Deeral, northeastern Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): WAM P.29644-001. Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:45 [ref. 30117]. Name treated as a noun in apposition. •Valid as Stiphodon allen Watson 1996 -- (Watson 1998:76 [ref. 23640], Larson & Murdy 2001:3603 [ref. 26293], Unmack 2001:064 [ref. 25797], Allen et al. 2002:275 [ref. 25930], Hoese & Larson 2006:1684 [ref. 29097], Maeda 2013:(7) [ref. 33023]). •Synonym of Stiphodon semoni Weber 1895 -- (Keith et al. 2015:236 [ref. 34328] tentatively placed). Current status: Synonym of Stiphodon semoni Weber 1895. Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Distribution: Australia (if valid). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

alleni, Schismatogobius Keith [P.], Lord [C.] & Larson [H. K.] 2017:62, Figs. 2E, 10-11 [Cybium v. 41 (no. 1); ref. 35180] Uruf Creek, tributary of Markham River, Papua New Guinea. Holotype: QM I.39304. Paratypes: AUM. •Valid as Schismatogobius alleni Keith, Lord & Larson 2017 -- (Keith et al. 2017:210 [ref. 35442]). Current status: Valid as Schismatogobius alleni Keith, Lord & Larson 2017. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Papua New Guinea. Habitat: freshwater.

alleni, Stenogobius (Insularigobius) Watson [R. E.] 1991:632, Figs. 26a-b [Records of the Western Australian Museum v. 15 (pt 3); ref. 19908] Tovarua Stream near public beach, New Britain Island, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. Holotype: WAM P.28177-010. Paratypes: AMS I.25440-001 (2), USNM 276265 [not 276275] (2), WAM P.28177-003 (5). Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:45 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Stenogobius alleni Watson 1991 -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3601 [ref. 26293]). Current status: Valid as Stenogobius alleni Watson 1991. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Papua New Guinea. Habitat: freshwater.

alleni, Tomiyamichthys Iwata [A.], Ohnishi [N.] & Hirata [T.] 2000:771, Figs. 1-2 [Copeia 2000 (no. 3); ref. 24584] Otsuki-cho, Hata-gun, Kochi Prefecture, Kashiwajima Island, Japan, 32°45'N, 132°38'E. Holotype: NSMT-P 52627. Paratypes: AMS I.37856-001 (1), BLIH 1992474-75 (1, 1), BMNH 1997.4.22.1 (1), BPBM 32098 (1), FAKU 65768, ZUMT 59946 (1). •Valid as Tomiyamichthys alleni Iwata, Ohnishi & Hirata 2000 -- (Nakabo 2000:1222 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1222 [ref. 26193], Randall & Chen 2007:655 [ref. 29392], Allen & Erdmann 2012:883 [ref. 31980], Allen 2015:79 [ref. 33923], Hoese et al. 2016:583 [ref. 34210], Allen et al. 2018:45 [ref. 36213]). Current status: Valid as Tomiyamichthys alleni Iwata, Ohnishi & Hirata 2000. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indonesia, Fiji and southern Japan. Habitat: marine.

alleni, Valenciennea Hoese [D. F.] & Larson [H. K.] 1994:13, Pls. 1A, 5A [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 23; ref. 12483] Haggerstone Island, Queensland, Australia, depth 2-5 meters. Holotype: AMS I.20937-001. Paratypes: AMS I.19460-047 (2), I.19461-065 (1), I.20937-002 (1), IB.3039 (1), IB.3041 (1); BPBM 32004 (1); CAS 54461 (1); NTM S.10015-028 (4), S.10016-006 (9), S.11735-002 (1); S.10814-039 (1); QM I.10224 (1); USNM 258667 (1); WAM P.25168-001 (1), P.26667-008 (1). Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:46 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Valenciennea alleni Hoese & Larson 1994 -- (Allen 1997:220 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:369 [ref. 23967], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3600 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1692 [ref. 29097], Suzuki et al. 2016:2 [ref. 34434]). Current status: Valid as Valenciennea alleni Hoese & Larson 1994. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Australia. Habitat: marine.

alloides, Coryphopterus Böhlke [J. E.] & Robins [C. R.] 1960:115, Pl. 2A; Fig. 3B [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 112; ref. 11897] North of Green Cay, Bahamas, 25°07'07"N, 77°11'38"W. Holotype: ANSP 93048. Paratypes: ANSP 93049-55 (1, 1, 1, 4, 3, 2, 6), 93082 (4). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:104 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Coryphopterus alloides Böhlke & Robins 1960 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:243 [ref. 23100], Randall 1995:796 [ref. 22357], Thacker & Cole 2002:837 [ref. 26548], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1793 [ref. 27111], Smith et al. 2003:59 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:170 [ref. 27807], Baldwin et al. 2009:127 [ref. 30559], Van Tassell 2011:140 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:175 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:76 [ref. 33341], Baldwin & Robertson 2015:137 [ref. 33884], Parenti 2021:119 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Coryphopterus alloides Böhlke & Robins 1960. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Florida (U.S.A.) and Bahamas. Habitat: marine.

alphigena, Lythrypnus Bussing [W. A.] 1990:101, Fig. 2 [Revista de Biología Tropical v. 38 (no. 1); ref. 19516] 2.5 kilometers off Chatham Bay, Cocos Island, off Costa Rica, depth 91 meters. Holotype (unique): LACM 44827-1 [ex UCR 2106]. •Valid as Lythrypnus alphigena Bussing 1990 -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:267 [ref. 22193], Hoese in Fischer et al. 1995:1135 [ref. 22829], Van Tassell 2011:141 [ref. 31732], Parenti 2021:195 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Lythrypnus alphigena Bussing 1990. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Cocos Island (Costa Rica). Habitat: marine.

altipinna, Cryptocentrus Hoese [D. F.] 2019:25, Figs. 1, 2, 4, 5A [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 32; ref. 36472] Libong Island, Trang Province, Andaman Sea, Thailand. Holotype: NSMT P.65933. Paratypes: AMS, BPBM, NSMT, USNM. Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Cryptocentrus altipinna Hoese 2019 -- (Parenti 2021:125 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Cryptocentrus altipinna Hoese 2019. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: Tanzania, Sri Lanka; Andaman Sea off Thailand. Habitat: marine.

altum, Sicydium Meek [S. E.] 1907:149 [Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series v. 7 (no. 5); ref. 15159] Turrialba, Costa Rica. Holotype: FMNH 6034. Paratypes: FMNH 6101 (2). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:79 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Sicydium altum Meek 1907 -- (Bussing 1987:236 [ref. 22927], Bussing 1996:823 [ref. 22890], Bussing 1998:402 [ref. 24179], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1795 [ref. 27111], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:662 [ref. 27061], Van Tassell 2011:145 [ref. 31732], de Lucena et al.2013:143 [ref. 32517], Angulo et al. 2013:1009 [ref. 33194], Angulo et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40676]). Current status: Valid as Sicydium altum Meek 1907. Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Distribution: Central America: Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

alvheimi, Thorogobius Sauberer [M.], Iwamoto [T.] & Ahnelt [H.] 2018:360, Figs. 2-3, 7A [Zootaxa 4429 (no. 2); ref. 35962] Off Luanda, Angola, 8°24'S, 12°56'E, depth 162-166 meters. Holotype: CAS 222482. Paratypes: CAS. Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Thorogobius alvheimi Sauberer, Iwamoto & Ahnelt 2018. Current status: Valid as Thorogobius alvheimi Sauberer, Iwamoto & Ahnelt 2018. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Ghana and Angola. Habitat: marine.

ama, Inu Snyder [J. O.] 1909:608 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 36 (no. 1688); ref. 4151] Tidepool at Misaki, Sagami, Japan. Holotype (unique): USNM 62956. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:128 [ref. 2676]. Types: Shinohara & Williams 2006:563 [ref. 31656]. •Valid as Luciogobius ama (Snyder 1909) -- (Nakabo 2000:1162 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1162 [ref. 26193], Chen et al. 2008:253 [ref. 30075], Kanagawa et al. 2011:67 [ref. 31329], Ikeda et al. 2019:571 [ref. 36910]). •Valid as Inu ama Snyder 1909 -- (Koreeda & Motomura 2022:137 [ref. 39272]). Current status: Valid as Inu ama Snyder 1909. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Japan. Habitat: marine.

amabalis, Oxyurichthys Seale [A.] 1914:76, Pl. 2 (fig. 1) [The Philippine Journal of Science, Section D v. 9 (no. 1); ref. 14174] Market in Hong Kong. Holotype: BSMP 6432 (destroyed, seen by Koumans). Paratypes: BSPM 6411 (1), 6438 (1) 6453 (1) last 2 seen by Koumans, presumed destroyed. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:190 [ref. 2676]. •Valid as Oxyurichthys amabalis Seale 1914 -- (Zhu 1995:181 [ref. 25213]). •Synonym of Oxyurichthys auchenolepis Bleeker 1876 -- (Pezold & Larson 2015:5,18 [ref. 33894] but misspelled as amabilis). Current status: Synonym of Oxyurichthys auchenolepis Bleeker 1876. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Hong Kong (if valid). Habitat: marine.

amadi, Gobius Weber [M.] 1913:211 [Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde v. 19; ref. 4601] Lake Posso [Poso], Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lectotype: ZMA 121293. Paralectotypes: RMNH 14365 (1), ZMA 112664 (8). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:98 [ref. 19236]. Lectotype selected by Larson 2001:97 [ref. 25522]. •Valid as Weberogobius amadi (Weber 1913) -- (Kottelat et al. 1993:154 [ref. 23448]). •Valid as Mugilogobius amadi (Weber 1913) -- (Larson 2001:94 [ref. 25522], Kottelat 2013:413 [ref. 32989], Larson et al. 2014:724 [ref. 33557], Miesen et al. 2016:93 [ref. 34492]). Current status: Valid as Mugilogobius amadi (Weber 1913). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Lake Poso, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia. Habitat: freshwater.

amamiko, Eviota Fujiwara [K.], Suzuki [T.] & Motomura [H.] 2019:2, Figs. 1-4 [Ichthyological Research v. 67 (no. 1); ref. 37032] Saneku, Setouchi, Kakeroma-jima Island, Amami Islands, Japan, 28°11'43"N, 129°11'33"E, depth 15 meters. Holotype: KPM-NI 36630. Paratypes: KPM-NI 22562 (1), OMNH-P 34245 (1). •Valid as Eviota amamiko Fujiwara, Suzuki & Motomura 2019 -- (Mochizuki & Matsunuma 2019:193 [ref. 37077], Greenfield 2021:8 [ref. 38148], Parenti 2021:137 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota amamiko Fujiwara, Suzuki & Motomura 2019. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Ryukyu Islands north to Kagoshima (Japan). Habitat: marine.

ambanoro, Cryptocentrus Fourmanoir [P.] 1957:245, Fig. 159 [Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar. Série F. Océanographie v. 1; ref. 11992] Ambanoro Bay, Nosy Be [Nossi-Bé], Mozambique Channel, Madagascar, depth 6-10 meters. Holotype (unique): IRSMNB (lost). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:53 [ref. 19958] as no types at MNHN. •Valid as Vanderhorstia ambanoro (Fourmanoir 1957) -- (Randall et al. 1990:412 [ref. 15987], Randall & Goren 1993:24 [ref. 21131], Kuiter 1997:350 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:412 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:241 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1234 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:416 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:122 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3600 [ref. 26293], Satapoomin & Winterbottom 2002:62 [ref. 26168], Nakabo 2002:1234 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:61 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:643 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Shibukawa & Suzuki 2004:116 [ref. 28014], Randall 2005:559 [ref. 28239], Greenfield & Longenecker 2005:622 [ref. 28487], Hoese & Larson 2006:1695 [ref. 29097], Shao et al. 2008:262 [ref. 29952], Shibukawa 2009:289 [ref. 30449], Freinschlag & Patzner 2012:42 [ref. 31789], Allen & Erdmann 2012:887 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:270 [ref. 32706], Suzuki & Chen 2014:207 [ref. 33152], Fricke et al. 2014:177 [ref. 33932], Daly et al. 2018:5 [ref. 35897], Fricke et al. 2018:344 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:163 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:293 [ref. 36673], Wada et al. 2021:50 [ref. 38521], Larson 2022:152 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:26 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia ambanoro (Fourmanoir 1957). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Amirantes (Seychelles) and Madagascar east to Marshall Islands and Samoa, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to New Caledonia. Replaced in northern Red Sea by V. opercularis Randall 2007. Habitat: marine.

amblyrhynchus, Psilotris Smith [D. G.] & Baldwin [C. C.] 1999:434, Figs. 1, 2, 3A-B [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 112 (no. 2); ref. 24419] Between Carrie Bow Cay and Twin Cays, lagoos "shot hole", Belize, depth 15-20 feet. Holotype: USNM 321019. Other specimens: USNM (several), not treated as paratypes. Psilotris is feminine, so species should be amblyrhyncha if an adjective. •Valid as Psilotris amblyrhynchus Smith & Baldwin 1999 -- (Murdy & Hoese 2003:1794 [ref. 27111], Smith et al. 2003:64 [ref. 27621], Van Tassell 2011:155 [ref. 31732], Lobel & Lobel 2011:50 [ref. 31774]). •Valid as Carrigobius amblyrhynchus (Smith & Baldwin 1999) -- (Tornabene et al. 2016:13 [ref. 34435]). Current status: Valid as Carrigobius amblyrhynchus (Smith & Baldwin 1999). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Belize. Habitat: marine.

amblyrhynchus, Stigmatogobius Bleeker [P.] 1878:207 [Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2) v. 12; ref. 17117] Jakarta and Tjisakat, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: (6) apparently lost. •Valid as Redigobius amblyrhynchus (Bleeker 1878) -- (Kottelat et al. 1993:151 [ref. 23448], Larson 2005:348 [ref. 28521] as Redigobius sp.?). •Nomen dubium in Redigobius Herre 1927 -- (Larson 2010:185 [ref. 30783]). •Species inquindae in Redigobius Herre 1927 -- (Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32898]). Nomen Dubium. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

amblystoma, Stigmatogobius Zander [C. D.] 1972:109, Figs. 1-3 [Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut v. 69; ref. 7660] Vakvella, southwestern Sri Lanka. Holotype: ZMH H4635. Paratypes: ZMH H4636 (2). Type catalog: Wilkens 1977:160 [ref. 22013]. •As Redigobius sp. -- (Larson 2005:348 [ref. 28521]). •Synonym of Redigobius bikolanus (Herre 1927) -- (Larson 2010:134 [ref. 30783], Kottelat 2013:423 [ref. 32989], Kottelat 2013:423 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Redigobius bikolanus (Herre 1927). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae.

amiciensis, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:135 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Tongatabou [Tongatapu], Tonga, and New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. Lectotype: MNHN B-2986. Paralectotypes: MNHN 0000-2966 (9), A-1347 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:25-26 [ref. 19958]. Lectotype established by Maugé 1986:379 [ref. 6218]. •Synonym of Paragobiodon echinocephalus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Maugé 1986:379 [ref. 6218], Fricke et al. 2018:337 [ref. 35805], Larson 2022:119 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Paragobiodon echinocephalus (Rüppell 1830). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

amicuscaridis, Didogobius Schliewen [U. K.] & Kovačić [M.] 2008:249, Figs. 1a,c, 2, 3a [Spixiana (München) v. 31 (no. 2); ref. 29882] Diogo Vaz, 00°19'N, 06°29'E, São Tomé Island, eastern Atlantic, depth 24 meters. Holotype: ZSM 34186. Paratypes: UFES 133 (1). Type catalog: Neumann 2011:259 [ref. 31652]. •Valid as Didogobius amicuscaridis Schliewen & Kovačić 2008 -- (Schliewen 2011:216 [ref. 31738], van Tassell & Kramer 2014:460 [ref. 33301], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2840 [ref. 34618], Schliewen et al. 2018:391 [ref. 35982], Reiner 2019:258 [ref. 38139], Parenti 2021:131 [ref. 38603]). •Valid as Peter amicuscaridis (Schliewen & Kovačić 2008) -- (Schliewen et al. 2023:131 [ref. 40598]). Current status: Valid as Peter amicuscaridis (Schliewen & Kovačić 2008). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: São Tomé and Principe endemic. Habitat: marine.

amikami, Callogobius Goren [M.], Miroz [A.] & Baranes [A.] 1991:300, Figs. 1-2 [Cybium v. 15 (no. 4); ref. 19765] Eilat, Israel, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, depth 6 meters. Holotype (unique): TAU P-10321 [= SMNHTAU]. •Valid as Callogobius amikami Goren, Miroz & Baranes 1991 -- (Goren & Dor 1994:63 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:329 [ref. 22896], Chen & Shao 2000:458 [ref. 24420], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Chen et al. 2006:230 [ref. 28778], Delventhal & Mooi 2013:156 [ref. 32677], Delventhal & Mooi 2014:147 [ref. 33337], Delventhal et al. 2016:232 [ref. 34863] with Oman specimen uncertain, Golani & Fricke 2018:149 [ref. 36273], Zajonz et al. 2019:95 [ref. 36871], Parenti 2021:111 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:61 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:7 [ref. 40247], Delventhal & Mooi 2023:461 [ref. 40434]). Current status: Valid as Callogobius amikami Goren, Miroz & Baranes 1991. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Socotra (Yemen), Gulf of Oman (Oman). Habitat: marine.

ammophilus, Hazeus Allen [G. R.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2023:148 [Zootaxa 5374 (no. 1); ref. 40590] Duduwali Bay, Nuakata Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, 10°17.351'S, 151°00.334'E, depth 29 - 31 meters. Holotype: WAM P.34854-043. Paratypes: (53) MZB, WAM. First published in an ICZN unavailable publication [ref. 38393]. •Valid as Hazeus ammophilus Allen & Erdmann 2021 -- (Momose 2022:11 [ref. 39316]). •Valid as Hazeus ammophilus Allen & Erdmann 2023. Current status: Valid as Hazeus ammophilus Allen & Erdmann 2023. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia and South China Sea east to Papua New Guinea, north to Amami Islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.

amphipora, Eviota Greenfield [D. W.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2020:3, Figs. 1-2 [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 36; ref. 37758] Sideia patch reef, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, -10.607°, 150.841°, depth 12 meters. Holotype: CAS 247238. Paratype: CAS 247239 (1). •Valid as Eviota amphipora Greenfield & Erdmann 2020 -- (Greenfield 2021:10 [ref. 38148], Parenti 2021:137 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota amphipora Greenfield & Erdmann 2020. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Milne Bay (Papua New Guinea). Habitat: marine.

amplus, Bryaninops Larson [H. K.] 1985:66, Figs. 5-6 [The Beagle (Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences) v. 2 (no. 1); ref. 5186] Lagoon off east tip of Palfrey Island, Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, depth 4-10 meters. Holotype: AMS I.22916-001. Paratypes: AMS (66, 13 lots); ANSP (21, 2 lots); BMNH 1984.10.18.1-2 (2); BPBM 27979 (1), 29312 (4), 29317 (9); CAS 50732 (2), 53211 (1); LICPP (6, 2 lots); MNHN 1984-0702 (1); NMV A3248 (2), NTM (22, 7 lots); QM I.20389-90 (7, 1); ROM (2); SAMA F4737 (2); SMF 19956 (1); USNM 261381 (2), 263765-66 (2, 1); WAM P.25109-002 (3) P.29039-001 (4); YCM. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:20 [ref. 19958], Hutchins & Smith 1991:39 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:43 [ref. 30117] •Valid as Bryaninops amplus Larson 1985 -- (Randall et al. 1990:395 [ref. 15987] as ampulus, Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:xiii [ref. 21953], Larson & Williams 1997:368 [ref. 23967], Kuiter 1997:358 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:395 [ref. 25919], Anderson et al. 1998:27 [ref. 23611], Randall & Kunzmann 1998:481 [ref. 23919], Myers 1999:246 [ref. 23965], Krupp et al. 2000:331 [ref. 25117], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1216 [ref. 25182], Randall & Earle 2000:19 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:119 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3595 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1216 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:643 [ref. 27495], Greenfield & Randall 2004:511 [ref. 28175], Mundy 2005:473 [ref. 28379], Hoese & Larson 2006:1629 [ref. 29097], Randall 2007:396 [ref. 30952], Larson et al. 2008:147 [ref. 29532], Caratini & Soriano 2011:37 [ref. 39915], Allen & Erdmann 2012:894 [ref. 31980], Suzuki & Randall 2014:16 [ref. 33142], Larson et al. 2013:192 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2018:327 [ref. 35805], Eagderi et al. 2019:60 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:274 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:105 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:53 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Bryaninops amplus Larson 1985. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Madagascar and Maldives east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.

ampluvinculus, Schismatogobius Chen [I-S.], Shao [K.-T.] & Fang [L.-S.] 1995:202, Figs. 1-3 [Zoological Studies v. 34 (no. 3); ref. 21863] Jinglun River, Taitung County, Taiwan. Holotype: ASIZP 056923. Paratypes: (9) ASIZP 056988 (1), 057277-78 (5, 3). Type catalog: Ho & Shao 2011:58 [ref. 31432]. •Valid as Schismatogobius ampluvinculus Chen, Shao & Fang 1995 -- (Nakabo 2000:1211 [ref. 25182], Chen et al. 2001:141 [ref. 25462], Sakai et al. 2001:116 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:1211 [ref. 26193], Yonezawa & Shinomiya 2002:2 [ref. 26563], Keith et al. 2004:237 [ref. 27963], Yonezawa et al. 2010:256 [ref. 30902], Ho & Shao 2011:58 [ref. 31432], Ho & Shao 2011:58 [ref. 31432], Kottelat 2013:427 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:207 [ref. 34477], Keith et al. 2017:65 [ref. 35180], Keith et al. 2017:209 [ref. 35442], Maeda et al. 2017:14 [ref. 35500], Jamandre 2023:169 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Schismatogobius ampluvinculus Chen, Shao & Fang 1995. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia, East Asia: Ryukyu Islands (Japan), southeastern Taiwan, Mindoro Island and Panay (Philippines). Habitat: freshwater.

anaima, Trimma Winterbottom [R.] 2000:58, Fig + Fig. 1 [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 25765] Off Al Almal hotel just east of Matsumudu, 12°09'30"S, 44°24'00"E, Anjouan Island, Comoro Islands, southwestern Indian Ocean, depth 6-18 meters. Holotype: R0M 59805. Paratypes: CAS 33279 (2); ROM 59800-04 (2, 2, 1, 7, 2), 59806-08 (1, 1, 1), 60624 (5); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 31053 (1), 43676-77 (2, 3), 43679 (2), 43979 (?), 43982 (1). Plus non-type material. Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:43 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Trimma anaima Winterbottom 2000 -- (Allen & Adrim 2003:60 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Winterbottom 2004:16 [ref. 28043], Hoese & Larson 2006:1688 [ref. 29097], Hagiwara & Winterbottom 2007:164 [ref. 29103], Winterbottom & Zur 2007:17 [ref. 29376], Motomura et al. 2010:220 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:934 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:270 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:173 [ref. 33932], Winterbottom & Hoese 2015:8 [ref. 33709], Suzuki et al. 2015:67 [ref. 33746], Winterbottom 2017:563 [ref. 35329], Daly et al. 2018:5 [ref. 35897], Winterbottom 2019:43 [ref. 37115], Winterbottom & Zur in Larson 2022:139 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Trimma anaima Winterbottom 2000. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Amirantes (Seychelles), Comoros and Maldives east to Fiji, north to Philippines, south to Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia). Habitat: marine.

anatoliae, Pomatoschistus Engin [S.] & Innal [D.] 2017:2, Fig. 1-2 [Zoology in the Middle East v. 63 (no. 4); ref. 35516] Göksu River estuary, Anatolia, Turkey. Holotype: IKC.PIC.1027. Paratypes: IKC. •Valid as Pomatoschistus anatoliae Engin & Innal 2017 -- (Kovačić 2020:78 [ref. 37932], Kovačić et al. 2021:42 [ref. 39014], Çiçek et al. 2023:432 [ref. 40625], Çiçek et al. 2024:309 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Pomatoschistus anatoliae Engin & Innal 2017. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Asia Minor: Göksu River estuary, Anatolia (Turkey). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

anchialinae, Cabillus Klausewitz [W.] 1975:204, Figs. 2-4 [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 56 (nos 4/6); ref. 7936] Sinai coast, near Ras Muhammad, Egypt, Red Sea. Holotype: SMF 13229. Paratypes: SMF 13230-32 (3). •Valid as Monishia anchialinae (Klausewitz 1975) -- (Goren 1979:46 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:248 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Monishia ochetica (Norman 1927) -- (Goren 1985:5 [ref. 5179], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1056 [ref. 13677]). •Synonym of Coryogalops ocheticus (Norman 1927) -- (Golani & Fricke 2018:150 [ref. 36273], Parenti 2021:119 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:68 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Coryogalops ocheticus (Norman 1927). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

ancora, Eviota Greenfield [D. W.] & Suzuki [T.] 2011:63, Figs. 1-3 [Zootaxa No. 2812; ref. 31244] Iriomote-jima Islands, Uehara Beach, 24°25'03.27"N, 123°48'07.36"E, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype: OMNH-P21096. Paratypes: Photographed specimen (Fig. 2) not saved, plus at least one more specimen. Name ancora is an adjective. •Valid as Eviota ancora Greenfield & Suzuki 2011 -- (Greenfield & Suzuki 2012:55 [ref. 31797], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:62 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Greenfield & Randall 2017:69 [ref. 35852], Parenti 2021:138 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota ancora Greenfield & Suzuki 2011. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Ryukyu Islands (Japan), Raja Ampat Islands (Sulawesi, Indonesia), and photograph from Philippines. Habitat: marine.

andamanensis, Callogobius Menon [A. G. K.] & Chatterjee [T. K.] 1974:126, Fig. 1 [Current Science v. 43 (no. 4); ref. 7518] Curlow Island, Middle Andaman Island, Andaman Sea. Holotype: ZSI F7105/2. Paratypes: ZSI F7106/2 (10). See Das 2003:372 [ref. 27706]. •Valid as Callogobius andamanensis Menon & Chatterjee 1974 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2012:963 [ref. 31980], Delventhal & Mooi 2013:156 [ref. 32677], Parenti 2021:111 [ref. 38603], Delventhal & Mooi 2023:461 [ref. 40434]). Current status: Valid as Callogobius andamanensis Menon & Chatterjee 1974. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: Andaman Islands and western Thailand. Habitat: marine.

andamanensis, Euctenogobius Day [F.] 1871:693 [17] [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1870 (pt 3); ref. 1078] Andaman Islands. Syntypes: (3) BMNH 1870.5.18.85 (2). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:161 [ref. 23762]. On p. 17 of separate. •Synonym of Oxyurichthys ophthalmonema (Bleeker 1856) -- (Kottelat 2013:415 [ref. 32989], Pezold & Larson 2015:5, 51 [ref. 33894]). Current status: Synonym of Oxyurichthys ophthalmonema (Bleeker 1856). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

andamanensis, Gobius Day [F.] 1871:691 [15] [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1870 (pt 3); ref. 1078] Brackish water, Andaman Islands. Syntypes: AMS B.8030 (1), BMNH 1970.6.14.10 (1). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:161 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:294 [ref. 25110]. On p. 15 of separate. •Synonym of Exyrias puntang (Bleeker 1851) -- (Murdy 1985:10 [ref. 19200], Kottelat 2013:407 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:153 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Exyrias puntang (Bleeker 1851). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

andamanensis, Oxyurichthys tentacularis Mehta [R.] in Mehta, Mehta & Devi 1990:668, Fig. 1f [Environment and Ecology (Kalyani) v. 8 (no. 2); ref. 20215] Andaman Islands. No types known. •Synonym of Oxyurichthys tentacularis (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kottelat 2013:416 [ref. 32989], Pezold & Larson 2015:5, 77 [ref. 33894]). Current status: Synonym of Oxyurichthys tentacularis (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

andamanicus, Raogobius Mukerji [D. D.] 1935:264, Pl. 6 (figs. 1-2); Fig. 1 [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 37 (pt 3); ref. 3054] Andaman Islands. Holotype (unique): ZSI F 12980/1 [orig. F 11788/1]. Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:153 [ref. 20743]. See Das 2003:374 [ref. 27706]. •Valid as Lentipes andamanicus (Mukerji 1935) -- (Watson & Allen 1999:117 [ref. 24140], Kottelat 2013:412 [ref. 32989], Keith et al. 2014:133 [ref. 33420], Keith et al. 2015:42 [ref. 34328]). Current status: Valid as Lentipes andamanicus (Mukerji 1935). Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: Andaman Islands [amphidromous]. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

andhraensis, Ctenogobius Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1944:47 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 57; ref. 2137] Vizagapatam, India on beach. Holotype: CAS-SU 39850. Paratypes: (46) CAS-SU 39851 (orig. 28, now 25), USNM 123654 [ex SU 39851] (3). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:110 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Acentrogobius andrhraensis Herre 1944 -- (Parenti 2021:77 [ref. 38603]). •Synonym of Aulopareia cyanomos (Bleeker 1849) -- (Larson & Jaafar 2022:495 [ref. 39363]). Current status: Synonym of Aulopareia cyanomos (Bleeker 1849). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

andrei, Gobius Sauvage [H.-E.] 1880:44 [5] [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 4; ref. 3887] Río Guayas, Ecuador. Syntypes: MNHN A-1346 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:26 [ref. 19958]. On p. 5 of separate. Misspelled andraei in 1998 edition of the Catalog of Fishes. •Valid as Bathygobius andrei (Sauvage 1880) -- (Miller & Smith 1989:315 [ref. 25535], Allen & Robertson 1994:258 [ref. 22193], Hoese in Fischer et al. 1995:1134 [ref. 22829], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:152 [ref. 24555], Thomson et al. 2000:250 [ref. 25640], Miller & Stefanni 2001:147 [ref. 26034], Van Tassell 2011:140 [ref. 31732], Angulo et al. 2013:1007 [ref. 33194], Rodríguez-Rey et al. 2017:11 [ref. 35433], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:92 [ref. 35859], González-Murcia et al. 2019:293 [ref. 36544], Parenti 2021:98 [ref. 38603], Angulo et al. 2023:36 [ref. 40676], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:162 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Bathygobius andrei (Sauvage 1880). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Mexico south to Peru. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

androsensis, Lophogobius Breder [C. M., Jr.] 1932:5, Fig. 3 [American Museum Novitates No. 551; ref. 16362] Lake Forsyth, Andros Island, Bahamas. Holotype: AMNH 10109. Paratypes: (3) not found at AMNH. •Synonym of Lophogobius cyprinoides (Pallas 1770) -- (Dawson 1972:380 [ref. 35161]). •Valid as Lophogobius androsensis Breder 1932 -- (Thacker & Cole 2002:838 [ref. 26548], Parenti 2021:193 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Lophogobius cyprinoides (Pallas 1770). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

angolensis, Gobius (Gobius) Norman [J. R.] 1935:16, Figs. 5-6 [Discovery Reports v. 12; ref. 13911] Off St. Paul de Loanda, Angola. Syntypes: (36) BMNH 1935.5.11.136-155 (20), IRSNB 46 (1). Type catalog: Walschaerts 1987:45 [ref. 20755]. •Valid as Thorogobius angolensis (Norman 1935) -- (Miller 1990:946 [ref. 19376], Sauberer & Ahnelt 2008:278 [ref. 29915], Schliewen 2011:220 [ref. 31738], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2841 [ref. 34618], Sauberer et al. 2018:359 [ref. 35962], Fermon et al. 2022:225 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Thorogobius angolensis (Norman 1935). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to Angola. Habitat: marine.

anguillaris, Gobius Linnaeus [C.] 1758:264 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] China. Holotype (unique): ZMUU Linn. Coll. 185. Type catalog: Lönnberg 1896:41 [ref. 23530], Wheeler 1991:186-187, Fig. 24 [ref. 20102]. •Valid as Taenioides anguillaris (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Wu & Ni in Kuang et al. 1986:310 [ref. 26639], Allen 1991:202 [ref. 21090], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:984 [ref. 20764], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:447 [ref. 23876], Allen et al. 1992:303 [ref. 21400], Kottelat et al. 1993:156 [ref. 23448], Rema Devi 1993:185 [ref. 24020], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:6 [ref. 25122], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:191 [ref. 27510], Proudlove 2006:269 [ref. 28992], Murdy 2011:113 [ref. 31729], Kottelat 2013:434 [ref. 32989], Murdy 2018:454 [ref. 36225], Suresh et al. 2018:290 [ref. 36495], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 14 [ref. 38321], Parenti 2021:62 [ref. 38603], Miyahira & Tachihara 2022:25 [ref. 39010], Jamandre 2023:170 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Taenioides anguillaris (Linnaeus 1758). Gobiidae: Amblyopinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India east to Philippines, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Australia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

anguillaris, Gobius Forsskål [P. S.] in Niebuhr 1775:x, 23 [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. No types known. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:53 [ref. 30182]. Not an independent species description, but a misidentification of Gobius anguillaris Linnaeus 1758; objectively invalid (see Fricke 2008:53 [ref. 30182]). •Synonym of Amblycentrus arabicus (Gmelin 1789) -- (Goren 1979:23 [ref. 1852]). •Synonym of Cryptocentrus arabicus (Gmelin 1789) -- (Fricke 2008:53 [ref. 30182]). •Synonym of Cryptocentroides arabicus (Gmelin 1789) -- (Golani & Fricke 2018:150 [ref. 36273], Larson 2022:70 [ref. 39971]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Cryptocentroides arabicus (Gmelin 1789). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

anguilliformis, Gobioides Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1800:576, 577 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 2; ref. 2709] China. No types known. Unnecessary replacement name for Gobius anguillaris Linnaeus 1758. Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:254, 256 (vol. 7) [ref. 30473]. •Synonym of Taenioides anguillaris (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kottelat 2013:434 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:62 [ref. 38603]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Taenioides anguillaris (Linnaeus 1758). Gobiidae: Amblyopinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

angustifascia, Eviota Greenfield [D. W.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2020:33, Figs. 1-4 [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 36; ref. 38056] Fiji, Lau Group, Tavunasici, -18.7336°, 179.0996°, depth 50 meters. Holotype: CAS 247247. Paratypes: CAS 247248 (1), 247249 (1), 247250 (1). •Valid as Eviota angustifascia Greenfield & Erdmann 2020 -- (Greenfield 2021:11 [ref. 38148], Parenti 2021:138 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota angustifascia Greenfield & Erdmann 2020. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: north coast of New Guinea; Lau Group (Fiji). Habitat: marine.

angustiformis, Periophthalmus dipus Eggert [B.] 1935:89, Fig. 14 [Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere (Jena) v. 67; ref. 13880] Flores, Java, Indonesia. Lectotype: ZMA 113218 (72 mm SL female). Paralectotypes: ZMA 113218 (1) (78 mm male). Lectotype selected by Eschmeyer 1998:104 [ref. 23416] in accordance with Murdy's (1989:35 [ref. 13628]) decision to recognize P. d. angustiformis as a synonym of P. argentilineatus. Comments on types for Periophthalmus dipus, subspecies angustiformis Eggert 1935: Konstantinidis et al. 2016:[4] [ref. 34503]. •Synonym of Periophthalmus argentilineatus Valenciennes 1837 -- (Murdy 1989:32 [ref. 13628]). •Synonym of Periophthalmus kalolo Lesson 1931 -- (Kottelat 2013:419 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Periophthalmus kalolo Lesson 1831. Gobiidae: Oxudercinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

angustifrons, Batanga Blanc [M.], Cadenat [J.] & Stauch [A.] 1968:246, Figs. 2-3 [Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire (Serie A) Sciences Naturelles v. 30 (no. 1); ref. 7871] Annobón Island, Equatorial Guinea, Gulf of Guinea. Holotype: MNHN 1967-0445. Paratypes: MNHN 1965-0613 (1 c&s). •Synonym of Wheelerigobius maltzani (Steindachner 1881) -- (Maugé 1986:386 [ref. 6218], Miller 1990:949 [ref. 19376]). Current status: Synonym of Wheelerigobius maltzani (Steindachner 1881). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

angustifrons, Gobiopsis Lachner [E. A.] & McKinney [J. F.] 1978:31, Pls. 6c, d, 11c, e [Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 262; ref. 6603] Endeavour Reef, Queensland, Australia. Holotype: USNM 213492. Paratypes: AMNH 32966 (1); AMS I.18469-152 (1), I.18805-001 (3); USNM 99282-83 (1, 1), 211146 (1), 211148 (1), 213791 (3, 1 c&s). •Valid as Gobiopsis angustifrons Lachner & McKinney 1978 -- (Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Hoese & Larson 2006:1658 [ref. 29097], Shibukawa 2010:97 [ref. 30809], Allen & Erdmann 2012:976 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:167 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:285 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:172 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gobiopsis angustifrons Lachner & McKinney 1978. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Solomon Islands, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

anjerensis, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1851:251, Pl. 1 (fig. 11) [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 1 (no. 3); ref. 16890] Boenakeng Island, off Ujung Padang, Sulawesi, Indonesia [Makassar Strait, western Pacific], depth 0.5 meters. Neotype: BPBM 26651. Neotype designated by Randall & Greenfield 2001:3 [ref. 25675]. •Valid as Gnatholepis anjerensis (Bleeker 1851) -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:251 [ref. 6441], Randall & Goren 1993:13 [ref. 21131], Goren & Dor 1994:64 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:336 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:214 [ref. 23922], Myers 1999:255 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:512 [ref. 24106], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1212 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3601 [ref. 26293], Randall & Greenfield 2001:3 [ref. 25675], Nakabo 2002:1212 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:58 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:642 [ref. 27495] dated 1850, Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:184 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:27 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3329 [ref. 27945], Greenfield & Randall 2004:524 [ref. 28175], Randall 2005:536 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:475 [ref. 28379], Hoese & Larson 2006:1654 [ref. 29097], Randall & Greenfield 2007:304 [ref. 29292], Randall 2007:405 [ref. 30952], Larson et al. 2008:141 [ref. 29532], Fricke et al. 2009:101 [ref. 30213], Shibukawa 2009:276 [ref. 30449], Suzuki & Randall 2009:6 [ref. 30324], Hoese & Larson 2010:374 [ref. 31045], Motomura et al. 2010:213 [ref. 31256], Larson & Buckle 2012:15 [ref. 32272], Allen & Erdmann 2012:974 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:270 [ref. 32706], Kottelat 2013:409 [ref. 32989], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988], Miesen et al. 2016:93 [ref. 34492], Fricke et al. 2018:332 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:154 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:16 [ref. 36883], Eagderi et al. 2019:63 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:285 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:95 [ref. 36871], Akaike et al. 2021:28 [ref. 38809], Koreeda et al. 2022:30 [ref. 39102], Larson 2022:160 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:2 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Gnatholepis anjerensis (Bleeker 1851). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), Marquesas Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Rowley Shoals (Western Australia), New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island (Australia) and Rapa (French Polynesia). IUCN (2019): Least concern. Habitat: brackish, marine.

ankaranensis, Glossogobius Banister [K. E.] 1994:25, Pls. 1-4; Figs. 1-2 [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 1 (no. 3); ref. 22507] Subterranean river, Ankarana reserve, about 12°50"S, 49°10'E, northern Madagascar. Holotype: BMNH 1994.12.1.1. Paratypes: BMNH 1994.12.1.2 (1). •Valid as Glossogobius ankaranensis Banister 1994 -- (Romero & Paulson 2001:35 [ref. 26040], Proudlove 2006:199 [ref. 28992], Hoese & Allen 2009:2 [ref. 29998], Rasoloariniaina et al. 2016:2 [ref. 34460], Hoese et al. 2017:192 [ref. 35452], Fricke et al. 2018:331 [ref. 35805], Parenti 2021:160 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Glossogobius ankaranensis Banister 1994. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northern Madagascar endemic. Habitat: freshwater.

annandalei, Pleurosicya Hornell [J.] & Fowler [H. W.] 1922:924 [Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society v. 28 (pt 4); ref. 15349] Tuticorin, India. Holotype (unique): ANSP 51094. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:104 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Pleurosicya annandalei Hornell & Fowler 1922 -- (Larson & Hoese 1980:36 [ref. 2725], Hoese 1986:800 [ref. 5670], Larson 1990:9 [ref. 16607], Kuiter 1997:354 [ref. 25488], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Greenfield & Randall 2004:536 [ref. 28175], Hoese & Larson 2006:1675 [ref. 29097], Allen & Erdmann 2012:904 [ref. 31980], Larson 2022:122 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Pleurosicya annandalei Hornell & Fowler 1922. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa and India; Indonesia east to Philippines, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

annella, Bryaninops Suzuki [T.] & Randall [J. E.] 2014:13, Figs. 1-4 [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 20 (no. 1); ref. 33142] Bali, northwest coast at Tulamben, 1°28.8'S, 99°09.7"E, Indonesia, depth 9 meters Holotype: BPBM 41022. Paratypes: AMS I.24075-002 (7), BPBM 41146 (1, c&s), 42244 (7), NSMT-P 114575 (1), USNM 410095 (2). •Valid as Bryaninops annella Suzuki & Randall 2014 -- (Parenti 2021:105 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Bryaninops annella Suzuki & Randall 2014. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: Bali, Kakabia (between Sulawesi and Flores) (Indonesia) and northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

annieae, Stiphodon Keith [P.] & Hadiaty [R. K.] 2015:268, Figs. 1-2 [Cybium v. 38 (no. 4) (for 2014); ref. 33653] South Wosea, DS. Sawai, Weda Tengah, Halmahera, Maluku, Indonesia. Holotype: MZB 18930. Paratypes: MNHN. •Valid as Stiphodon annieae Keith & Hadiaty 2015 -- (Keith et al. 2015:178 [ref. 34328], Gani et al. 2021:264 [ref. 38163]). Current status: Valid as Stiphodon annieae Keith & Hadiaty 2015. Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Sulawesi and Halmahera (Indonesia). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

annosum, Trimma Winterbottom [R.] 2003:2, Figs. 1-2 [Zootaxa No. 218; ref. 26886] Cagilai Island off Ovalau Island, Viti Levu, Bau Waters, Fiji. Holotype: ROM 73126 [ex ROM 40061]. Paratypes: NSMT-P55897 (1); ROM 990CS (12), 40061 (5), 45968 (13), 45976 (13), 46041 (9), 49225 (2), 53149 (4), 53151 (14), 73182-85 (1, 5, 3, 1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 35452 (8); USNM 298774 (12). Plus non-type material. Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:26 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Trimma annosum Winterbottom 2003 -- (Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:191 [ref. 27510], Hagiwara & Winterbottom 2007:164 [ref. 29103], Winterbottom & Southcott 2007:73 [ref. 29375], Dimara et al. 2010:621 [ref. 31108], Motomura et al. 2010:220 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:935 [ref. 31980], Winterbottom et al. 2014:378 [ref. 33402], Fricke et al. 2014:173 [ref. 33932], Winterbottom & Hoese 2015:11 [ref. 33709], Suzuki et al. 2015:67 [ref. 33746], Hoese et al. 2015:539 [ref. 33990], Winterbottom & Erdmann 2018:476 [ref. 36013], Fricke et al. 2019:290 [ref. 36673], Winterbottom 2019:26 [ref. 37115], Winterbottom & Erdmann 2019:576 [ref. 36627]). Current status: Valid as Trimma annosum Winterbottom 2003. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Bali (Indonesia) east to western Caroline Islands and Fiji, north to Taiwan, south to Solomon Islands. Records from Maldives and India may be based on misidentified T. fucatum (see ref. 37115). Habitat: marine.

annularis, Chaenogobius Gill [T. N.] 1859:12 [1] [Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York v. 7 (nos 1-3, art. 3); ref. 1751] Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan. Holotype (unique): USNM 6336. Rear Dec. 1858, apparently publsihed in 1859; date on jacket is 1863. On p. 1 of separate. •Synonym of Chaenogobius urotaena (Hilgendorf 1879) -- (Kim 1997:581 [ref. 24032] as urotaenius, Choi et al. 2003:659 [ref. 26218] as urotaenia). •Valid as Chaenogobius annularis Gill 1859 -- (Okada 1961:676 [ref. 6363], Zhu 1995:179 [ref. 25213], Cheng & Zhou 1997:374 [ref. 26385], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:753 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:132 [ref. 23591], Stevenson 2000:835 [ref. 24583], Nakabo 2000:1197 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1197 [ref. 26193], Stevenson 2002:259 [ref. 26489], Hagiwara 2003:38 [ref. 27188], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:220 [ref. 28183], Motomura et al. 2010:208 [ref. 31256], Matsui et al. 2014:11 [ref. 33344], Kwun et al. 2017:143 [ref. 37287], Kim et al. 2020:169 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:103 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Chaenogobius annularis Gill 1859. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Korea and Japan. Habitat: freshwater.

annulatus, Gobius De Vis [C. W.] 1884:688 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 9 (pt 3); ref. 17383] Cape York, Queensland, Australia. Syntypes: QM I.87 (1), I.2780 (6). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:175 [ref. 2676]. •Synonym of Amblygobius phalaena (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Hoese & Larson 2006:1622 [ref. 29097]). Current status: Synonym of Amblygobius phalaena (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

anomolus, Coryogalops Smith [J. L. B.] 1958:144, Fig. 5 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 11; ref. 4118] Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 251. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 873-874 (1, 1). •Valid as Coryogalops anomolus Smith 1958 -- (Goren 1979:95 [ref. 6952], Dor 1984:241 [ref. 29757], Goren 1991:2 [ref. 19343], Randall et al. 1994:243 [ref. 21645], Randall 1995:331 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:213 [ref. 23922], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Heemstra et al. 2004:3328 [ref. 27945], Kovačić et al. 2014:518 [ref. 33562], Kovačić et al. 2016:343 [ref. 34349], Fricke et al. 2018:328 [ref. 35805]. Golani & Fricke 2018:150 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:61 [ref. 37020], Parenti 2021:118 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:66 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:7 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Coryogalops anomolus Smith 1958. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa and Persian Gulf to Madagascar. Habitat: marine.

anotus, Trypauchenophrys Franz [V.] 1910:68, Pl. 9 (fig. 77) [Abhandlungen der math.-phys. Klasse der K. Bayer Akademie der Wissenschaften v. 4 (Suppl.) (no. 1); ref. 1481] Fukuura, Japan. Syntypes: SMF 7432 (1), ZSM [old collection] (orig. 2) destroyed by WWII. Type catalog: Neumann 2006:275-276 [ref. 28925]. •Valid as Brachyamblyopus anotus (Franz 1910) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:287 [ref. 6441], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:644 [ref. 25598], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1157 [ref. 25182], Sakai et al. 2001:110 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:1157 [ref. 26193]). •Synonym of Caragobius urolepis (Bleeker 1852) -- (Murdy & Shibukawa 2003:5 [ref. 27145], Kottelat 2013:433 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:65 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Caragobius urolepis (Bleeker 1852). Gobiidae: Amblyopinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

ansorgii, Gobioides Boulenger [G. A.] 1909:431 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 4 (no. 23); ref. 14366] Port Mansoa, Guinea-Bissau. Syntypes: (5) BMNH 1909.10.29.110-112 (3). •Valid as Gobioides ansorgii Boulenger 1909 -- (Maugé 1986:371 [ref. 6218], Miller 1990:932 [ref. 19376], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:803 [ref. 21590]). •Synonym of Gobioides sagitta (Günther 1862) -- (Murdy 1998:127 [ref. 23380], Harrison et al. 2007:501 [ref. 30083]). Current status: Synonym of Gobioides sagitta (Günther 1862). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

ansorgii, Nematogobius Boulenger [G. A.] 1910:560 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 6 (no. 36); ref. 577] Bengo River at Cabiri, Angola. Syntypes: BMNH 1911.6.1.168-169 (2), NMW 31208 (1). •Valid as Nematogobius ansorgii Boulenger 1910 -- (Maugé 1986:376 [ref. 6218], Lévêque et al. 1989:123 [ref. 26480], Miller 1990:942 [ref. 19376]). •Synonym of Nematogobius maindroni (Sauvage 1880) -- (Harrison 1990:32 [ref. 16206], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:817 [ref. 21590]). Current status: Synonym of Nematogobius maindroni (Sauvage 1880). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

antennatus, Barbulifer Böhlke [J. E.] & Robins [C. R.] 1968:126, Fig. 18 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 120; ref. 609] Exuma Cay, Great Bahma Bank, Bahamas, depth to about 6 feet. Holotype: ANSP 110642. Paratypes: ANSP (68 + 2 c&s, 11 lots); LACM (13, 4 lots); MCZ 45889 (2); UF 9047 (1), 9216 (1), 10320 (1); UF [ex UMML] (23, 4 lots); UMMZ 187467 (2); USNM 198719 (1), 202375 (3). Type catalog: Gilbert 1974:110 [ref. 21035], Böhlke 1984:104 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Barbulifer antennatus Böhlke & Robins 1968 -- (Murdy & Hoese 2003:1792 [ref. 27111], Nelson et al. 2004:169 [ref. 27807], Joyeux et al. 2009:65 [ref. 30108], Van Tassell 2011:151 [ref. 31732]., Page et al. 2013:174 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:75 [ref. 33341], Martínez-Servín et al. 2023:113 [ref. 40726]). Current status: Valid as Barbulifer antennatus Böhlke & Robins 1968. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: including Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.

anthioides, Quisquilius Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:210, Pl. 10 (fig. F) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 13; ref. 4122] Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean, depth 8 fathoms. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 181. •Valid as Priolepis anthioides (Smith 1959) -- (Winterbottom & Burridge 1992:1935 [ref. 20878], Nogawa & Endo 2007:159 [ref. 29104], Allen et al. 2018:36 [ref. 36193], Koeda et al. 2021:[6] [ref. 38416], Larson 2022:127 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Priolepis anthioides (Smith 1959). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Zanzibar (Tanzania). Habitat: marine.

anthrenum, Trimma Winterbottom [R.] 2006:56, Figs. 1-3, 4A [Zootaxa No. 1331; ref. 28810] Vava'u, southwestern side off Mo'ungalafa mountain at latitude of Tu'ungasika islet, 18°39'30"S, 174°00'90"W, Tonga, depth 37-40 meters. Holotype: ROM 60677. Paratypes: 11 lots at BPBM, ROM; USNM 341467 (9), 341468 (13). Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:36 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Trimma anthrenum Winterbottom 2006 -- (Hagiwara & Winterbottom 2007:164 [ref. 29103], Winterbottom & Hoese 2015:41, 74 [ref. 33709], Winterbottom et al. 2015:215 [ref. 33849], Winterbottom 2018:129 [ref. 35730], Winterbottom 2019:36 [ref. 37115]). Current status: Valid as Trimma anthrenum Winterbottom 2006. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Fiji and Tonga Islands. Habitat: marine.

antillarum, Sicydium Ogilvie-Grant [W. R.] 1884:157, Pl. 12 (fig. 3) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1884 (pt 2) (art. 1) (for 4 Mar. 1884); ref. 18151] Western Atlantic: Barbados, Panama. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1850.7.27.6. •Valid as Sicydium antillarum Ogilvie-Grant 1884 -- (Bussing 1996:823 [ref. 22890], Garzon-Ferreira & Wedler 1997:6 [ref. 25270], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1795 [ref. 27111]). •Synonym of Sicydium plumieri (Bloch 1786) -- (Watson 2000:14 [ref. 24994], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:662 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Sicydium plumieri (Bloch 1786). Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

antilliensis, Bathygobius Tornabene [L.], Baldwin [C. C.] & Pezold [F. L.] in Tornabene et al. 2010:146, Figs. 2-3 [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 16 (no. 4); ref. 30990] Playa Magui, Hatillo, Puerto Rico, 18°29'26"N, 66°48'57"W. Holotype: AMNH 251650. Paratypes: AMNH, ANSP, USNM. Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Bathygobius antilliensis Tornabene, Baldwin & Pezold 2010 -- (Van Tassell 2011:140 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:175 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Collette 2013:180 [ref. 32953], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:75 [ref. 33341], Rodríguez-Rey et al. 2017:11 [ref. 35433], Caires 2019:2 [ref. 37363], Robertson et al. 2020:154 [ref. 38098], Parenti 2021:98 [ref. 38603], Martínez-Servín et al. 2023:113 [ref. 40726]). Current status: Valid as Bathygobius antilliensis Tornabene, Baldwin & Pezold 2010. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: including Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.

aonumai, Rhinogobius Suzuki [T.], Oseko [N.], Yamasaki [Y. Y.], Kimura [S.] & Shibukawa [K.] 2022:12, Figs. 1-8, 17A [Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science) No. 51; ref. 39148] Hinaigawa River, upper reaches above Pinaisara Fall (total vertical height 58.7 meters), Iriomote-jima Island, Yaeyama Group of the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, 24°22'54.99"N, 123°49'13.29"E, elevation 104 meters. Holotype: OMNH P 40256. Paratypes: (28) KPM, NSMT, OMNH, SPMN. •Valid as Rhinogobius aonumai Suzuki, Oseko, Yamasaki, Kimura & Shibukawa 2022. Current status: Valid as Rhinogobius aonumai Suzuki, Oseko, Yamasaki, Kimura & Shibukawa 2022. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Iriomoto-jima and Ishigaki-jima Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Habitat: freshwater.

aoyagii, Gobiodon Shibukawa [K.], Suzuki [T.] & Aizawa [M.] 2013:147, Fig. 3A, 2a-I, 3 [Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A) v. 39 (no. 3); ref. 32951] Barasu, Iwomote-jima Island, Yaeyama Group, Ryukyu Islands. Holotype: NSMT-P 111422. Paratypes: AMS, NSMT-P, OMNH-P, YCM-P. Plus non-type specimen. •Valid as Gobiodon aoyagii Shibukawai, Suzuki & Aizawa 2013 -- (Parenti 2021:168 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gobiodon aoyagii Shibukawa, Suzuki & Aizawa 2013. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Japan, Philippines, Australia, Papua New Guinea and East Indies. Habitat: marine.

aphia, Argentina Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:58 [Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia; ref. 3594] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Also appeared in Rafinesque 1810:35 [ref. 3595]. •Questionably a synonym of Aphia minuta (Risso 1810) -- (Miller 1973:489 [ref. 6888]). •Synonym of Aphia minuta (Risso 1810) -- (Parenti 2019:102 [ref. 37117], Parenti 2021:93 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Aphia minuta (Risso 1810). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

aphya, Brachyochirus Bonaparte [C. L.] 1846:64 [Atti della Settima Adunanza degli Scienziati Italiani Sesta Riunione, Milano 7a Adunanza, Napoli, Part 2; ref. 519] Europe. No types known. •Synonym of Aphia minuta (Risso 1810) -- (Miller 1973:489 [ref. 6888], Parenti 2021:93 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Aphia minuta (Risso 1810). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

aphya, Gobius Linnaeus [C.] 1758:263 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Nile River. No types known. Spelled aphia by Rafinesque 1810:30 [ref. 3595]. Name appeared in Sassi 1846:392 [ref. 22007] as "Gobius aphya, Sassi." Gobiidae.

apogonius, Gobius Cantor [T. E.] 1849:1164 [182] [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 18 (pt 2); ref. 715] Sea of Penang, Malaysia. Syntypes: BMNH 1860.3.19.554-555 (3 half skins). On p. 182 of separate. •Synonym of Stigmatogobius sadanundio (Hamilton 1822) -- (Larson 2001:211 [ref. 25522], Larson 2005:360 [ref. 28521], Kottelat 2013:430 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Stigmatogobius sadanundio (Hamilton 1822). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

apogonus, Ctenogobius Pezold [F. L.] 2022:73, Fig. 2 [Marine Research v. 2 (no. 1); ref. 39351] Atafona, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Holotype: MCP 54774 [ex ANSP 121211]. Paratypes: ANSP, FMNH, MAPA, MCZ, UF, UFRGS. Plus additional non-type material. Available from the printed edition. •Valid as Ctenogobius apogonus Pezold 2022. Current status: Valid as Ctenogobius apogonus Pezold 2022. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Parnaiba, Piaui, northern Brazil to Rio Grande do Sol, Brazil. Habitat: marine.

aporia, Gobiopsis Lachner [E. A.] & McKinney [J. F.] 1978:12, Pls. 1, 2a, 7a, 8a [Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 262; ref. 6603] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype: USNM 209731. Paratypes: AMNH 32957-62 (1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1); AMS (5 lots); ANSP (5, 3 lots); BMNH 1976.2.5.1 (1); BPBM 20321 (1); CAS 31497 (1), 33628-30 (1, 2, 1); FMNH 78751 (1); RMNH 15256 [or 15156] (1); USNM (25 lots). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:104 [ref. 13621], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:41 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Gobiopsis aporia Lachner & McKinney 1978 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:267 [ref. 6441], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1249 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1249 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:185 [ref. 27510], Hoese & Larson 2006:1658 [ref. 29097], Shibukawa 2010:97 [ref. 30809], Allen & Erdmann 2012:976 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:199 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:167 [ref. 33932], Parenti 2021:172 [ref. 38603]). •Synonym of Gobiopsis liolepis (Koumans 1931) -- (Delventhal & Mooi 2014:571 [ref. 33168], Delventhal & Mooi 2023:462 [ref. 40434]). Current status: Synonym of Gobiopsis liolepis (Koumans 1931). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

aporus, Lioteres Hoese [D. F.] & Winterbottom [R.] 1979:2, Figs. 1-2 [Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Occasional Paper No. 31; ref. 7022] Reef off Sodwana Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, 27°31'S, 32°41'E, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 911. Paratypes: AMG 20272-001 [ex SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 912] (1), SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 912 (2). The species name aporus is a noun in apposition. •Valid as Hetereleotris apora (Hoese & Winterbottom 1979) -- (Hoese 1986:792 [ref. 5670], Hoese 1986:8 [ref. 5996], Gill 1998:94 [ref. 23403], Fricke 1999:514 [ref. 24106], Hoese & Larson 2005:15 [ref. 28571], Fricke et al. 2009:102 [ref. 30213], Shibukawa 2010:90 [ref. 30808], Kovačić et al. 2014:125 [ref. 33446], Kovačić et al. 2019:503 [ref. 36728], Arndt & Fricke 2019:17 [ref. 36883], Parenti 2021:184 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:105 [ref. 39971]). •Valid as Hetereleotris aporus (Hoese & Winterbottom 1979). Current status: Valid as Hetereleotris aporus (Hoese & Winterbottom 1979). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), Comoros, Saint Brandon's Shoals (Cargados Carajos) and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory). Habitat: marine.

aporus, Pseudorhinogobius Zhong [J.-S.] & Wu [H.-L.] 1998:149 [Engl. P. 152], Figs. 1 (A-B), 2C [Journal of Fisheries of China v. 22 (no. 2); ref. 25764] Upper Ou Jiang River system, Xiandu, Jinyun, Zhejiang, China, 120°50'E, 28°50'N. Holotype: SFU-3790. Paratypes: SFU-3791 (1), 3792-3801 (10), 3802 -3807 (6). •Now considered in Rhinogobius -- (H. Bleher, pers. comm., 11/1/2010). •Valid as Rhinogobius aporus (Zhong & Wu 1998) -- (Zhang et al. 2016:201 [ref. 34477], Takahashi & Okazaki 2017:[3] [ref. 35171], Suzuki et al. 2017:82 [ref. 35202], Li et al. 2018:5 [ref. 35989]). Current status: Valid as Rhinogobius aporus (Zhong & Wu 1998). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Zhejiang, China. Habitat: freshwater.

aprica, Sueviota Winterbottom [R.] & Hoese [D. F.] 1988:4, Figs. 3-4 [Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Occasional Paper No. 37; ref. 9274] Drop-off cave off Isle Fouquet, Peros Banhos Atoll, Chagos Archipelago, depth 40-43 meters. Holotype: ROM 44126. Paratypes: AMS I.24633-001 (3); ROM 864CS (1, c&s), 43012 (1), 44127 (7, 3 to AMS). •Valid as Sueviota aprica Winterbottom & Hoese 1988 -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:551 [ref. 28239], Dimara et al. 2010:621 [ref. 31108], Allen & Erdmann 2012:933 [ref. 31980], Allen et al. 2016:81 [ref. 34410], Greenfield & Randall 2017:9 [ref. 35230], Greenfield et al. 2019:86 [ref. 37043], Larson 2022:135 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Sueviota aprica Winterbottom & Hoese 1988. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Madagascar; Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory); West Papua (Indonesia); Fiji. Habitat: marine.

aquila, Eviota Greenfield [D. W.] & Jewett [S. L.] 2014:57, Fig. 1 [Copeia 2014 (no. 1); ref. 33326] Pingtung County, south end of Taiwan, rocky shore, just south of Chin Chiao-Wan, 21.9208°N, 120.8292°E, surge channel cut wellback into shore, many caves and labyrinth connections, Taiwan, depth 0-6.4 meters, Holotype: USNM 227381. Paratypes: all from Taiwan. ANSP, BPBM, CAS, NMMB, USNM. •Valid as Eviota aquila Greenfield & Jewett 2014 -- (Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:48 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Parenti 2021:138 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota aquila Greenfield & Jewett 2014. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: southern Taiwan endemic. Habitat: marine.

aquilonius, Pseudogobius Larson [H. K.] & Hammer [M. P.] 2021:10, Figs. 4-5 [Zootaxa 4961 (no. 1); ref. 38276] East arm of Bing Bong Creek, Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory, Australia. Holotype: NTM S.13518-004. Paratypes: AMS, CSIRO, NTM, QM, ROM, WAM. Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Pseudogobius aquilonius Larson & Hammer 2021 Current status: Valid as Pseudogobius aquilonius Larson & Hammer 2021. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: northern Australia (Dampier, Western Australia to Brisbane, Queensland), possibly southern New Guinea. Habitat: brackish.

arabicus, Gobius Gmelin [J. F.] (ex Forsskål) 1789:1198 [Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 3); ref. 18139] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. No types known. Based on Gobius anguillaris (non Linnaeus 1758) of Forsskål 1775:x, 23 [ref. 1351]. Preoccupied by the unused name Gobius djiddensis Bonnaterre, 1788. Declared a nomen protectum by Parenti 2021:123 [ref. 38603]. •Valid as Amblycentrus arabicus (Gmelin 1789) -- (Goren 1979:23 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:238 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Cryptocentroides arabicus (Gmelin 1789) -- (Randall et al. 1994:244 [ref. 21645], Goren & Dor 1994:63 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:333 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:213 [ref. 23922], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Fricke 2008:53 [ref. 30182], Ghanbarifardi & Malek 2009:[4] 498 [ref. 37937], Golani & Fricke 2018:150 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:61 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:96 [ref. 36871], Jawad et al. 2021:8 [ref. 38429], Parenti 2021:123 [ref. 38603], Esmaeili et al. 2022:481 [ref. 39253], Larson 2022:70 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:8 [ref. 40247], Esmaeili & Hamidan 2023:213 [ref. 40377], Çiçek et al. 2024:303 [ref. 40789]). Nomen Protectum. Current status: Valid as Cryptocentroides arabicus (Gmelin 1789). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden and Socotra (Yemen) to Persian Gulf. Habitat: brackish, marine.

arctocephalus, Amblyopus Alcock [A. W.] 1890:432 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 6 (no. 36) (art. 52); ref. 86] Off Máhánaddi Delta, Investigator station 69, depth 50 fathoms; off Vizagapatam coast, India, Investigator, depth 20-25 fathoms. Syntypes: ZSI F12926 (1) station 69. Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:152 [ref. 20743], Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:42 [ref. 22148]. Figured in Alcock 1898: Pl. 20 (fig. 7) [ref. 20534]. •Valid as Amblyotrypauchen arctocephalus (Alcock 1890) -- (Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:635 [ref. 25122] as artcocephalus, Larson & Murdy 2001:3593 [ref. 26293], Murdy 2003:331 [ref. 27039], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Hoese & Larson 2006:1622 [ref. 29097], Murdy 2011:116 [ref. 31729], Larson et al. 2013:189 [ref. 32988], Prokofiev 2015:656 [ref. 34549], Psomadakis et al. 2020:547 [ref. 37272], Parenti 2021:64 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Amblyotrypauchen arctocephalus (Alcock 1890). Gobiidae: Amblyopinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: eastern India east to Philippines and New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

arcupinna, Amblyeleotris Mohlmann [M. S.] & Munday [P. L.] 1999:59, Figs. 1-2 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 26 (no. 1/2); ref. 24273] Islet off Cape Vantanat, Normanby Island, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua New Guinea, about 10°11'48"S, 151°12'30"E, depth 23 meters. Holotype: BPBM 36957. Paratypes: AMS I.37745-001 (1), BMNH 1997.1.3.1 (1), BPBM 34318 (1), USNM 343459 (1), WAM P.31206-001 (1). Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:43 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Amblyeleotris arcupinna Mohlmann & Munday 1999 -- (Allen & Adrim 2003:56 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:642 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2005:127 [ref. 28745], Chen et al. 2006:2565 [ref. 29024], Allen & Erdmann 2012:861 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2019:269 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:83 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Amblyeleotris arcupinna Mohlmann & Munday 1999. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Bali (Indonesia) east to Marshall Islands, north to Philippines, south to New Ireland (Papua New Guinea). Habitat: marine.

arcusbranchiae, Valenciennea strigata Fowler [H. W.] 1946:201, Fig. 64 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 98; ref. 1456] Aguni Shima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype (unique): ANSP 72077. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:104 [ref. 13621]. Originally as arcus-branchiae. •Synonym of Valenciennea strigata (Broussonet 1782) -- (Hoese & Larson 1994:59 [ref. 12483]). Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea strigata (Broussonet 1782). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

arenae, Gobius Bath [H.] 1972:349, Figs. 1-3, 5 [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 53 (nos 5/6); ref. 7604] Barbarossa Bay near Porto Azurro, Elba Island, Italy, western Mediterranean Sea, on sand bottom with boulders, depth 3-6 meters. Holotype: SMF 11540. Paratypes: Bath coll. (2), SMF 11541 (1). •Synonym of Gobius geniporus Valenciennes 1837 -- (Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1041 [ref. 13677], Parenti 2021:178 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius geniporus Valenciennes 1837. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

arenarius, Gobius Günther [A.] 1861:59 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] Not available, name on specimen mentioned under Gobius minutus. Nomen Nudum. Gobiidae.

arenarius, Hetereleotris Snyder [J. O.] 1908:100 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 35 (no. 1635); ref. 4150] Naha, Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype: USNM 62237. Paratypes: CAS-SU 21104 (1); USNM 74581-82 (1, 1). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:127, 144 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:106 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Gobiopsis arenaria (Snyder 1908) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:267 [ref. 6441], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1249 [ref. 25182], Shinohara et al. 2000:183 [ref. 25987], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:1249 [ref. 26193], Hoese & Larson 2006:1658 [ref. 29097], Shibukawa 2010:97 [ref. 30809], Motomura et al. 2010:214 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:976 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:167 [ref. 33932], Parenti 2021:173 [ref. 38603], Koreeda et al. 2022:29 [ref. 39102]). Current status: Valid as Gobiopsis arenaria (Snyder 1908). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Brunei and southern China north to southern Japan; northern Australia and New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

arenicola, Grallenia Shibukawa [K.] & Iwata [A.] 2007:128, Fig. 1A, 2A, 3A-B, 4A [Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A) Supplement No. 1; ref. 29108] Off Aka-todai lighthouse, Kashiwa-jima Island, Kochi Prefecture, Japan, depth 15-20 meters. Holotype: NSMT-P 73195. Paratypes: AMS I.43860-001 (4); KPM-NI 16707 (2), NSMT-P 73196 (1, c&s), 73198 (1), 73199 (1), 73200 (1); OMNH-P 31811 (2). •Valid as Grallenia arenicola Shibukawa & Iwata 2007 -- (Motomura et al. 2010:214 [ref. 31256], Larson et al. 2013:200 [ref. 32988], Allen & Erdmann 2017:45 [ref. 35533], Allen & Hammer 2018:95 [ref. 36325], Parenti 2021:182 [ref. 38603], Allen et al. 2024:1351 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Grallenia arenicola Shibukawa & Iwata 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Japan. Habitat: marine.

argenteus, Lentipes Keith [P.], Hadiaty [R. K.] & Lord [C.] in Keith, Hadiaty, Hubert, Busson & Lord 2014:139, Figs. 4-6 [Cybium v. 38 (no. 2); ref. 33420] Clearwater Hillstreams in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia. Holotype: MZB 21475. Paratypes: MNHN 2013-0615 (7), MZB 21476 (3). •Valid as Lentipes argenteus Keith, Hadiaty & Lord 2014 -- (Keith et al. 2015:44 [ref. 34328], Harefa & Chen 2022:64 [ref. 39624]). Current status: Valid as Lentipes argenteus Keith, Hadiaty & Lord 2014. Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Distribution: West Sumatra [amphidromous]. Habitat: freshwater.

argentilineatus, Periophthalmus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:191 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Lectotype: MNHN A-1499. Paralectotypes: MNHN A-1402 (4), A-1487 (1), A-1500 (1), A-1501 (1), B-2915 (1), B-2916 (1); RMNH 1964 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:43 [ref. 19958]. Lectotype selected by Murdy 1989:35 [ref. 13628]. See Fricke 1999:518 [ref. 24106]. The lectotype designation may be invalid, as a Moluccas specimen was not mentioned in the original description (which included material from Waigiou, Oualan, New Guinea, Irrawaddy/Myanmar and Java/Indonesia), so it may have not been part of the type series. •Synonym of Periophthalmus kalolo Lesson 1831 -- (Kottelat 2013:419 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Periophthalmus argentilineatus Valenciennes 1837 -- (Murdy 1989:32 [ref. 13628], Randall et al. 1990:406 [ref. 15987], Allen 1991:190 [ref. 21090], Kottelat et al. 1993:148 [ref. 23448], Goren & Dor 1994:65 [ref. 25356], Larson & Williams 1997:371 [ref. 23967], Allen 1997:222 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:406 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:237 [ref. 23965], Johnson 1999:749 [ref. 25471], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:639 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1156 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:70 [ref. 25191], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:413 [ref. 25191], Allen et al. 2000:127 [ref. 27467], Sakai et al. 2001:115 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3602 [ref. 26293], Allen et al. 2002:280 [ref. 25930], Nakabo 2002:1156 [ref. 26193], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S117 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:641 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:189 [ref. 27510], Tan & Lim 2004:111 [ref. 27716], Larson & Takita 2004:184 [ref. 28075], Larson & Pidgeon 2004:197 [ref. 28107], Randall 2005:545 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1673 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:139 [ref. 29532], Jaafar & Larson 2008:952 [ref. 29863], Motomura et al. 2010:217 [ref. 31256], Takita et al. 2011:196 [ref. 31704], Murdy 2011:105 [ref. 31728], Schliewen 2011:212 [ref. 31738], Larson et al. 2013:204 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:170 [ref. 33932], Polgar et al. 2014:166 [ref. 35464], Jaafar et al. 2016:283 [ref. 34685], Koeda et al. 2016:94 [ref. 35333], Murdy & Jaafar 2017:17 [ref. 35561] taxonomic work is needed, Fricke et al. 2018:337 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:158 [ref. 36273], Wada et al. 2021:50 [ref. 38521], Jamaluddin et al. 2022:[8] [ref. 39245], Larson 2022:174 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:2 [ref. 40247], Jamandre 2023:170 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Periophthalmus argentilineatus Valenciennes 1837. Gobiidae: Oxudercinae. Distribution: Southern Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa and Madagascar east to Marshall Islands and Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

argentiventralis, Periophthalmus schlosseri Eggert [B.] 1935:49 [Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere (Jena) v. 67; ref. 13880] Edam Island, about 10 kilometers north of Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: PMJ 785 (3), Universität Tübingen (destroyed in WWII). Comments on types for Periophthalmus schlosseri, subspecies argentiventralis Eggert 1935: Konstantinidis et al. 2016:[4] [ref. 34503]. •Valid as Periophthalmus argentiventralis Eggert 1935 -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:138 [ref. 25477]). •Synonym of Periophthalmodon schlosseri (Pallas 1770) -- (Murdy 1989:28 [ref. 13628], Kottelat 2013:418 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Periophthalmodon schlosseri (Pallas 1770). Gobiidae: Oxudercinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

arguellesi, Tamanka Roxas [H. A.] & Ablan [G. L.] 1940:308, Pl. 7 [Philippine Journal of Science v. 73 (no. 3); ref. 13218] Philippines. Holotype: BSMP 31951 (destroyed in WWII). Paratypes: BSMP (13, destroyed in WWII). •Possibly a Mugilogobius -- (Larson 2001:197 [ref. 25522]). •Valid as Mugilogobius arguellesi Roxas & Ablan 1940 -- (Kottelat 2013:413 [ref. 32989]), Current status: Valid as Mugilogobius arguellesi Roxas & Ablan 1940. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater.

argulus, Gobius Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1868:266 [Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1868; ref. 3442] Coral reef near Paracale, Luzon Island, Philippines. Syntypes: ZMB 5201 (2). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

argus, Gnatholepis Larson [H. K.] & Buckle [D. J.] 2005:68, Figs. 1-4 [The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory v. 21; ref. 28489] Northern side of Turtle Reef off Field Island, Northern Territory, Australia, depth 0-0.25 meters. Holotype: NTM S.14965-032. Paratypes: AMS I.19356-016 (61), I.24713-005 (1); BPBM 40168 (12); NTM S.10005-34 (128), S.10006-027 (7 ), S.10033-005 (115), S.10411-026 (22), S.13237-038 (38), S.14965-008 (105), S.14966-022 (46); QM I.37222 (12); USNM 384336 (12). Plus non-type material. •Valid as Gnatholepis argus Larson & Buckle 2005 -- (Hoese & Larson 2006:1654 [ref. 29097], Randall & Greenfield 2007:304 [ref. 29292], Larson & Buckle 2012:5, 22 [ref. 32272], Larson et al. 2013:199 [ref. 32988]). Current status: Valid as Gnatholepis argus Larson & Buckle 2005. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Range: Australia and Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

armatus, Lentipes Sakai [H.] & Nakamura [M.] 1979:46, Fig. 5 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 26 (no. 1); ref. 8789] Arakawa River, about 500 meters from river mouth, Ishigaki Island, Ryukyu Islands, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, 24°20'N, 124°15'E. Holotype: NSMT-P 29296. Paratypes: NSMT-P 20775 (1, c&s), 28175 (1), 29315 (1). •Valid as Lentipes armatus Sakai & Nakamura 1979 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:285 [ref. 6441], Nishimoto & Fitzsimons 1986:811 [ref. 6319], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:633 [ref. 25598], Maugé et al. 1992:215 [ref. 19910], Allen 1997:39 [ref. 22875], Watson & Allen 1999:117 [ref. 24140], Nakabo 2000:1158 [ref. 25182], Allen 2001:123 [ref. 25303], Sakai et al. 2001:113 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:1158 [ref. 26193], Watson et al. 2002:176 [ref. 26364], Yonezawa et al. 2010:254 [ref. 30902], Keith et al. 2014:134 [ref. 33420], Keith et al. 2015:46 [ref. 34328], Keith et al. 2016:140 [ref. 34452], Maeda et al. 2021:10 [ref. 38708], Harefa & Chen 2022:65 [ref. 39624], Jamandre 2023:168 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Lentipes armatus Sakai & Nakamura 1979. Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Ryukyu Islands (Japan) to Taiwan, and probably Cebu (Philippines) [amphidromous]. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

arrowsmithensis, Robinsichthys Birdsong [R. S.] 1988:439, Figs. 1-3 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 101 (no. 2); ref. 6572] Arrowsmith Bank, Caribbean Sea, 21°02'N, 86°26'W, depth 92-586 meters. Holotype: USNM 290207. Paratypes: UF 234392 [ex UMML 34392] (2, 1 c&s), 234393 [ex UMML 34393] (1); USNM 290208 (2). •Valid as Robinsichthys arrowsmithensis Birdsong 1988 -- (Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:168 [ref. 27754], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1795 [ref. 27111], Van Tassell 2011:156 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:179 [ref. 32708]). Current status: Valid as Robinsichthys arrowsmithensis Birdsong 1988. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

arscuttoli, Schismatogobius Keith [P.], Lord [C.] & Hubert [N.] in Keith, Lord, Darhuddin, Limmon, Sukmono, Hadiaty & Hubert 2017:207, Figs. 2, 7 [Cybium v. 41 (no. 2); ref. 35442] Sumatra, Indonesia. Holotype: MNHN 2016-0306. Paratypes: MNHN, MZB, QM, UF. •Valid as Schismatogobius arscuttoli Keith, Lord & Hubert 2017. Current status: Valid as Schismatogobius arscuttoli Keith, Lord & Hubert 2017. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Sumatra, Indonesia. Habitat: freshwater.

aruensis, Valenciennea Ogilby [J. D.] 1910:21 [Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland v. 23; ref. 3288] Aru Islands, Indonesia. Holotype: whereabouts unknown. Paratypes: AMS I.9485 (1), I.12526 (2); QM I.1580 [?ex AFAQ 986] (1, too small to be holotype). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:164, 175 [ref. 2676]. •Synonym of Valenciennea muralis (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Hoese & Larson 1994:32 [ref. 12483], Hoese & Larson 2006:1694 [ref. 29097]). Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea muralis (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

arundelii, Gobius Garman [S.] 1899:63 [Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club v. 1; ref. 14702] Clipperton Island (France), eastern Pacific. Holotype (unique): MCZ 28289. •Synonym of Bathygobius ramosus Ginsburg 1947 -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:259 [ref. 22193]). •Valid as Bathygobius arundelii (Garman 1899) -- (Hoese in Fischer et al. 1995:1134 [ref. 22829], Thomson et al. 2000:250 [ref. 25640]). •Synonym of Bathygobius lineatus (Jenyns 1841) but a valid subspecies arundelii (Garman 1899) -- (Miller & Stefanni 2001:150 [ref. 26034]). •Synonym of Bathygobius lineatus (Jenyns 1841) -- (Parenti 2021:103 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Bathygobius lineatus (Jenyns 1841). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Clipperton Island (France). Habitat: marine.

asanai, Barbatogobius Koumans [F. P.] 1941:242 [Memoirs of the Indian Museum v. 13 (pt 3); ref. 2677] Kosamba Creek near Bulsan, Gujarat, western India. Holotype: ZSI F5283/2. Paratypes: (2) ?RMNH 17000 [ex ZSI] (1), ZSI F5532/2 (2). •Synonym of Gobiopsis macrostoma Steindachner 1861 -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:937 [ref. 20764], Rainboth 1996:201 [ref. 22772], Parenti 2021:173 [ref. 38603]). •Synonym of Gobiopsis macrostomus Steindachner 1861 -- (Kottelat 2013:409 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Gobiopsis macrostomus Steindachner 1861. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

asaro, Glossogobius Whitley [G. P.] 1959:318 [Australian Zoologist v. 12 (pt 4); ref. 4729] Asaro River, 5 miles south of Goroka, New Guinea. Holotype: AMS IB.3748A. Paratypes: AMS I.27611-001 [ex IB.3748B] (now 35). •Synonym of Glossogobius brunnoides (Nichols 1951) -- (Allen 1991:180 [ref. 21090]). •Valid as Glossogobius asaro Whitley 1959 -- (Hoese et al. 2015:18 [ref. 33684], Parenti 2021:160 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Glossogobius asaro Whitley 1959. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: New Guinea endemic. Habitat: freshwater.

ascensionis, Quisquilius Dawson [C. E.] & Edwards [A. J.] in Edwards & Glass 1987:659, Figs. 6-7 [Journal of Natural History v. 21 (no. 3); ref. 9166] Tidepool, McArthur Point, Ascension Island. Holotype: USNM 218836. Paratypes: AMS I.19345-001 (1); BMNH 1979.1.5.157-163 (7), 1979.1.5.164 (1), 1984.7.16.184-186 (3); GCRL 16137 (1, c&s), 16138-39 (1, 1); USNM 218837-39 (1, 1, 1), 277977 (2); ZMUC P781434-35 (2). •Valid as Priolepis ascensionis (Dawson & Edwards 1987) -- (Greenfield 1989:399 [ref. 12545], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:319 [ref. 25013], Wirtz et al. 2014:10 [ref. 33516], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2841 [ref. 34618], Brown et al. 2019:163 [ref. 36444]). Current status: Valid as Priolepis ascensionis (Dawson & Edwards 1987). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southern central Atlantic: Ascension and Saint Helena islands. Habitat: marine.

asiaticus, Periophthalmus variabilis Eggert [B.] 1935:66, Fig. 7 [Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere (Jena) v. 67; ref. 13880] Paknam, Thailand. Syntypes: PMJ 642 (2). Comments on types for Periophthalmus variabilis, subspecies asiaticus Eggert 1935: Konstantinidis et al. 2016:[5] [ref. 34503]. •Synonym of Periophthalmus novemradiatus (Hamilton 1822) -- (Murdy 1989:43 [ref. 13628]). •Synonym of Periophthalmus variabilis Eggert 1935 -- (Jaafar et al. 2009:311 [ref. 30170], Kottelat 2013:420 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Periophthalmus variabilis Eggert 1935. Gobiidae: Oxudercinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

assoi, Gobius de Buen [F.] 1936:239, Figs. 1-2 [Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Madrid v. 36; ref. 13757] Neighborhood of Melilla, Spanish Morocco, western Mediterranean Sea, depth 40 meters. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Gobius strictus Fage 1907 -- (Miller 1973:488 [ref. 6888]). •Synonym of Gobius cruentatus Gmelin 1789 -- (Parenti 2021:176 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius cruentatus Gmelin 1789. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

astilbos, Stiphodon Ryan [P. A.] 1986:656, Figs. 1, 3-4 [Indo-Pacific fish biology; ref. 6318] Pool in stream at South Santo dispensary, about 50 meters from sea, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu, depth 2.5-25 centimeters. Holotype: AMS 25714-001. Paratypes: AMS 25713-001 (4); NMW 57858 (4). •Valid as Stiphodon astilbos Ryan 1986 -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3603 [ref. 26293], Keith et al. 2007:37 [ref. 29211], Keith et al. 2009:473 [ref. 30474], Keith et al. 2015:180 [ref. 34328]). Current status: Valid as Stiphodon astilbos Ryan 1986. Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Distribution: Vanuatu [amphidromous]. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

asymbasia, Eviota Greenfield [D. W.] & Jewett [S. L.] 2016:590, Figs. 2-4, 5a [Zootaxa 4121 (no. 5); ref. 34594] Palawan Province, Cuyo Island, Philippine Islands, depth 1 meter. Holotype: USNM 229476. Paratypes: CAS, USNM. Plus non-type specimens. •Valid as Eviota asymbasia Greenfield & Jewett 2016 -- (Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:64 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Parenti 2021:138 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota asymbasia Greenfield & Jewett 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Java (Indonesia) east to eastern Indinesia and Philippines. Habitat: marine.

atauroensis, Eviota Greenfield [D. W.], Erdmann [M. V.] & Tornabene [L.] 2023:50, Figs. 1-5, 6A [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 40; ref. 40540] Berau Bay, Ataro Island, Timor Leste, -8.3198, -125.5588, depth 0.5 meters. Holotype: CAS 248225. Paratypes: CAS 248226 (2). •Valid as Eviota atauroensis Greenfield, Erdmann & Tornabene 2023. Current status: Valid as Eviota atauroensis Greenfield, Erdmann & Tornabene 2023. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Ataro Island, Timor Leste. Habitat: marine.

ater, Gobiodon Herler [J.], Bogorodsky [S. V.] & Suzuki [T.] 2013:314, Figs. 5-6 [Zootaxa 3709 (no. 4); ref. 32889] Gulf of Aqaba, Dahab, "Napoleon Reef" (28°28'15"N, 34°30'33"E), Egypt, depth 1 meter. Holotype: NMW 94612. Paratypes: BMNH 2012.3.20.1 (1); 2012:3.20.2 (1); MNHN 2012-0110 (1), 2012-0111 (1); NMW 94613 (1). Plus additional non-type specimens. •Valid as Gobiodon ater Herler, Bogorodsky & Suzuki 2013 -- (Golani & Fricke 2018:154 [ref. 36273], Parenti 2021:168 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:96 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:14 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Gobiodon ater Herler, Bogorodsky & Suzuki 2013. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Maldives; Taiwan. Habitat: marine.

ater, Gobius Bellotti [C.] 1888:219, Pl. 4 (fig. 2) [Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali di Milano v. 31; ref. 19270] Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes and/or Bellotti specimens: MSNM (main series, destroyed in 1943), MSNG 12607 (2, types); NMW 28551-52 (1, 1), 29041 (1); ZMUC uncat., ZMUO J1123 (4) Nice. Type catalog: Tortonese 1963:342 [ref. 10350], Pethon 1969:10 [ref. 19268], Conci & Michelangeli 1974:219 [ref. 21560], Nielsen 1974:79 [ref. 9588]. On p. 7 of separate. •Valid as Gobius ater Bellotti 1888 -- (Miller 1973:484 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1036 [ref. 13677], Brito & Miller 2001:262 [ref. 25096], Ahnelt 2001:262 [ref. 25667], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:63 [ref. 36649], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:186 [ref. 31737], Schliewen 2011:217 [ref. 31738], Artüz & Fricke 2019:559 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:179 [ref. 37250], Kovačić 2020:77 [ref. 37932], Kovačić et al. 2020:24 [ref. 37519], Kovačić et al. 2021:40 [ref. 39014], Parenti 2021:175 [ref. 38603], Kovačić et al. 2022:[2] [ref. 39579], Renoult et al. 2022:31 [ref. 39288]). Current status: Valid as Gobius ater Bellotti 1888. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; eastern Atlantic Ocean: adjacent Portugal. Habitat: marine.

ateriformis, Gobius Brito [A.] & Miller [P. J.] 2001:260, Figs. 1C, 2B [Journal of Natural History v. 35 (no. 2); ref. 25096] Ilha de São Tiago, Cape Verde Islands, northeastern Atlantic. Holotype: BMNH uncat. Paratypes: BMNH (1), TFMC (2). •Valid as Gobius ateriformis Brito & Miller 2001 -- (Schliewen 2011:217 [ref. 31738], Wirtz et al. 2013:132 [ref. 32972], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2840 [ref. 34618], Parenti 2021:175 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gobius ateriformis Brito & Miller 2001. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde Islands (endemic). Habitat: marine.

aterrimus, Ctenogobius Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1935:423 [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 18 (no. 12); ref. 2109] Kulambangra Island, Solomon Islands. Holotype (unique): FMNH 17384. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:139 [ref. 2676], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:29 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Lophogobius bleekeri Popta 1921 -- (Kottelat 2013:412 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Dotsugobius bleekeri (Popta 1921) -- (Shibukawa et al. 2014:147 [ref. 35157], Parenti 2021:132 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Dotsugobius bleekeri (Popta 1921). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

aterrimus, Gobius Rafinesque [C. S.] 1814:18 [Précis des découvertes et travaux somiologiques de Mr. C. S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz; ref. 3582] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Questionable synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758 -- (Parenti 2019:111 [ref. 37117]). •Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758 -- (Parenti 2021:178 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

aterrimus, Rhinogobius Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1931:9 [Journal of the Pan-Pacific Research Institution v. 6 (no. 4); ref. 9828] Not available, name only in list of fishes of the Solomon Is. Apparently described as Ctenogobius aterrimus Herre 1935 [ref. 2109]. Nomen Nudum. Gobiidae.

atherinoides, Gobius Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1855:445 [Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1855; ref. 3449] Mozambique. Syntypes: ZMB 2102 (2). Also described as new in Peters 1855:254 [ref. 13448]. •Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Maugé 1986:387 [ref. 6218]). •Valid as Opua atherinoides (Peters 1855) -- (Randall & Goren 1993:17 [ref. 21131]). •Valid as Hazeus atherinoides (Peters 1855) -- (Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830]). •Valid as Oplopomops atherinoides (Peters 1855) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:254 [ref. 6441], Myers & Donaldson 2003:643 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:542 [ref. 28239]). •Synonym of Arcygobius baliurus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Larson et al. 2008:146 [ref. 29532], Allen & Erdmann 2012:959 [ref. 31980], Kottelat 2013:399 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:94 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:44 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Arcygobius baliurus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

atrangulatus, Gobiodon Garman [S.] 1903:234, Pl. 2 (fig. 2) [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 39 (no. 8); ref. 15030] Nairai, Fiji Islands. Holotype: MCZ 28291. Possible types or additional material: MCZ 29378 (2). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:136 [ref. 2676]. •Valid as Gobiodon atrangulatus Garman 1903 -- (Yoshino & Yamamoto in Masuda et al. 1984:265 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 2000:1187 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1187 [ref. 26193], Motomura et al. 2010:213 [ref. 31256], Suzuku et al. 2012:59 [ref. 32027], Parenti 2021:168 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gobiodon atrangulatus Garman 1903. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Ryukyu Islands and Ogasawara Islands (Japan); Fiji. Habitat: marine.

atratus, Callogobius Griffin [L. T.] 1933:176, Pl. 25 (bottom) [Transactions of the New Zealand Institute v. 63 (pt 2); ref. 1906] Cable Bay, Mangonui County, New Zealand, in rock pools. Holotype: AIM PS.286.1 now MA 430. Paratypes: AIM MA 431 (2), AMS I.4890 (1). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:167-168 [ref. 2676]. Trnski personal communication (12/1/2017) on type status. •Valid as Gobiopsis atrata (Griffin 1933) -- (Paulin et al. 1989:225 [ref. 24556], Paulin & Roberts 1992:52 [ref. 24625], Willis et al. 1999:189 [ref. 24629], Shibukawa 2010:97 [ref. 30809], Larson 2011:238, 239 [ref. 31740], Hoese 2015:1580 [ref. 34304], Parenti 2021:173 [ref. 38603], Delventhal & Mooi 2023:461 [ref. 40434] possibly in another genus). Current status: Valid as Gobiopsis atrata (Griffin 1933). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: New Zealand endemic. Habitat: marine.

atratus, Stiphodon Watson [R. E.] 1996:115, Figs. 6-9 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 23 (no. 3/4); ref. 22688] Stream at end of long narrow bay, Waigeo Island, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Holotype: SMF 27242. Paratypes: CMK 11333 (3), 11385 (6); MZB uncat. (2); NTM S.13675-003 (25); USNM 114894 (4); WAM P.26413-001 (2), P.27788-004 (3), P.27862-006 (2), P.27862-007 (1), P.28185-012 (4), P.29613-005 (1). Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:45 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Stiphodon atratus Watson 1996 -- (Watson et al. 1998:293 [ref. 23658], Watson & Allen 1999:114 [ref. 24140], Larson & Murdy 2001:3603 [ref. 26293], Watson et al. 2001:42 [ref. 25349], Keith et al. 2002:188 [ref. 26363], Larson & Pidgeon 2004:197 [ref. 28107] as cf. atratus, Watson 2008:51 [ref. 29534], Keith et al. 2009:475 [ref. 30474], Maeda & Tan 2013:760 [ref. 32886], Kottelat 2013:430 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:172 [ref. 33932], Maeda & Palla 2015:393 [ref. 33960], Maeda et al. 2015:256 [ref. 33999]). •Synonym of Stiphodon pelewensis Herre 1936 -- (Keith et al. 2015:220 [ref. 34328]). Current status: Synonym of Stiphodon pelewensis Herre 1936. Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Distribution: Papua New Guinea and Indonesia (if valid). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

atribranchiostegus, Rhinogobius Koumans [F. P.] 1940:135 [Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden) v. 22; ref. 2676] Den Pasar, southern Bali, Indonesia. Holotype: USNM 56333. Not intended as a new name, see Rhinogobius melanobranchus Fowler 1934. •Synonym of Favonigobius melanobranchus (Fowler 1934) -- (Larson 2022:86 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Favonigobius melanobranchus (Fowler 1934). Gobiidae. Habitat: marine.

atriceps, Gobius (Ctenogobius) Regan [C. T.] 1905:364 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 16 (no. 93) (art. 42); ref. 15382] Inland Sea, Japan. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1905.6.7.34. •Synonym of Tridentiger obscurus (Temminck & Schlegel 1845) -- (Okada 1961:655 [ref. 6363] as articeps). Current status: Synonym of Tridentiger obscurus (Temminck & Schlegel 1845). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

atriclypeus, Gobius Garman [S.] 1903:233, Pl. 2 (fig. 1) [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 39 (no. 8); ref. 15030] Bay of Moala, eastern side of Fiji Islands, depth 25 fathoms. Holotype (unique): MCZ 28290. •Valid as Vanderhorstia atriclypea (Garman 1903) -- (Suzuki & Chen 2014:207 [ref. 33152], Allen et al. 2020:75 [ref. 37685], Allen et al. 2024:1363 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia atriclypea (Garman 1903). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Fiji. Habitat: marine.

atrimelum, Chriolepis Bussing [W. A.] 1997:1548, Figs. 1-2 [Revista de Biología Tropical v. 45 (no. 4); ref. 23500] Isla del Coco, 2.6 kilometers west-northwest of Punta Gissler, 5°33'30"N, 87°05'50"W, depth 137-146 meters. Holotype (unique): LACM 32264-10. Chriolepis is feminine, so the species epithet is apparently an indeclinable noun. •Valid as Chriolepis atrimelum Bussing 1997 -- (Thomson et al. 2000:244 [ref. 25640], Van Tassell 2011:151 [ref. 31732], Hastings & Findley 2013:600 [ref. 33005], Tornabene et al. 2016:13 [ref. 34435] as atrimela). •Valid as Pinnichthys atrimelum (Bussing 1997) -- (Tornabene et al. 2016:14 [ref. 34435] as atrimela, Fuentes et al. 2023:176 [ref. 40497] as atrimela). Current status: Valid as Pinnichthys atrimelum (Bussing 1997). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Cocos Island. Habitat: marine.

atrinasa, Sueviota Winterbottom [R.] & Hoese [D. F.] 1988:7, Fig. 5 [Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Occasional Paper No. 37; ref. 9274] Off northwestern coast of Western Australia, depth 18-20 meters. Holotype: NTM S.11375-035. Paratypes: NTM S.11370-027 (1), S.11375-039 (1); WAM P.28022-054 (3), P.28031-036 (1). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:40 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:46 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Sueviota atrinasa Winterbottom & Hoese 1998 -- (Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:60 [ref. 26830], Hoese & Larson 2006:1685 [ref. 29097], Allen & Erdmann 2012:933 [ref. 31980], Allen et al. 2016:81 [ref. 34410], Greenfield & Randall 2017:9 [ref. 35230], Greenfield et al. 2019:87 [ref. 37043]). Current status: Valid as Sueviota atrinasa Winterbottom & Hoese 1988. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia, Vanuatu and off-shore reefs of western Australia. Habitat: marine.

atripelvicus, Cabillus Randall [J. E.], Sakamoto [K.] & Shibukawa [K.] 2007:41, Figs. 1-2 [Ichthyological Research v. 54; ref. 29021] Miyanohama Bay, Chichi-jima, Ogasawara Islands, depth 29 meters. Holotype: NSMT-P 72568. Paratypes: BPBM 35093 (1), USNM 385704 (1). Plus 2 non-types from main islands of Japan. •Valid as Cabillus atripelvicus Randall, Sakamoto & Shibukawa 2007 -- (Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2013.:181 [ref. 32908], Shibukawa & Aizawa 2013:140 [ref. 32945], Parenti 2021:107 [ref. 38603], Ba 2023:4 [ref. 40742]). Current status: Valid as Cabillus atripelvicus Randall, Sakamoto & Shibukawa 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Ogasawara Islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.

atripes, Asterropteryx Shibukawa [K.] & Suzuki [T.] 2002:276, Figs. 1-4 [Ichthyological Research v. 49 (no. 3); ref. 26337] Funauki Bay, Iriomote-jima Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, 24°19.3'N, 123°44.3'E, depth 25 meters. Holotype: NSMT-P 63213. Paratypes: BLIH 1995085 (1, c&s), 1997050 (1); NTM S.15087-001 (1); OMNH-P 14205 (1); USNM 367123 (1); YCM-P 15055 (1). •Valid as Asterropteryx atripes Shibukawa & Suzuki 2002 -- (Shibukawa & Suzuki 2007:109 [ref. 29069], Allen & Erdmann 2012:909 [ref. 31980], Moore et al. 2020:110 [ref. 37357], Parenti 2021:95 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Asterropteryx atripes Shibukawa & Suzuki 2002. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Islands east to Philippines, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Kinmberley (Western Australia). Habitat: marine.

atripinnatus, Rhinogobius Smith [H. M.] 1931:45 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 79 (no. 2873); ref. 4047] Gulf of Thailand off mouth of Tachin River, central Thailand. Holotype: USNM 90321. Paratypes or additional material: Siamese Dept. Fish. (2). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:130 [ref. 2676]. •Synonym of Acentrogobius chlorostigmatoides (Bleeker 1849) -- (Rainboth 1996:197 [ref. 22772]). •Valid as Aulopareia atripinnata (Smith 1931) (also seen as atripinnatus) -- (Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:635 [ref. 25122], Larson & Murdy 2001:3595 [ref. 26293], Kottelat 2013:399 [ref. 32989], Suzuki et al. 2017:81 [ref. 35202], Parenti 2021:96 [ref. 38603]). •Synonym of Aulopareia unicolor (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Larson & Jaafar 2022:508 [ref. 39363]). Current status: Synonym of Aulopareia unicolor (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

atripinnis, Gobionellus Gilbert [C. R.] & Randall [J. E.] 1979:38, Fig. 3 [Northeast Gulf Science v. 3 (no. 1); ref. 6929] Stream 7.7 miles east of Brownsville, Texas, U.S.A. Holotype: UMMZ 167639. Paratypes: UMMZ 181796 (7, now 6, 1 c&s), 187725 (4), 187763 (1, c&s); USNM 118100 [ex USNM 62292] (1). Additional material: UMMZ. •Valid as Gobionellus atripinnis Gilbert & Randall 1979 -- (Lee et al. 1980:791 [ref. 22416], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:74 [ref. 22290], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:444 [ref. 24550], Musick 2000:18 [ref. 24959]). •Synonym of Ctenogobius claytoni [claytonii] (Meek 1902) -- (Pezold 2004:273 [ref. 27685], Scharpf 2009:13 [ref. 30400], Pezold 2022:89 [ref. 39351]). Current status: Synonym of Ctenogobius claytonii (Meek 1902). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

atripinnis, Gobius Fowler [H. W.] 1934:81, Figs. 21-22 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 86; ref. 1417] Sanoer, southeastern Bali, Indonesia. Holotype: ANSP 56285. Paratypes: ANSP 56286 (1). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:134 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1984:105 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Kottelat 2013:402 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:102 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell 1830). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

atriventris, Eviota Greenfield [D. W.] & Suzuki [T.] 2012:56, Figs. 1, 6-8 [Zootaxa No. 3197; ref. 31797] Palau Island, due west of Koror, 7°20'44.3"N, 134°16'47.2"E, depth 0-7.9 meters. Holotype: ROM 76339. Paratypes: BPBM 41084 (4); CAS 233514 (6); OMNH P38332 (1), P38333 (4), P38334 (1), P38335 (1); ROM 74922 (62), 84482 (1), 84498 (1), 88227 (14); USNM 402735 (4); WAM P.33535 (4). •Valid as Eviota atriventris Greenfield & Suzuki 2012 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2012:918 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:162 [ref. 33932], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:62 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Greenfield & Randall 2017:69 [ref. 35852], Fricke et al. 2019:280 [ref. 36673], Fujiwara in Motomura et al. 2021:69 [ref. 38121], Parenti 2021:138 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota atriventris Greenfield & Suzuki 2012. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, western West Pacific: Malaysia and Indonesia east to Philippines and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to New Caledonia and Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.

atronasum, Gobiosoma (Elacatinus) Böhlke [J. E.] & Robins [C. R.] 1968:88, Fig. 6 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 120; ref. 609] Off Long Island, Great Bahama Bank, Bahamas, depth 105 feet. Holotype: UF 15427 [ex UF 13567]. Paratypes: AMNH 26241 (1); ANSP 110690 (1, c&s), 110900-901 (3, 3); MCZ 45888 (1); MNHN 1971-0046 [ex UF 13567] (1); UF 13496 (5), 13567 (12), 13663 (5), 13931-32 (3, 2), 223435 [ex UMML 23435] (2); UMMZ 187469 (1); USNM 202374 (1). Type catalog: Gilbert 1974:111 [ref. 21035], Böhlke 1984:105 [ref. 13621], Bauchot et al. 1991:24 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Elacatinus atronasus (Böhlke & Robins 1968) -- (Sazima et al. 1997:36 [ref. 23134], Hoese & Reader 2001:157 [ref. 26035], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1793 [ref. 27111], Smith et al. 2003:61 [ref. 27621], Taylor & Akins 2007:48 [ref. 29023], Colin 2010:38, 47 [ref. 30879], Van Tassell 2011:152 [ref. 31732]). Current status: Valid as Elacatinus atronasus (Böhlke & Robins 1968). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bahamas. Habitat: marine.

atropurpureum, Microsicydium Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1927:296 [Monographs, Bureau of Science Manila Monogr. 23; ref. 2104] Lagu Lagu creek, southern margin of Visayan State Coll. of Agric., about 1 kilometer from sea, Leyte, Philippines. Neotype: ZRC 38392. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:192 [ref. 2676]. Holotype and BSMP 13234 (3) from Irid River, Philippines destroyed; neotype designated by Watson & Kottelat 1995:4 [ref. 21671]. Originally as atro-purpureum. •Valid as Stiphodon atropurpureus (Herre 1927) -- (Watson & Kottelat 1995:3 [ref. 21671] as atropurpureum, Watson & Chen 1998:59 [ref. 23584], Nakabo 2000:1160 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3603 [ref. 26293], Sakai et al. 2001:119 [ref. 25693], Yonezawa & Iwata 2001:2 [ref. 25609], Nakabo 2002:1160 [ref. 26193], Watson 2008:51 [ref. 29534], Yonezawa et al. 2010:258 [ref. 30902], Maeda et al. 2012:287 [ref. 31973], Maeda et al. 2012:320 [ref. 32002], Maeda 2013:(7) [ref. 33023], Kottelat 2013:430 [ref. 32989], Maeda & Palla 2015:393 [ref. 33960], Maeda et al. 2015:256 [ref. 33999], Keith et al. 2015:182 [ref. 34328], Zhang et al. 2016:207 [ref. 34477], Donaldson et al. 2023:[2] [ref. 40378], Jamandre 2023:170 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Stiphodon atropurpureus (Herre 1927). Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia east to Philippines, north to Japan [amphidromous]. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

attenuata, Vanderhorstia Randall [J. E.] 2007:91, Fig. 2 [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 12 (no. 3); ref. 29222] North side of Guadalcanal, 11.3 kilometers west of Honiara, Solomon Islands, depth 38-48 meters. Holotype (unique): BPBM 38734. •Valid as Vanderhorstia attenuata Randall 2007 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2012:888 [ref. 31980], Suzuki & Chen 2014:207 [ref. 33152], Allen et al. 2014:86 [ref. 33278], Fricke et al. 2014:177 [ref. 33932], Allen et al. 2024:1363 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia attenuata Randall 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia, Philippines and Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.

attenuatus, Gobius Couch [J.] 1863:166, Pl. 101 (fig. 2) [The history of the fishes of the British islands v. 2; ref. 18053] British Isles. No types known. •Synonym of Gobiusculus flavescens (Fabricius 1779) -- (Miller 1973:496 [ref. 6888]). •Synonym of Pomatoschistus flavescens (Fabricius 1779). Current status: Synonym of Pomatoschistus flavescens (Fabricius 1779). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

aturirii, Trimma Winterbottom [R.], Erdmann [M. V.] & Cahyani [N. K. D.] 2015:203, Figs. 1, 3-6 [Zootaxa 3973 (no. 2); ref. 33849] Mapia Atoll, south end of Pulau Pegun, 0°47.795'N, 134°18.198'E, depth 60 meters. Holotype: ROM 94889. Paratypes: MZB, ROM. Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:50 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Trimma aturirii Winterbottom, Erdmann & Cahyani 2015 -- (Winterbottom 2019:50 [ref. 37115]). Current status: Valid as Trimma aturirii Winterbottom, Erdmann & Cahyani 2015. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: northern atolls of West Papua (Indonesia); possibly Line Islands (Kiribati). Habitat: marine.

auchenolepis, Oxyurichthys Bleeker [P.] 1876:138 [Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2) v. 9; ref. 449] Singapore. Lectotype: RMNH PISC 4506. Paralectotypes: RMNH PISC 35634 (1). Lectotype selected by Pezold & Larson 2015:22 [ref. 33894]. •Valid as Oxyurichthys auchenolepis Bleeker 1876 -- (Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:639 [ref. 25122], Larson & Murdy 2001:3601 [ref. 26293] dated 1867, Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Hoese & Larson 2006:1669 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:143 [ref. 29532], Larson et al. 2013:203 [ref. 32988], Pezold & Larson 2015:5, 18 [ref. 33894], Prokofiev 2016:648 [ref. 35020], Motomura et al. 2017:199 [ref. 35490], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:264 [ref. 36460], Psomadakis et al. 2020:549 [ref. 37272] as cf. auchenolepis, Nagae et al. 2022:19 [ref. 39597], Vilasri et al. 2023:93 [ref. 40764]). Current status: Valid as Oxyurichthys auchenolepis Bleeker 1876. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine.

auchenotaenia, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1867:415 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 2; ref. 14040] Madagascar. Syntypes: (10) RMNH (apparently lost). •Synonym of Acentrogobius nebulosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Maugé 1986:387 [ref. 6218]). •Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Fricke et al. 2018:345 [ref. 35805], Larson 2022:155 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

aucupatorius, Boleophthalmus Richardson [J.] 1845:148, Pl. 62 (fig. 1-4) [Ichthyology.--Part 3. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Sulphur.; ref. 20575] Woosung and Canton, China. Syntypes: BMNH 1965.8.12.52-53 (2). Type information: Whitehead 1970:217 [ref. 11606]. •Synonym of Scartelaos viridis (Hamilton 1822) -- (Wu in Pan et al. 1991:498 [ref. 23876]). •Synonym of Scartelaos histophorus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Murdy 1989:51 [ref. 13628] with a holotype, Kottelat 2013:426 [ref. 32989], Huang et al. 2014:114 [ref. 33161]). Current status: Synonym of Scartelaos histophorus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Oxudercinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

audax, Acentrogobius Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:201, Fig. 17 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 13; ref. 4122] Ibo Island, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 192. •Synonym of Acentrogobius madraspatensis (Day 1868) -- (Allen 2015:7 [ref. 33699] if valid). •Synonym of Acentrogobius viganensis (Steindachner 1893) and Acentrogobius madraspatensis (Day 1868) -- (Allen 2017:110 [ref. 35601]). •Valid as Acentrogobius audax Smith 1959 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:249 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:777 [ref. 5670], Nakabo 2000:1244 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3594 [ref. 26293], Sakai et al. 2001:108 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:1244 [ref. 26193], Motomura et al. 2010:202 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2018:322 [ref. 35805], Parenti 2021:78 [ref. 38603], Furuhashi et al. 2023:27 [ref. 40140]). •Valid as Yongeichthys audax (Smith 1959), possibly a junior synonym of Yongeichthys viganensis (Steindachner 1893) -- (Larson 2022:155 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Yongeichthys audax (Smith 1959). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and Mozambique to Seychelles and Madagascar; northwestern Pacific: Osumi Islands (Japan). Habitat: brackish, marine.

aurantiaca, Hetereleotris Kovačić [M.] & Bogorodsky [S. V.] in Kovačić, Bogorodsky & Mal 2019:504, Figs. 1-2 [Zootaxa 4608 (no. 3); ref. 36728] Obhur creek (Sharm Obhur), Jeddah, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, 21°42'31.00"N, 39°05'45.00"E, depth 14 meters. Holotype (unique): SMF 35966 [ex KAU 13-37]. •Valid as Hetereleotris aurantiaca Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2019 -- (Parenti 2021:184 [ref. 38603], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:17 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Hetereleotris aurantiaca Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2019. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea endemic. Habitat: marine.

auratus, Gobius Risso [A.] 1810:160 [Ichthyologie de Nice; ref. 3755] La Fourmigue, France, Mediterranean Sea, depth 28 meters. Neotype: MNHN 1988-0630. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:54 [ref. 19958]. Neotype designated by Heymer & Zander 1992:298 [ref. 21367]. •Valid as Gobius auratus Risso 1810 -- (Miller 1973:484 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1037 [ref. 13677], Miller 1990:933 [ref. 19376], Heymer & Zander 1992:298 [ref. 21367], Kovačić & Miller 2000:235 [ref. 25014], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:130 [ref. 26753], Herler et al. 2005:1048 [ref. 28118], Fricke et al. 2007:103 [ref. 29533], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:63 [ref. 36649], Villegas-Ríos & Bañón 2010:311 [ref. 30992], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:186 [ref. 31737], Kovačić et al. 2011:250 [ref. 32868], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2840 [ref. 34618], Artüz & Fricke 2019:559 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:180 [ref. 37250], Kovačić 2020:77 [ref. 37932], Kovačić et al. 2020:24 [ref. 37519], Kovačić et al. 2021:40 [ref. 39014],, Parenti 2021:175 [ref. 38603] Kovačić et al. 2022: 53 [ref. 39303], Renoult et al. 2022:39 [ref. 39288], Renoult et al. 2023:44 [ref. 40491]). Current status: Valid as Gobius auratus Risso 1810. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; eastern Atlantic: Spain and Portugal to Madeira and Canary Islands. Habitat: marine.

auratus, Gobius Couch [J.] 1863:159, Pl. C (fig. 1) [The history of the fishes of the British islands v. 2; ref. 18053] Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England. No types known. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Gobius auratus Risso 1810. •Synonym of Pomatoschistus minutus (Pallas 1770) -- (Miller 1973:506 [ref. 6888]) 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Pomatoschistus minutus (Pallas 1770). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

aureofuscus, Stiphodon Keith [P.], Busson [F.], Sauri [S.], Hubert [N.] & Hadiaty [R. K.] 2015:220, Figs. 1-4 [Cybium v. 39 (no. 3); ref. 34020] East Java, Kabupaten Blitar, Ngerjo, depth 113 meters. Holotype: MZB 22726. Paratypes: MNRN, MZB. •Valid as Stiphodon aureofuscus Keith, Busson, Sauri, Hubert & Hadiaty 2015. Current status: Valid as Stiphodon aureofuscus Keith, Busson, Sauri, Hubert & Hadiaty 2015. Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Distribution: Java, Bali and Lombok, Indonesia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

aureorostrum, Stiphodon Chen [I-S.] & Tan [H. H.] 2005:238, Figs. 2-5 [Raffles Bulletin of Zoology v. 53 (no. 2); ref. 28539] Sungai Keliling, Juara, Palau Tioman, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia. Holotype: ZRC 46412. Paratypes: NMMBP 1984 (4); ZRC 45409 (2), 45410 (1), 46413 (2). Plus non-type material. •Valid as Stiphodon aureorostrum Chen & Tan 2005 -- (Maeda & Tan 2013:760 [ref. 32886], Maeda & Saeki 2013:219 [ref. 33022], Kottelat 2013:430 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Stiphodon multisquamus Wu & Ni 1986 -- (Maeda et al. 2015:247 [ref. 33999], Keith et al. 2015:210 [ref. 34328]). Current status: Synonym of Stiphodon multisquamus Wu & Ni 1986. Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

aureoviridis, Quisquilius Gosline [W. A.] 1959:68, Fig. 1 [Pacific Science v. 13 (no. 1); ref. 1861] Pupukea, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: USNM 175013. Paratypes: BPBM 14203 [ex UH 1703] (8), USNM 175014 (1). •Valid as Priolepis aureoviridis (Gosline 1959) -- (Winterbottom & Burridge 1993:2058 [ref. 21406], Myers 1999:259 [ref. 23965], Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Greenfield & Randall 2004:538 [ref. 28175], Mundy 2005:479 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:401 [ref. 30952]). Current status: Valid as Priolepis aureoviridis (Gosline 1959). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western and central Pacific: Caroline Islands (Micronesia), Johnston Atoll, Hawaiian Islands. Habitat: marine.

aureus, Fusigobius Chen [I-S.] & Shao [K.-T.] 1997:88, Figs. 1-3 [Acta Zoologica Taiwanica v. 8 (no. 2); ref. 23347] Maumere, Flores Island, Indonesia. Holotype: ASIZP 057803. Paratypes: NMMBP 00301 (1). •Valid as Coryphopterus aureus (Chen & Shao 1997) -- (Randall 2001:207 [ref. 25665]). •Valid as Fusigobius aureus Chen & Shao 1997 -- (Thacker & Cole 2002:839 [ref. 26548], Allen & Adrim 2003:58 [ref. 26830], Hoese & Larson 2006:1651 [ref. 29097], Allen & Erdmann 2012:970 [ref. 31980], Parenti 2021:156 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Fusigobius aureus Chen & Shao 1997. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Flores (Indonesia) east to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, south to Coral Sea. Habitat: marine.

aureus, Glossogobius Akihito [Prince] & Meguro [K.] 1975:128, Figs. 1-2 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 22 (no. 3); ref. 9185] Sumiyoshi, Iriomote-jima, Okinawa, Japan. Holotype: NSMT-P 18200. Paratypes: NSMT-P 18201-210 (10). Non-type material at AMS and LICPP. •Valid as Glossogobius aureus Akihito & Meguro 1975 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:274 [ref. 6441], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:611 [ref. 25598], Larson & Martin 1990:63 [ref. 16606], Allen 1991:179 [ref. 21090], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:464 [ref. 23876], Kottelat et al. 1993:144 [ref. 23448], Zhu 1995:180 [ref. 25213], Rainboth 1996:200 [ref. 22772], Pusey et al. 2000:72 [ref. 24466], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1202 [ref. 25182], Kottelat 2000:88 [ref. 25486], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:104 [ref. 26368], Allen et al. 2000:121 [ref. 27467], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Kottelat 2001:155 [ref. 25780], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Sakai et al. 2001:111 [ref. 25693], Unmack 2001:1064 [ref. 25797], Allen et al. 2002:266 [ref. 25930], Nakabo 2002:1202 [ref. 26193], Hoese & Larson 2006:1652 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:149 [ref. 29532], Allen et al. 2008:166 [ref. 30265], Hoese & Allen 2009:2 [ref. 29998], Hoese & Allen 2012:269 [ref. 31974], Larson et al. 2013:198 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:407 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:191 [ref. 34464], Hoese & Allen 2015:214 [ref. 33880], Pusey et al. 2017:72 [ref. 35250], Motomura et al. 2017:198 [ref. 35490], Hammer et al. 2021:[5] 91 [ref. 39008], Hoese & Hammer 2021:111 [ref. 38350], Parenti 2021:160 [ref. 38603], Taki et al. 2021:431 [ref. 39830], Hasan et al. 2022:6035 [ref. 39888], Jamaluddin et al. 2022:[7] [ref. 39245], Jamandre 2023:168 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Glossogobius aureus Akihito & Meguro 1975. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: west coast of India east to Philippines and Papua New Guinea, north to Taiwan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

auriga, Ctenogobius (Aurigobius) Whitley [G. P.] 1959:317 [Australian Zoologist v. 12 (pt 4); ref. 4729] Heron Island, Capricorn Group, Queensland, Australia. Holotype: AMS IB.4001. Paratypes: AMS IB.4002-03 (2) •Synonym of Favonigobius lateralis (Macleay 1881) -- (Gill & Miller 1990:517 [ref. 16711], Hoese & Larson 2006:1650 [ref. 29097], Parenti 2021:154 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Favonigobius lateralis (Macleay 1881). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

auriga, Prioolepis Ehrenberg [C. G.] in Klunzinger 1871:484 [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 21; ref. 2622] Red Sea. Original genus should have been Priolepis. Not available, name mentioned in passing in synonymy; also appeared in Hemprich & Ehrenberg 1899:9, Pl. 9 (fig. 7) [ref. 4977] but also in synonymy (on ZMB 2115). •In the synonymy of Asterropteryx semipunctatus Rüppell 1830 -- (Dor 1984:240 [ref. 29757], Larson 2022:45 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:5 [ref. 40247]). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Asterropteryx semipunctata Rüppell 1830. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

aurimaculatus, Cristatogobius Akihito [Prince] & Meguro [K.] 2000:250, Figs. 1-2 [Ichthyological Research v. 47 (no. 3); ref. 24803] Mouth of Miyara River, Ishigakijima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Holotype: NSMT-P 47066. Paratypes: NSMT-P 47067-68 (2, 2); URM-P 3148 (1), 3840 (5). Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Cristatogobius aurimaculatus Akihita & Meguro 2000 -- (Nakabo 2000:1194 [ref. 25182], Sakai et al. 2001:111 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:1194 [ref. 26193], Akihito et al. 2003:121 [ref. 26916], Fricke et al. 2014:160 [ref. 33932], Parenti 2021:122 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Cristatogobius aurimaculatus Akihito & Meguro 2000. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Ryukyu Islands (Japan), Papua New Guinea and Fiji. Habitat: brackish, marine.

aurocingulus, Aparrius Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1935:425 [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 18 (no. 12); ref. 2109] Ovalau Island, Fiji Islands. Holotype: FMNH 17353. Paratypes: (3) FMNH 17354-55 (1, 1), CAS-SU 24430 (2). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:140 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:108 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:9 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Ctenogobiops aurocingulus (Herre 1935) -- (Lubbock & Polunin 1977:505 [ref. 7264], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:261 [ref. 6441], Allen 1997:214 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:529 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:240 [ref. 23965], Chen et al. 1999:60 [ref. 24094], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1232 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:409 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1232 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2003:508 [ref. 27448], Myers & Donaldson 2003:642 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:180 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:76 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:26 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:527 [ref. 28239], Randall et al. 2007:26 [ref. 29015], Hoese & Larson 2006:1639 [ref. 29097], Kovačić et al. 2011:60 [ref. 31957], Allen & Erdmann 2012:876 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:162 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:279 [ref. 36673], Dewa et al. 2022:26 [ref. 40001], Parenti 2021:130 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Ctenogobiops aurocingulus (Herre 1935). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Sri Lanka east to Micronesia and Samoa, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

auronotata, Vanderhorstia Randall [J. E.] 2007:94, Fig. 3 [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 12 (no. 3); ref. 29222] Ambon Island, Ambon Bay, about 1.5 kilometers west of Poka, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): BPBM 32322. •Valid as Vanderhorstia auronotata Randall 2007 -- (Randall & Munday 2008:40 [ref. 29503], Allen & Erdmann 2012:888 [ref. 31980], Suzuki & Chen 2014:207 [ref. 33152], Allen et al. 2014:86 [ref. 33278]). Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia auronotata Randall 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Molucca Islands, Indonesia (holotype). Habitat: marine.

auropunctatus, Mars Tomiyama [I.] 1955:6, Fig. 5 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 4 (nos 1/2/3); ref. 4412] Near Kamegi, off Nagai, Japan. Holotype (unique): NSMT [ex LICPP] 751. •Valid as Vanderhorstia auropunctata (Tomiyama 1955) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:260 [ref. 6441], Ikeda et al. 1995:308 [ref. 22180], Nakabo 2000:1235 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1235 [ref. 26193], Shibukawa & Suzuki 2004:116 [ref. 28014], Winterbottom et al. 2005:114 [ref. 28146], Randall 2007:22 [ref. 29032], Iwata et al. 2007:191 [ref. 29101]. Suzuki & Chen 2014:207 [ref. 33152], Allen et al. 2020:74 [ref. 37685], Allen et al. 2024:1363 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia auropunctata (Tomiyama 1955). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western North Pacific: Japan. Habitat: marine.

aurora, Cryptocentrus Polunin [N. V. C.] & Lubbock [R.] 1977:84, Figs. 13-14 [Journal of Zoology (London) v. 183 (pt 1); ref. 3540] Grand Passe, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, western Indian Ocean, depth 20 meters. Holotype: BMNH 1976.9.22.6. Paratypes: BMNH 1975.5.5.1-2 (2), 1976.9.22.7 (1); BPBM 18872 (2). •Valid as Amblyeleotris aurora (Polunin & Lubbock 1977) -- (Hoese & Steene 1978:382 [ref. 8713], Hoese 1986:777 [ref. 5670], Randall & Goren 1993:2 [ref. 21131], Fricke 1999:497 [ref. 24106], Mohlmann & Munday 1999:62 [ref. 24273], Larson & Murdy 2001:3594 [ref. 26293], Mohlmann & Randall 2002:221 [ref. 26405], Allen & Adrim 2003:56 [ref. 26830] dated 1979, Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:394 [ref. 28072], Chen et al. 2006:2564 [ref. 29024] with authorship as Mohlmann & Munday 1999, Fricke et al. 2009:98 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:861 [ref. 31980], Parenti 2021:83 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:35 [ref. 39965]). Current status: Valid as Amblyeleotris aurora (Polunin & Lubbock 1977). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa (Mozambique), Aldabra and Amirante Islands (Seychelles), Comoros and western Mascarenes (La Réunion) east to Andaman Sea (Andaman Islands, Myanmar and Thailand) and northwestern Sumatra (Indonesia); New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

australis, Gillichthys Ogilby [J. D.] 1894:367 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (Series 2) v. 9 (pt 2); ref. 3267] Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS I.3171. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:161-162 [ref. 2676]. •Synonym of Redigobius macrostoma (Günther 1861) -- (Gomon et al. 1994:806 [ref. 22532] as australia, Larson 2001:208 [ref. 25522], Hoese & Larson 2006:1681 [ref. 29097], Larson 2010:161 [ref. 30783], Kuiter 2018:90 [ref. 36369]). Current status: Synonym of Redigobius macrostoma (Günther 1861). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

australis, Gnatholepis cauerensis Randall [J. E.] & Greenfield [D. W.] 2001:7, Pl. II B. [Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology No. 69; ref. 25675] Haurei Bay, Rapa, Tubuai Islands, South.Pacific. Holotype (unique): BPBM 17276. Plus other material. •Synonym of Gnatholepis cauerensis Bleeker 1853, but a valid subspecies as described -- (Randall 2005:536 [ref. 28239]). •Valid as Gnatholepis australis Randall & Greenfield 2001 -- (Randall 2009:181 [ref. 30557]). •Synonym of Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker 1853) -- (Larson & Buckle 2012:5 [ref. 32272]). Current status: Synonym of Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker 1853). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: South Pacific: southeastern Oceania (if valid). Habitat: brackish, marine.

australis, Gobiomorus Shaw [G.] 1803:249 [General zoology or systematic natural history v. 4; ref. 4014] Tahiti, Society Islands. Unneeded new name for Gobius strigatus Broussonet 1782. •Synonym of Valenciennea strigata (Broussonet 1782). Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea strigata (Broussonet 1782). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

australis, Periophthalmus Castelnau [F. L.] 1875:22 [Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Report and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria.; ref. 768] North Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:60 [ref. 19958]. •Synonym of Periophthalmodon freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Murdy 1989:26 [ref. 13628], Hoese & Larson 2006:1672 [ref. 29097] with author as Valenciennes, Kottelat 2013:418 [ref. 32989] with author Valenciennes). Current status: Synonym of Periophthalmodon freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Gobiidae: Oxudercinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

australis, Pleurosicya Larson [H. K.] 1990:11, Fig. 7 [The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences v. 7 (no. 1); ref. 16607] Reef at entrance to Haurei Bay, Rapa, Austral Islands [Tubuai Islands], French Polynesia, depth 50-60 feet. Holotype: BPBM 17280. Paratypes: BPBM 13593 (2), 17307 (1). •Valid as Pleurosicya australis Larson 1990 -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Greenfield & Randall 2004:536 [ref. 28175]). Current status: Valid as Pleurosicya australis Larson 1990. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: French Polynesia. Habitat: marine.

auxilimentus, Sicyopus Watson [R. E.] & Kottelat [M.] 1994:358, Fig. 5 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 5 (no. 4); ref. 21574] Lagu Lagu Creek at southern margin of Visayan State College of Agriculture, about 2 kilometers from sea, 7 kilometers north of Bay-bay, Leyte Island, Philippines. Holotype: ZRC 38286/CMK 10047. Paratypes: ZRC 38287 [ex. CMK 10015] (1). •Valid as Sicyopus auxilimentus Watson & Kottelat 1994 -- (Watson 1995:267 [ref. 21888], Larson & Murdy 2001:3603 [ref. 26293], Keith et al. 2011:2726 [ref. 31651], Kottelat 2013:429 [ref. 32989], Keith et al. 2015:140 [ref. 34328], Keith et al. 2019:166 [ref. 36794], Jamandre 2023:169 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Sicyopus auxilimentus Watson & Kottelat 1994. Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Ryukyu Islands (Japan) to Philippines [amphidromous]. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

avaiki, Kelloggella Tornabene [L.], Deis [B.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2017:3, Figs. 1-6, 9-10, 12A, 14, 15A [Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society v. 183; ref. 35703] South Central Pacific Ocean, Niue, tidepools near Avaiki Hotel, 18°59.853'S, 169°54.630'W. Holotype: USNM 440501. Paratypes: USNM, UW. •Valid as Kelloggella avaiki Tornabene, Deis & Erdmann 2017 -- (Parenti 2021:189 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Kelloggella avaiki Tornabene, Deis & Erdmann 2017. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Niue. Habitat: marine.

avernensis, Gobius Canestrini [G.] 1868:169 [Commentario della Fauna, Flora e Gea del Veneto e del Trentino (Venezia) v. 1 (no. 4); ref. 23072] Arno River, Italy. No types known. •Synonym of Padogobius nigricans (Canestrini 1867) -- (Kottelat 1997:179 [ref. 22952], Miller in Miller 2004:56 [ref. 27853]). Current status: Synonym of Padogobius nigricans (Canestrini 1867). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater.

avicennia, Vaimosa Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1940:17, Pl. 12 [Bulletin of the Raffles Museum No. 16; ref. 2130] Mangrove swamp drained by Kranji River, Singapore. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 33006. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:118 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Pseudogobius avicennia (Herre 1940) -- (Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:639 [ref. 25122], Larson 2001:202 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3601 [ref. 26293], Larson et al. 2008:143 [ref. 29532], Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32989], Huang et al. 2013:96 [ref. 33734], Huang et al. 2014:112 [ref. 33161], Chen et al. 2014:131 [ref. 33159], Larson & Hammer 2021:17 [ref. 38276], Taki et al. 2021:458 [ref. 39830]). Current status: Valid as Pseudogobius avicennia (Herre 1940). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: mangroves in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Indonesia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

avidori, Zonogobius Goren [M.] 1978:198, Fig. 5 [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 59 (nos 3/4); ref. 1851] [10 kilometers south of Eilat] Taba, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Holotype: TAU 6203 [= SMNHTAU]. Paratypes: SMF 13793-94 (1, 1); TAU [= SMNHTAU] 6204-05 (1, 2). Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:46 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Zonogobius avidori Goren 1978 -- (Goren 1979:58 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:252 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Trimma avidori (Goren 1978) -- (Goren & Dor 1994:66 [ref. 25356], Winterbottom 1995:96 [ref. 21961], Winterbottom 2003:12 [ref. 26964], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Herler & Hilgers 2005:128 [ref. 28528], Hagiwara & Winterbottom 2007:164 [ref. 29103], Hoese et al. 2015:538 [ref. 33990], Bogorodsky et al. 2016:171 [ref. 34658], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[16] 254 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:161 [ref. 36273], Allen 2019:45 [ref. 36486], Winterbottom 2019:46 [ref. 37115], Winterbottom & Zur in Larson 2022:140 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:23 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Trimma avidori (Goren 1978). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden. Habitat: marine.

awaou, Gobius Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1800:537, 566 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 2; ref. 2709] Tahiti, Society Islands [South Pacific]. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:54 [ref. 19958]. Unnecessary replacement name for Gobius ocellaris Broussonet 1782. Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:195, 239 (vol. 7) [ref. 30473]. •Synonym of Awaous ocellaris (Broussonet 1782) -- (Watson 1992:167 [ref. 20016]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Awaous ocellaris (Broussonet 1782). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

axillaris, Gobiodon De Vis [C. W.] 1884:448 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 8 (pt 4); ref. 1089] Banks Group, Vanuatu, southwestern Pacific. No types known. •Synonym of Gobiodon atrangulatus Garman 1903 -- (Suzuki et al. 2012:59 [ref. 32027]). •Valid as Gobiodon axillaris De Vis 1884 -- (Harold & Winterbottom 1995:687 [ref. 21923], Harold & Winterbottom 1999:56 [ref. 23701], Munday et al. 1999:54 [ref. 24284], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Randall 2005:536 [ref. 28239], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:350 [ref. 28867], Hoese & Larson 2006:1655 [ref. 29097], Harold et al. 2008:120 [ref. 29450], Larson et al. 2013:199 [32988], Moore et al. 2020:110 [ref. 37357], Parenti 2021:168 [ref. 38603], Wada et al. 2021:48 [ref. 38521], Larson 2022:96 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Gobiodon axillaris De Vis 1884. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Socotra (Yemen); Malaysia east to Fiji, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

bacalaus, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:119 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Brazil, Rio de Janeiro; Cayenne; Cuba; Suriname. Syntypes: MNHN A-1260 (2) Brazil, A-1262 (1) Suriname, A-1360 (2) Brazil, A-1361 (1) Cuba, 1825 (1) Cayenne. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:26 [ref. 19958]. •Synonym of Gobionellus oceanicus (Pallas 1770) -- (Maugé 1986:372 [ref. 6218], Miller 1990:950 [ref. 19376], Pezold 2004:292 [ref. 27686]). Current status: Synonym of Gobionellus oceanicus (Pallas 1770). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

bacescui, Pomatoschistus Nalbant [T. T.] & Mayer [R. F.] 1975:237, Pl. 2 (fig. 5) [Travaux du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle "Grigore Antipa" v. 16; ref. 17766] Bagamoyo, about 45 miles north of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. Holotype (unique): MGAB 359. •Unlikely to be a Pomatoschistus -- (McKay & Miller 1997:1459 [ref. 24951]). •Valid as Papillogobius reichei (Bleeker 1854) -- (Kottelat 2013:416 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Favonigobius reichei (Bleeker 1854) -- (Larson 2022:87 [ref. 39971], Parenti 2021:155 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Favonigobius reichei (Bleeker 1854). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

badia, Macgregorella Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1935:415 [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 18 (no. 12); ref. 2109] Ovalau Island, Fiji Islands. Holotype: FMNH 17373. Paratypes: CAS-SU 24431 (1). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:138, 155 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:114 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:54 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Callogobius hasseltii (Bleeker 1851) -- (Kottelat 2013:404 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Callogobius badia (Herre 1935) -- (Delventhal & Mooi 2013:156 [ref. 32677], Parenti 2021:111 [ref. 38603]). •Status uncertain -- (Delventhal & Mooi 2023:460 [ref. 40434]). Current status: Uncertain as Callogobius badius (Herre 1935). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Ovalau Island (Fiji) [if valid]. Habitat: marine.

badius, Euctenogobius Gill [T. N.] 1859:47 [Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York v. 7 (nos 1-3, art. 10); ref. 1754] Amazon River mouth. Holotype (unique): USNM 6091. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:132 [ref. 2676] as probably type. •Synonym of Awaous flavus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Watson & Horsthemke 1995:84 [ref. 21933], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:658 [ref. 27061], Lasso-Alcalá & Lasso 2008:121 [ref. 30588]). Current status: Synonym of Awaous flavus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

baeri, Benthophilus Kessler [K. F.] 1877:52, Pl. 4 (fig. 10) [The Aralo-Caspian Expedition; ref. 2597] Mangyshlak Penninsula, Kazakhstan; southern Caspian Sea, depth 49-266 feet [7-38 Russian fathoms]. Lectotype: ZISP 2239. Paralectotypes: (11) BMNH 1897.7.5.16 [ex St. Petersberg Univ.] (1), SPU 395 [463/410] (1), ZIN 53665 [ex 2239] (4). Lectotype selected y Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:82 [ref. 29150]. •Valid as Benthophilus baeri Kessler 1877 -- (Berg 1949:1118 [ref. 20662], Coad 1995:29 [ref. 23608], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:752 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:127 [ref. 23591], Coad 1998:103 [ref. 23869], Vasil'eva 2000:764 [ref. 25083], Pinchuk et al. in Miller 2004:175 [ref. 27853], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:215 [ref. 28183], Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:81 [ref. 29150], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487], Esmaeili et al. 2010:376 [ref. 33391], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:897 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:79 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:60 [ref. 36089], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:226 [ref. 37983], Kovačić et al. 2021:62 [ref. 38346], Parenti 2021:69 [ref. 38603], Zarei et al. 2022:165 [ref. 39576], Çiçek et al. 2024:300 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Benthophilus baeri Kessler 1877. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: southern Caspian Sea basin. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

baitabag, Schismatogobius Keith [P.], Lord [C.] & Larson [H. K.] 2017:59, Figs. 2C, 8 [Cybium v. 41 (no. 1); ref. 35180] Baitabag Village, Nagada River, Madang, Papua New Guinea. Holotype: NTM S13675-011. Paratypes: NTM, WAM. •Valid as Schismatogobius baitabag Keith, Lord & Larson 2017 -- (Keith et al. 2017:210 [ref. 35442]). Current status: Valid as Schismatogobius baitabag Keith, Lord & Larson 2017. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Papua New Guinea. Habitat: freshwater.

balearicus, Eleotris Pellegrin [J.] & Fage [L.] 1907:11 [Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France v. 32 (no. 1); ref. 15168] North of Cabrera Island, Balearic Islands, Spain, depth 60-70 meters. Also appeared in Fage 1907:83, Pl. 6 (figs. 5-6) [ref. 15144]. See Ahnelt 2005:35 [ref. 31458] for status of type specimens. •Valid as Odondebuenia balearica (Pellegrin & Fage 1907) -- (Miller 1973:505 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1066 [ref. 13677], Ahnelt et al. 1994:170 [ref. 22330], Ahnelt & Dorda 2004:12 [ref. 27637], Ahnelt 2005:36 [ref. 31458], Kovačić & Golani 2007:90 [ref. 39536], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:66 [ref. 36649], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:187 [ref. 31737], Kovačić et al. 2012:440 [ref. 32861], Consoli et al. 2019:265 [ref. 36721], Kovačić & Schembri 2019:291 [ref. 36757], Ordines et al. 2019:278 [ref. 36973], Stern & Rilov in Stern et al. 2019:447 [ref. 36863], Kovačić 2020:78 [ref. 37932], Kovačić et al. 2020:25 [ref. 37519], Trkov & Lipej in Gerovasileiou et al. 2020:350 [ref. 37890], Golani 2021:76 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:42 [ref. 39014], Kovačić et al. 2022: 70 [ref. 39303], Renoult et al. 2023:34 [ref. 40491] as balearicum). Current status: Valid as Odondebuenia balearica (Pellegrin & Fage 1907). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea endemic. Habitat: marine.

balearicus, Gobius Lozano Rey [L.] 1919:73 [Trabajos del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. Serie Zoológica. v. 39; ref. 15217] Mallorca; Mahón, Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain, western Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: (4). •Synonym of Gobius ater Bellotti 1888 -- (Miller 1973:484 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1036 [ref. 13677], Brito & Miller 2001:262 [ref. 25096], Parenti 2021:175 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius ater Bellotti 1888. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

baliensis, Grallenia Allen [G. R.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2012:1170, Figs. 1-3 [Reef fishes of the East Indies.; ref. 31980] Tulamben, 8°16.525'S, 115°35.587E, Bali, Indonesia, depth 6-10 meters. Holotype: MZB 20590. Paratypes: BPBM 38650 (1),38816 (4); MZB 20591(8); WAM P.33472-005 (1), 33567-001(6) •Valid as Grallenia baliensis Allen & Erdmann 2012 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2017:45 [ref. 35533], Allen & Hammer 2018:95 [ref. 36325], Parenti 2021:182 [ref. 38603], Allen et al. 2024:1351 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Grallenia baliensis Allen & Erdmann 2012. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Bali to North Sulawesi (Indonesia). Habitat: marine.

balinense, Sicydium Bleeker [P.] 1856:297 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 12 (no. 2); ref. 355] Boleling, Bali, Indonesia. Syntypes: RMNH 4766 (2). Type information: Roberts 1993:44 [ref. 21799]. Watson 1995:81 [ref. 21675] acts as first reviser selecting Sicydium zosterophorum Bleeker 1856 over Sicydium balinense Bleeker 1856 •Valid as Sicyopus balinense (Bleeker 1856) -- (Allen 1991:196 [ref. 21090], Maugé et al. 1992:228 [ref. 19910]). •Valid as Sicyopus balinensis (Bleeker 1856) -- (Kottelat et al. 1993:153 [ref. 23448]). •Synonym of Sicyopus zosterophorus (Bleeker 1856) -- (Watson 1995:87 [ref. 21675] as zosterophorum, Watson 1999:97 [ref. 24143] as zosterophorum, Kottelat 2013:429 [ref. 32989], Keith et al. 2015:155 [ref. 34328]). Current status: Synonym of Sicyopus zosterophorus (Bleeker 1856). Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

baliuroides, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1849:26 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [6]; ref. 319] Sumanap, eastern Madura, Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH (apparently lost). Appeared without distinguishing features in list in Bleeker 1849:5 [ref. 320]. •Synonym of Papillogobius reichei (Bleeker 1854) -- (Kottelat 2013:417 [ref. 32989] with question). •Synonym of Favonigobius reichei (Bleeker 1854) -- (Parenti 2021:155 [ref. 38603] with question). Current status: Synonym of Favonigobius reichei (Bleeker 1854). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

baliurus, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:61 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] No locality stated [Java, Indonesia]. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-0733. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:26 [ref. 19958]. Based on a description in manuscript by Kuhl and van Hasselt, and on a specimen. •Valid as Acentrogobius baliurus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Goren & Dor 1994:62 [ref. 25356]). •Valid as Gnatholepis baliurus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Goren 1979:42 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:245 [ref. 29757], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122] as "Gnatholepis"). •Valid, but genus undetermined -- (Randall & Greenfield 2001:1 [ref. 25675]). •Valid as Isthmogobius baliurus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:186 [ref. 27510]). •Valid as Arcygobius baliurus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Larson & Wright 2003:131 [ref. 27481], Larson et al. 2008:146 [ref. 29532], Allen & Erdmann 2012:959 [ref. 31980], Kottelat 2013:399 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:190 [ref. 34464], Pezold & Larson 2015:6 [ref. 33809], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2015:79 [ref. 34319], Prokofiev 2016:643 [ref. 35020], Motomura et al. 2017:197 [ref. 35490], Golani & Fricke 2018:147 [ref. 36273], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:257 [ref. 36460], Fricke et al. 2019:274 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:93 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:44 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:5 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Arcygobius baliurus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Mozambique, Kenya), Seychelles; Malaysia and Indonesia east to Philippines, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to New Ireland (Papua New Guinea). Habitat: marine.

balteata, Myersina Greenfield [D. W.] & Randall [J. E.] 2018:82, Figs. 1-4 [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 30; ref. 36091] 11 km west of Honiara, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, about -9.3°, 159.98°, depth 54 meters. Holotype (unique): BPBM 39016. •Valid as Myersina balteata Greenfield & Randall 2018. Current status: Valid as Myersina balteata Greenfield & Randall 2018. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.

balteata, Vaimosa Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1935:419 [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 18 (no. 12); ref. 2109] Majalibit Inlet, Waigio [Waigiu] Island, East Indies. Holotype: FMNH 17386. Paratypes: CAS-SU 24463 (1). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:138, 155 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:118 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:84 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Redigobius balteatus (Herre 1935) -- (Senou & Yano 1991:4 [ref. 24603], Kottelat et al. 1993:151 [ref. 23448], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1240 [ref. 25182], Larson 2001:205 [ref. 25522], Sakai et al. 2001:116 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3601 [ref. 26293], Allen et al. 2002:283 [ref. 25930], Nakabo 2002:1240 [ref. 26193], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Tan & Lim 2004:111 [ref. 27716], Hoese & Larson 2006:1681 [ref. 29097], Larson 2010:129 [ref. 30783], Larson et al. 2013:207 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2018:339 [ref. 35805], Larson 2022:169 [ref. 39971], Jamandre 2023:169 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Redigobius balteatus (Herre 1935). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Mozambique), Mayotte and Madagascar east to Micronesia, north to northern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

balteatops, Acentrogobius Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:200, Pl. 9 (fig. G) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 13; ref. 4122] Inhaca, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 206. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] (1) not researched. •Valid as Redigobius balteatops (Smith 1959) -- (Maugé 1986:382 [ref. 6218], Hoese 1986:802 [ref. 5670], Pethiyagoda 1991:247 [ref. 20075]). •Questionably a synonym of Redigobius balteatus (Herre 1935) -- (Larson 2001:205 [ref. 25522]), •Synonym of Redigobius balteatus (Herre 1935) -- (Larson 2022:169 [ref. 39971]), Current status: Synonym of Redigobius balteatus (Herre 1935). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

banana, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:103 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Santo Domingo. Lectotype: MNHN A-1265. Paralectotypes: MNHN A-1359 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:26 [ref. 19958] as holotype and paratype. Lectotype designated by Watson 1996:3 [ref. 22211]. •Synonym of Awaous tajasica (Lichtenstein 1822) -- (Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:438 [ref. 24550]). •Valid as Awaous banana (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Watson 1996:3 [ref. 22211], Greenfield & Thomerson 1997:237 [ref. 22947], Bussing 1998:396 [ref. 24179], Musick 2000:18 [ref. 24959], Lim et al. 2002:98 [ref. 28310], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1795 [ref. 27111], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:657 [ref. 27061], Ross & Rhode 2004:302 [ref. 27789], Nelson et al. 2004:169 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:668 [ref. 28815], Lasso-Alcalá & Lasso 2008:126 [ref. 30588], Scharpf 2009:13 [ref. 30400], Matamoros et al. 2009:24 [ref. 31241], Page & Burr 2011:617 [ref. 31215], Van Tassell 2011:142 [ref. 31732], McMahan et al. 2013:453 [ref. 32422], Lindstrom et al. 2012:296 [ref. 32536], Angulo et al. 2013:1007 [ref. 33194], Page et al. 2013:174 [ref. 32708], Phillip et al. 2013:24 [ref. 32896], Barriga Salazar 2014:119 [ref. 35745], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:75 [ref. 33341], Schmidt & McMullin 2015:4 [ref. 36603], Walsh & Chakrabarty 2016:515 [ref. 34497], Robins et al. 2018:408 [ref. 35886], López-Segovia et al. 2020:110 [ref. 38151], Rodríguez-Barrera et al. 2020:45 [ref. 37800], Al-Jufaili et al. 2021:[3] [ref. 38743], McMahan et al. 2021:[5] [ref. 38383], Angulo et al. 2023:35 [ref. 40676]). Current status: Valid as Awaous banana (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A) south to Venezuela, including southern Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Replaced in eastern Pacific by Awaous transandeanus (Günther 1861). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

bandama, Parasicydium Risch [L.] 1980:128, Figs. 1-3 [Revue de Zoologie Africaine v. 94 (no. 1); ref. 3754] Bandama River at Tiassalé, Ivory Coast. Holotype: MNHN 1979-0152. Paratypes: MNHN 1989-1847 (3), MRAC 80-48-P-1-2 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:42 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Lentipes bandama (Risch 1980) -- (Allen 1997:39 [ref. 22875], Allen 2001:123 [ref. 25303], Watson et al. 2002:176 [ref. 26364]). •Valid as Parasicydium bandama Risch 1980 -- (Maugé 1986:380 [ref. 6218], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:806 [ref. 21590], Harrison 1993:218 [ref. 22083], Pezold et al. 2006:976 [ref. 28916], Harrison et al. 2007:515 [ref. 30083], Schliewen 2011:211 [ref. 31738], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2841 [ref. 34618], Pezold et al. 2016:107 [ref. 34870], Fermon et al. 2022:221 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Parasicydium bandama Risch 1980. Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Distribution: Western-central Africa: Ivory coast south to Gabon and Republic of Congo. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

barbarae, Aprolepis Hubbs [C. L.] 1921:2 [Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan No. 99; ref. 2229] Small muddy tidal slough, El Estero, near Carpenteria, Santa Barbara County, California, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): UMMZ 55054. •Synonym of Gillichthys mirabilis Cooper 1864. Current status: Synonym of Gillichthys mirabilis Cooper 1864. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

barbarus, Gobius Linnaeus [C.] 1766:450 [Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 1); ref. 2786] Liberia. Neotype: AMNH 32777. Neotype designated by Murdy 1989:35 [ref. 13628]. •Synonym of Periophthalmus cantonensis (Osbeck 1765) -- (Wu in Pan et al. 1991:502 [ref. 23876]). •Valid as Periophthalmus barbarus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Murdy 1989:35 [ref. 13628], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:801 [ref. 21590], Afonso et al. 1999:86 [ref. 25466], Larson & Takita 2004:184 [ref. 28075], Harrison et al. 2007:497 [ref. 30083], Jaafar & Larson 2008:952 [ref. 29863], Murdy 2011:105 [ref. 31728], Schliewen 2011:212 [ref. 31738], Félix et al. 2016:D [4] [ref. 34346], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2843 [ref. 34618], Murdy & Jaafar 2017:21 [ref. 35561], Ali et al. 2018:337 [ref. 36183], Reiner 2019:265 [ref. 38139], Skelton 2019:228, 237 [ref. 36564], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 14 [ref. 38321] misidentified, Fermon et al. 2022:223 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Periophthalmus barbarus (Linnaeus 1766). Gobiidae: Oxudercinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Morocco south to Angola, including Bioko (Equatorial Guinea), and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

barbatus, Rhinogobius Tomiyama [I.] 1934:325, Fig. 1 [Journal of the Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo Section IV Zoology v. 3 (pt 3); ref. 15749] Ariake Sound, western Kyushu, Japan. Holotype: ZUMT 26303. Paratypes: ZUMT 26329 (1), 57515-17 (3). •Valid as Heteroplopomus barbatus (Tomiyama 1934) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:267 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 2000:1204 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:120 [ref. 25868], Shimizu 2001:39 [ref. 25799], Nakabo 2002:1204 [ref. 26193], Matsui et al. 2014:8 [ref. 33344], Suzuki et al. 2017:81 [ref. 35202], Parenti 2021:186 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Heteroplopomus barbatus (Tomiyama 1934). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: southern Japan. Habitat: marine.

barbatus, Triaenophorichthys Günther [A.] 1861:90 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] China. Syntypes: (4) BMNH 1851.12.27.101 (1), 1851.12.27.269 (1), 1855.9.19.1429 (1). •Valid as Triaenopogon barbatus (Günther 1861) -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:350 [ref. 7348], Zheng 1989:355 [ref. 21202], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:454 [ref. 23876], Zhu 1995:177 [ref. 25213], Cheng & Zhou 1997:368 [ref. 26385], Wang et al. 2001:276 [ref. 26566]). •Valid as Tridentiger barbatus (Günther 1861) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:271 [ref. 6441], Lin et al. 1994:175 [ref. 21512], Fuller et al. 1999:463 [ref. 25838], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1258 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1258 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:400, 665 [ref. 26218], Greiner 2002:68 [ref. 26780], Nelson et al. 2004:173 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:163 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:179 [ref. 32708], Cui et al. 2013:188 [ref. 32726], Kells et al. 2016:308 [ref. 35888], Kim et al. 2020:175 [ref. 39118], Love et al. 2021:207 [ref. 39279], Thu & Thao 2023:642 [ref. 40499]). Current status: Valid as Tridentiger barbatus (Günther 1861). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: northern Vietnam and Taiwan north to Korea and Japan. Introduced in San Francisco Bay (California, U.S.A.). Habitat: brackish.

barnardi, Ctenotrypauchen Hora [S. L.] 1926:221, Figs. 1-2 [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 28 (pt 4); ref. 15591] Off south head of Tugela River, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, depth 12-14 fathoms. Holotype: SAM 13076. Paratypes: BMNH 1927.12.6.54 [ex SAM] (1), 1930.1.14.9-10 [ex SAM] (2); SAM 29212 (1); ZSI F10753/1 (2). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:153 [ref. 20743] as banardi. See Das 2003:376 [ref. 27706]. •Synonym of Ctenotrypauchen microcephalus (Bleeker 1860) -- (Maugé 1986:366 [ref. 6218]). •Synonym of Trypauchen microcephalus Bleeker 1860 -- (Hoese 1986:805 [ref. 5670]). •Synonym of Paratrypauchen microcephalus (Bleeker 1860) -- (Murdy 2008:118 [ref. 29751], Kottelat 2013:433 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:66 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:22 [ref. 39965]). Current status: Synonym of Paratrypauchen microcephalus (Bleeker 1860). Gobiidae: Amblyopinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

barralli, Trimma Winterbottom [R.] 1995:93, Figs. 1-2 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 22 (no. 3/4); ref. 21961] Ras Abu Galum, Egypt, Red Sea. Holotype: ROM 68980. Paratypes: BPBM 17885 (1), 19716 (3); MNHN 1966-0142 (2); ROM 1595CS (1, c&s), 68981 (4); TAU [= SMNHTAU] 10077 (1). Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:12, 16 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Trimma barralli Winterbottom 1995 -- (Hagiwara & Winterbottom 2007:164 [ref. 29103], Hoese et al. 2015:538 [ref. 33990], Bogorodsky et al. 2016:171 [ref. 34658], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[7] 245 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:161 [ref. 36273], Winterbottom 2019:12, 16 [ref. 37115], Winterbottom & Pyle 2022:599 [ref. 39040], Winterbottom & Zur in Larson 2022:140 [ref. 39971], Winterbottom 2023:35 [ref. 40193], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:24 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Trimma barralli Winterbottom 1995. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea endemic. Habitat: marine.

barreto, Gobioides Poey [F.] 1860:282 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Cuba. Syntypes and/or Poey specimens: MCZ 13246 (1), ZMB 5940 (1). Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:216 [ref. 22926] with MCZ 13246 as holotype; Murdy 1998:129 [ref. 23380] regards MCZ 13246 as holotype). •Synonym of Gobioides broussonnetii Lacepède 1800 -- (Murdy 1998:129 [ref. 23380] as broussoneti, Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:660 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Gobioides broussonnetii Lacepède 1800. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

bassensis, Gobius Castelnau [F. L.] 1872:123 [Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne v. 1; ref. 757] Melbourne market, Victoria, Australia. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-1106. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:26 [ref. 19958]. •Synonym of Arenigobius bifrenatus (Kner 1865) -- (Gomon et al. 1994:784 [ref. 22532], Hoese & Larson 2006:1623 [ref. 29097], Kuiter 2018:86 [ref. 36369], Parenti 2021:94 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Arenigobius bifrenatus (Kner 1865). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

bathi, Pomatoschistus Miller [P. J.] 1982:6, Figs. 1-2 [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 62 (nos 1/3) (1981); ref. 8439] Erdek, Bandırma, Turkey, Sea of Marmara (Mediterranean Sea). Holotype: SMF 16431. Paratypes: Bath coll. (1, 1); BMNH 1981.8.4.1-2 (2); SMF 16432-35 (1, 1, 1, 1). Additional material in Bath coll. •Valid as Pomatoschistus bathi Miller 1982 -- (Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1069 [ref. 13677], Kottelat 1997:180 [ref. 22952], McKay & Miller 1997:1464 [ref. 24951], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:135 [ref. 26753], Pinchuk & Miller in Miller 2004:282 [ref. 27853], Vasil'eva & Bogorodskii 2004:606 [ref. 27868], Fricke et al. 2007:107 [ref. 29533], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:586 [ref. 29996], Vasil'eva 2007:169 [ref. 30517], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:66 [ref. 36649], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:187 [ref. 31737], Parin et al. 2014:495 [ref. 33547], Engin & Innal 2017:6 [ref. 35516], Engin & Seyhan 2017:5, 14 [ref. 35597], Giacobbe et al. 2017:[2] 2244 [ref. 36836], Artüz & Fricke 2019:559 [ref. 36612], Dyldin et al. 2020:101 [ref. 37569], Kovačić 2020:78 [ref. 37932], Kovačić et al. 2020:26 [ref. 37519], Manilo 2020:75 [ref. 37795], Abliazov et al. 2021:11 [ref. 38576], Kovačić et al. 2021:42 [ref. 39014], Gus'kov et al. 2022:73 [ref. 39564], Kovačić et al. 2022: 74 [ref. 39303]). Current status: Valid as Pomatoschistus bathi Miller 1982. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; Black Sea. Habitat: brackish, marine.

bathum, Trimma Winterbottom [R.] 2017:560, Figs. 1-2 [Zootaxa 4269 (no. 4); ref. 35329] Fiji, Viti Levu, Suva, outer reef, S of "Fish Patch" southern wall, vertical reef drop-off, 18.16°S, 178.40°E, depth 52.5 meters. Holotype: ROM 101384 (ex BPBM 40009). Paratypes: BPBM, ROM. Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:42 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Trimma bathum Winterbottom 2017 -- (Winterbottom 2019:42 [ref. 37115]). Current status: Valid as Trimma bathum Winterbottom 2017. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Fiji. Habitat: marine.

bathyalis, Obliquogobius Fricke [R.] 2022:2, Figs. 1-2 [FishTaxa v. 24; ref. 39459] Slope east of Canal de la Havannah, New Caledonia Grande Terre Group, southwestern Pacific, 22°13'S, 167°07'E, depth 264 - 273 meters. Holotype: MNHN 2022-0161. Paratypes: NTUM 10670 (1), SMNS 27306 (1). •Valid as Obliquogobius bathyalis Fricke 2022. Current status: Valid as Obliquogobius bathyalis Fricke 2022. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Chesterfield Islands and the island slope east of the southern tip of Grande Terre, New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

bathybius, Gobius Kessler [K. F.] 1877:17, Pl. 1 (fig. 3) [The Aralo-Caspian Expedition; ref. 2597] Svinoi Island, south of Baky, Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan, 756 feet [108 Russian fathoms]. Holotype (unique): No types at ZIN. •Valid as Chasar bathybius (Kessler 1877) -- (Pinchuk et al. in Miller 2004:97 [ref. 27853]). •Valid as Ponticola bathybius (Kessler 1877) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30487], Freyhof 2011:286 [ref. 31742], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:899 [ref. 34062], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:899 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:84 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:66 [ref. 36089], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:241 [ref. 37983], Parenti 2021:74 [ref. 38603], Zarei et al. 2021:[6] [ref. 38262]). •Valid as Neogobius bathybius (Kessler 1877) -- (Berg 1949:1094 [ref. 20662], Coad 1995:31 [ref. 23608], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:755 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1996:448 [ref. 24650], Vasil'eva 1998:137 [ref. 23591], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:228 [ref. 28183], Esmaeili et al. 2010:377 [ref. 33391], Tajbakhsh et al. 2022:16 [ref. 39137], Zarei et al. 2022:174 [ref. 39576], Çiçek et al. 2024:307 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Neogobius bathybius (Kessler 1877). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Caspian Sea basin; introduced in Aral Sea. Habitat: brackish.

bato, Gobius Hamilton [F.] 1822:40, Pl. 37 (fig. 10) [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Ganges River estuaries, India. No types known. Hamilton's original illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 26 [ref. 37532]. •Valid as Apocryptes bato (Hamilton 1822) -- (Murdy 1989:7 [ref. 13628], Ataur Rahman 1989:292 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:951 [ref. 20764], Khan 2003:10 [ref. 27710], Ataur Rahman 2003:318 [ref. 31338], Murdy 2011:104 [ref. 31728], Kottelat 2013:399 [ref. 32989], Murdy & Jaafar 2017:8 [ref. 35561], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 14 [ref. 38321]). Current status: Valid as Apocryptes bato (Hamilton 1822). Gobiidae: Oxudercinae. Distribution: Northern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf east to Myanmar. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

batoides, Apocryptes Day [F.] 1876:301, Pl. 66 (fig. 3) [The fishes of India Part 2; ref. 1081] Moulmein, Myanmar. Holotype (unique) (?): ZSI F2014. Day specimens: BMNH 1889.2.1.3472 (1). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:161 [ref. 23762]. •Valid as Parapocryptes batoides (Day 1876) -- (Ataur Rahman 1989:293 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:957 [ref. 20764]). •Synonym of Apocryptes bato (Hamilton 1822) -- (Murdy 1989:7 [ref. 13628], Ataur Rahman 2003:319 [ref. 31338], Kottelat 2013:399 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Apocryptes bato (Hamilton 1822). Gobiidae: Oxudercinae. Distribution: Indian Ocean. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

batrachocephalus, Gobius Pallas [P. S.] 1814:149 [Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica v. 3; ref. 3351] Black Sea near Chersonesus [Kherson] and Balaklava, Crimea, Ukraine. Syntypes: whereabouts unknown. See Coad 1995:30 [ref. 23608]. •Valid as Mesogobius batrachocephalus (Pallas 1814) -- (Berg 1949:1096 [ref. 20662], Miller 1973:501 [ref. 6888], Pinchuk 1977:595 [ref. 8999], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1055 [ref. 13677], Kottelat 1997:178 [ref. 22952], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:755 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:136 [ref. 23591] with question in genus, Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:133 [ref. 26753], Vasil'eva 2003:S48 [ref. 28444], Pinchuk et al. in Miller 2004:109 [ref. 27853], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:226 [ref. 28183], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:182 [ref. 28369], Fricke et al. 2007:105 [ref. 29533], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:575 [ref. 29996], Vasil'eva 2007:160 [ref. 30517], Ninua & Japoshvili 2008:172 [ref. 31251], Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30487], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:187 [ref. 31737], Freyhof 2011:284 [ref. 31742], Psomadakis et al. 2012:17 [ref. 33457], Parin et al. 2014:491 [ref. 33547], Çiçek et al. 2015:152 [ref. 35151], Artüz & Fricke 2019:559 [ref. 36612], Çiçek et al. 2020:256 [ref. 37644], Kuljanishvili et al. 2020:[5] [ref. 37535], Manilo 2020:69 [ref. 37795], Abliazov et al. 2021:11 [ref. 38576], Parenti 2021:72 [ref. 38603], Niță et al. 2022:77 [ref. 40471], Çiçek et al. 2023:431 [ref. 40625], Çiçek et al. 2024:306 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Mesogobius batrachocephalus (Pallas 1814). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Black Sea and Sea of Azov basins. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

batrachodes, Psilotris Böhlke [J. E.] 1963:6, Fig. 2 [Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia) No. 362; ref. 4212] Sandy Cay (Nassau vicinity), Bahamas, depth to 20 feet. Holotype: ANSP 98416. Paratypes: ANSP 98417 (2), 98418 (1, c&s), 98419-26 (5, 1, 2, 1, 5, 2, 1, 2); UF 209460 [ex UMML 9460] (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:105 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Psilotris batrachodes Böhlke 1963 -- (Greenfield et al. 1993:183 [ref. 20313], Greenfield 1993:773 [ref. 21015], Smith & Baldwin 1999:438 [ref. 24419], Rüber et al. 2003:1598 [ref. 26969], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1794 [ref. 27111], Smith et al. 2003:64 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:173 [ref. 27807], Van Tassell 2011:155 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:178 [ref. 32708]). •Valid as Cryptopsilotris batrachodes (Böhlke 1963) -- (Tornabene et al. 2016:13 [ref. 34435]). Current status: Valid as Cryptopsilotris batrachodes (Böhlke 1963). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

bauchotae, Callogobius Goren [M.] 1979:42, Fig. 1 [Cybium 3e série. Bulletin de la Société Française d'Ichtyologie No. 7; ref. 8828] Off south end of Eniwetak Island, Marshall Islands, depth 10-30 meters. Holotype (unique): MNHN 1976-0184. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:20 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Callogobius bauchotae Goren 1979 -- (Goren et al. 1991:299 [ref. 19765], Myers 1999:247 [ref. 23965], Chen & Shao 2000:459 [ref. 24425], Larson & Murdy 2001:3595 [ref. 26293], Delventhal & Mooi 2013:156 [ref. 32677], Parenti 2021:111 [ref. 38603], Delventhal & Mooi 2023:461 [ref. 40434]). Current status: Valid as Callogobius bauchotae Goren 1979. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Marshall Islands. Habitat: marine.

bayamonensis, Gobius Evermann [B. W.] & Marsh [M. C.] 1899:355 [United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner v. 25 (for 1899) Appendix 7; ref. 1283] San Juan market, Puerto Rico (probably from near the mouth of Bayamon River at Palo Seco). Holotype (unique): USNM 49365. •Synonym of Gobionellus oceanicus (Pallas 1770) -- (Maugé 1986:372 [ref. 6218], Miller 1990:950 [ref. 19376], Pezold 2004:292 [ref. 27686]). Current status: Synonym of Gobionellus oceanicus (Pallas 1770). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

bazebrata, Gobius depressus var. Ninni [A. P.] 1938:20 [Memoria, Comitato Talassografico Italiano No. 242; ref. 18478] Not available, apparently in error for zebrata of Kolombatovic. Gobiidae.

beauforti, Gobius Weber [M.] 1907:261 [Süsswasserfische von Neu-Guinea v. 5 (Zool.) pt 2; ref. 4599] Klipong River and Mamapiri Creek, northern New Guinea. Syntypes: (4) ?RMNH 14357 (1), ZMA 110943 (1) Klipong R., 110944 (2) Mamapiri Creek. Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:98 [ref. 19236]. •Valid as Stenogobius beauforti (Weber 1907) -- (Allen 1991:197 [ref. 21090], Watson 1991:648 [ref. 19908], Larson & Murdy 2001:3601 [ref. 26293] dated 1908, Keith & Marquet 2006:141 [ref. 28956] in subgenus Insularigobius and dated 1908, Fricke et al. 2014:172 [ref. 33932]). Current status: Valid as Stenogobius beauforti (Weber 1907). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Papua New Guinea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

beccarii, Gobius Perugia [A.] 1892:1010 [2] [Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (Serie 2) v. 12; ref. 3432] Sarawak state, Borneo, East Malaysia. Syntypes: MSNG 12656 (16). Type catalog: Tortonese 1963:342 [ref. 10350]. On p. 1 of separate. •Questionably a synonym of Stigmatogobius borneensis (Bleeker 1851) -- (Larson 2001:209 [ref. 25522]). •Questionably a synonym of Stigmatogobius sella (Steindachner 1881) -- (Larson 2001:211 [ref. 25522]). •Synonym of Stigmatogobius sella (Steindachner 1881) -- (Larson 2005:363 [ref. 28521], Kottelat 2013:430 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Stigmatogobius sella (Steindachner 1881). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

bedfordi, Ctenogobius Regan [C. T.] 1908:62, Pl. 3 (fig. 1) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1908 (pt 1) (art. 3) (for 4 Feb. 1908); ref. 14334] Chong-ju, South Korea. Syntypes: BMNH 1907.12.30.42-46 (2, plus smaller non-types, lost). •Synonym of Rhinogobius similis Gill 1859 -- (Okada 1961:659 [ref. 6363]). •Synonym of Rhinogobius brunneus (Temminck & Schlegel 1845) -- (Kim 1997:584 [ref. 24032], Vasil'eva 1998:146 [ref. 23591], Choi et al. 2003:664 [ref. 26218], Kottelat 2013:424 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Rhinogobius bedfordi (Regan 1908) -- (Takahashi & Okazaki 2017:[3] [ref. 35171], Suzuki et al. 2017:80 [ref. 35202], Suzuki et al. 2020:24 [ref. 37412]). Current status: Valid as Rhinogobius bedfordi (Regan 1908). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Korea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

belissimus, Acentrogobius Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:202, Pl. 11 (fig. A) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 13; ref. 4122] Pinda, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 277. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 969 (1). Spelled belissimus in text, key and index but as bellissimus in plate (spelling on plate regarded as in error); first reviser not researched. •Valid as Acentrogobius belissimus Smith 1959 -- (Goren 1980:160 [ref. 38759], Dor 1984:237 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Exyrias bellissimus (Smith 1959) -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:250 [ref. 6441], Murdy 1985:4 [ref. 19200], Randall et al. 1990:401 [ref. 15987], Anderson et al. 1998:27 [ref. 23611], Allen 1997:220 [ref. 23977], Nakabo 2000:1211 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:69 [ref. 25191], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:411 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:1211 [ref. 26193]). •Valid as Exyrias belissimus (Smith 1959) -- (Goren & Dor 1994:64 [ref. 25356], Kuiter 1997:350 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:401 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:255 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:120 [ref. 25868], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:58 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:644 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:182 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:27 [ref. 27624] as Exyrius, Allen & Randall 2005:231 [ref. 28537], Randall 2005:535 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1648 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:148 [ref. 29532], Shibukawa 2009:273 [ref. 30449], Allen & Erdmann 2012:968 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:197 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:164 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:91 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:330 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:153 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:283 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:153 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:86 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Exyrias belissimus (Smith 1959). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar, Maldives and Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory) east to Solomon Islands and Samoa, north to Kerama Islands (southern Japan), south to Western Australia, New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.

bella, Valenciennea Hoese [D. F.] & Larson [H. K.] 1994:15, Pl. 1B [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 23; ref. 12483] Sesoko Island, Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, depth 28 meters. Holotype: BPBM 20808. Paratypes: AMS I.24821-001 [ex BPBM 20806] (1); BPBM 20805 (1), 10807 (1); URM 8127 (1); USNM 264411 (1). •Valid as Valenciennea bella Hoese & Larson 1994 -- (Howe 1998:48 [ref. 25505], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1171 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:121 [ref. 25868], Larson & Murdy 2001:3600 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1171 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:60 [ref. 26830], Suzuki et al. 2011:61 [ref. 31568], Allen & Erdmann 2012:986 [ref. 31980], Suzuki et al. 2016:2 [ref. 34434]). Current status: Valid as Valenciennea bella Hoese & Larson 1994. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indonesia, Philippines, and Ryukyu Islands. Habitat: marine.

bella, Vanderhorstia Greenfield [D. W.] & Longenecker [K. R.] 2005:619, Figs. 1-4 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences v. 56 (no. 32); ref. 28487] Bay of Islands, 17°10.692'S, 179°00.887', Vanua Balavu Island, Northern Lau Group, Fiji, depth 8.3 meters. Holotype (unique): CAS 222208. •Valid as Vanderhorstia bella Greenfield & Longenecker 2005 -- (Randall 2007:90 [ref. 29222], Suzuki & Chen 2014:207 [ref. 33152]). Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia bella Greenfield & Longenecker 2005. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Fiji. Habitat: marine.

bellendenensis, Glossogobius Hoese [D. F.] & Allen [G. R.] 2009:7, Figs. 5-8a [Zootaxa No. 1981; ref. 29998] Eubenagee Swamp, near Innisfail, 17°24'S, 145°58'E, Queensland, Australia. Holotype: AMS I.22715-004. Paratypes: many at AMS, QM, WAM. Plus non-type material. •Valid as Glossogobius bellendenensis Hoese & Allen 2009 -- (Hoese et al. 2017:192 [ref. 35452], Hoese & Hammer 2021:111 [ref. 38350], Parenti 2021:160 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Glossogobius bellendenensis Hoese & Allen 2009. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Australia: near Cairns (northeastern Queensland). Habitat: freshwater.

bellicauda, Amblyeleotris Randall [J. E.] 2004:71, Figs. 7-8 [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 8 (no. 2); ref. 27612] Outside barrier reef off Tenia Island, 22°01'01"S, 165°55'05"E, New Caledonia, depth 3 meters. Holotype (unique): BPBM 34318. •Valid as Amblyeleotris bellicauda Randall 2004 -- (Randall 2005:512 [ref. 28239], Chen et al. 2006:2565 [ref. 29024], Parenti 2021:83 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Amblyeleotris bellicauda Randall 2004. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

belloides, Vanderhorstia Randall [J. E.] 2007:96, Fig. 4 [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 12 (no. 3); ref. 29222] Tab Island (Pig Island), 5°10.3'S, 145°50.7'E, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, depth 21 meters. Holotype: BPBM 32550. Paratypes: BPBM 40479 (1). •Valid as Vanderhorstia belloides Randall 2007 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2012:888 [ref. 31980], Suzuki & Chen 2014:207 [ref. 33152], Fricke et al. 2014:177 [ref. 33932]). Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia belloides Randall 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

belosso, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1854:316 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 7 (no. 2); ref. 16935] Tjiringin, Banten Province, Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 4543 (156 mm TL spec. of 6). •Synonym of Oxyurichthys papuensis (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Maugé 1986:379 [ref. 6218], Kottelat 2013:416 [ref. 32989], Pezold & Larson 2015:5, 57 [ref. 33894]). Current status: Synonym of Oxyurichthys papuensis (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

benjamini, Trimma Winterbottom [R.] 1996:57, Figs. 1-4 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 23 (no. 1/2); ref. 22223] Siquijor Island, Tonga Point, 9°12'17"N, 123°27'14"E, Philippines. Holotype: ROM 53038. Paratypes: LACM 42491-70 (1); ROM 49008 (1), 49226-28 (2, 3, 17), 53025-37 (2, 4, 2, 11, 7, 8, 4, 3, 10, 36, 26, 4, 35), 53219 (76), 1309CS (5), 69533 (4); USNM 26490 (10), 264696 (5). Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:52 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Trimma benjamini Winterbottom 1996 -- (Randall et al. 1997:409 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:259 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Larson & Murdy 2001:3600 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:60 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:645 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:191 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:552 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1688 [ref. 29097], Hagiwara & Winterbottom 2007:164 [ref. 29103], Winterbottom & Southcott 2007:75 [ref. 29375], Winterbottom et al. 2011:295 [ref. 31396], Allen & Erdmann 2012:935 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:173 [ref. 33932], Winterbottom & Hoese 2015:14 [ref. 33709], Suzuki et al. 2015:67 [ref. 33746], Hoese et al. 2015:539 [ref. 33990], Fricke et al. 2019:290 [ref. 36673], Winterbottom 2019:52 [ref. 37115]). Current status: Valid as Trimma benjamini Winterbottom 1996. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia and Vietnam east to Marshall Islands, Tonga and Samoa, north to Philippines, south to Western Australia, Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia) and Lord Howe Island. Habitat: marine.

benthonis, Chriolepis Ginsburg [I.] 1953:22 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 43 (no. 1); ref. 1806] Off Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico, 23°13'N, 89°10'W, depth 84 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 47641. •Valid as Chriolepis benthonis Ginsburg 1953 -- (Hastings & Bortone 1981:435 [ref. 5246], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1793 [ref. 27111], Nelson et al. 2004:170 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:677 [ref. 28815], Van Tassell 2011:151 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:175 [ref. 32708], Hastings & Findley 2013:599 [ref. 33007], Hastings & Findley 2015:594 [ref. 33639]). •Valid as Varicus benthonis (Ginsburg 1953) -- (Tornabene et al. 2016:13 [ref. 34435], Tornabene & Baldwin 2019:200 [ref. 36806], Fuentes et al. 2023:169 [ref. 40497]). Current status: Valid as Varicus benthonis (Ginsburg 1953). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: off Yucatán, Mexico. Habitat: marine.

bentuviai, Lobulogobius Goren [M.] 1984:78, Figs. 4a-c [Cybium v. 8 (no. 1); ref. 8221] Marsa Barecha, southern Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, Red Sea [ca. 27°47'N 34°13'E]. Holotype: TAU 6477 [= SMNHTAU]. Paratypes: TAU [= SMNHTAU] 6419 (5). •Synonym of Bryaninops ridens Smith 1959 -- (Suzuki et al. 2012:13 [ref. 31776], Golani & Fricke 2018:148 [ref. 36273], Larson 2022:54 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:6 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Synonym of Bryaninops ridens Smith 1959. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

bentuvii, Didogobius Miller [P. J.] 1966:162, Fig. 1; Pls. 4-5 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 13) v. 8 (no. 87) (for 1965); ref. 3009] Off the mouth of Rubin River, 31°55'N, 34°42'E, Israel, eastern Mediterranean Sea. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1965.2.1.1. •Valid as Didogobius bentuvii Miller 1966 -- (Miller 1973:495 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1033 [ref. 13677], Ahnelt & Patzner 1995:102 [ref. 21629], Ballesta et al. 1998:290 [ref. 23581], Schliewen & Kovačić 2008:254 [ref. 29882], Golani 2005:56 [ref. 37112], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:185 [ref. 31737], van Tassell & Kramer 2014:460 [ref. 33301], Schliewen et al. 2018:391 [ref. 35982], Kovačić 2020:77 [ref. 37932], Golani 2021:73 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:39 [ref. 39014], Parenti 2021:131 [ref. 38603], Schliewen et al. 2023:129 [ref. 40598]). Current status: Valid as Didogobius bentuvii Miller 1966. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea endemic. Habitat: marine.

bequaerti, Gobius Fowler [H. W.] 1923:4 [American Museum Novitates No. 103; ref. 1399] Mouth of the Congo River, western Africa. Holotype (unique): AMNH 8283 (not seen in 1996). •Synonym of Yongeichthys thomasi (Boulenger 1916) -- (Maugé 1986:38 [ref. 6218], Miller 1990:950 [ref. 19376]). Current status: Synonym of Yongeichthys thomasi (Boulenger 1916). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

beremeensis, Sicyopus Keith [P.], Amick [P.], Toko [P. S.] & Lord [C.] 2019:164, Figs. 1, 2 [Cybium v. 43 (no. 2); ref. 36794] Wani Creek, New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Holotype: MNHN 2016-0628. Paratypes: MNHN. •Valid as Sicyopus beremeensis Keith, Amick, Toko & Lord 2019 -- (Amick & Toko 2021:7 [ref. 38599]). Current status: Valid as Sicyopus beremeensis Keith, Amick, Toko & Lord 2019. Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: New Britain (Papua New Guinea). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

bergi, Hyrcanogobius Iljin [B. S.] 1928:44, Figs. 7-11 [Trudy Astrakhanskoi nauchnoi rybokhoziaistvennoi stantsii = Reports of the Astrakhan Scientific Fishery Station v. 6 (no. 3); ref. 2296] Northern Caspian Sea, near mouths of rivers Volga, Ural, and Emba, Russia and Kazakhstan. Syntypes: (many) ZIN 25417 (5) Volga. Based in part on Gobius longecaudatus var. c of Kessler 1877. •Valid as Knipowitschia bergi (Iljin 1928) -- (Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:567 [ref. 29996], Thacker et al. 2018:[4] [ref. 36082]). •Valid as Hyrcanogobius bergi Iljin 1928 -- (Berg 1949:1069 [ref. 20662], Mitrofanov & Dukravec 1989:275 [ref. 37748], Coad 1995:30 [ref. 23608], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:754 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:135 [ref. 23591], Miller & Pinchuk in Miller 2004:432 [ref. 27853], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:220 [ref. 28183], Esmaeili et al. 2010:377 [ref. 33391], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:898 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:82 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:64 [ref. 36089], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:233 [ref. 37983], Zarei et al. 2022:170 [ref. 39576], Çiçek et al. 2024:316 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Hyrcanogobius bergi Iljin 1928. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Caspian Sea basin. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

bergi, Rhinogobius Lindberg [G. U.] 1936:402, Figs. 7-10 [Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, Akademii Nauk SSSR v. 3; ref. 13713] Maihe River, Peter the Great basin, Primorye, Russia. Holotype (unique): ZIN 25067. •Synonym of Rhinogobius similis Gill 1859 -- (Berg 1949:1077 [ref. 20662]). •Synonym of Rhinogobius brunneus (Temminck & Schlegel 1845) -- (Vasil'eva 1998:146 [ref. 23591], Vasil'eva 2003:S53 [ref. 28444]). •Synonym of Rhinogobius sowerbyi Ginsburg 1917 -- (Valil'eva 2007:696 [ref. 29425], Bogutskaya et al. 2008:353 [ref. 30085] with question, Parin et al. 2014:504 [ref. 33547], Suzuki et al. 2017:81 [ref. 35202]). Current status: Synonym of Rhinogobius sowerbyi Ginsburg 1917. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater.

bernadoui, Coryphopterus Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] 1905:207, Fig. 9 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 28 (no. 1391); ref. 2530] Probably Korea. Holotype (unique): USNM 51499. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:130 [ref. 2676]. •Synonym of Gobius caninus Valenciennes 1837 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:356 [ref. 7348]). •Synonym of Acentrogobius caninus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kottelat 2013:397 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:78 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Acentrogobius caninus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

bibarbatus, Gobius von Bonde [C.] 1923:28, Pl. 6 [Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa Rep. 3 (art. 1); ref. 521] Off Saldanha Bay, South Africa, southeastern Atlantic, Pickle station 312, depth 50 fathoms. Syntypes: (several) BMNH 1927.12.6.46-49 [ex SAM] (4), SAM (none found in 1995). •Valid as Sufflogobius bibarbatus (von Bonde 1923) -- (Hoese 1986:804 [ref. 5670], Miller 1990:947 [ref. 19376], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:168 [ref. 25472], Schliewen 2011:220 [ref. 31738], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2841 [ref. 34618]). Current status: Valid as Sufflogobius bibarbatus (von Bonde 1923). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southern Africa: Namibia to Cape of Good Hope. Habitat: marine.

bicirrhosus, Gobius Weber [M.] 1894:412 [Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Reise in Niederländisch Ost-Indien v. 3 (no. 2); ref. 14569] Maros River, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Syntypes: (10) ZMA 110979 (8). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:98 [ref. 19236]. •Valid as Illana bicirrhosus (Weber 1894) -- (Wu in Pan et al. 1991:460 [ref. 23876]). •Valid as Glossogobius bicirrhosus (Weber 1894) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:274 [ref. 6441], Allen 1991:179 [ref. 21090], Kottelat et al. 1993:145 [ref. 23448], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1201 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Sakai et al. 2001:112 [ref. 25693], Allen et al. 2002:277 [ref. 25930], Nakabo 2002:1201 [ref. 26193], Hoese & Larson 2006:1653 [ref. 29097], Hoese & Allen 2012:269 [ref. 31974], Kottelat 2013:407 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:165 [ref. 33932], Hoese et al. 2015:18 [ref. 33684], Hoese & Allen 2015:214 [ref. 33880], Hoese & Hammer 2021:111 [ref. 38350], Parenti 2021:160 [ref. 38603], Furuhashi et al. 2023:28 [ref. 40140], Jamandre 2023:168 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Glossogobius bicirrhosus (Weber 1894). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to Queensland (Australia). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

bicolor, Evermannichthys Thacker [C. E.] 2001:2, Fig. 1 [Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) No. 490; ref. 25217] Off the western side of Navassa Island, just north of Lulu Bay, 18°24.18'N, 75°1.67'W, Caribbean Sea, depth 27-30 meters. Holotype: LACM 54100-3. Paratypes: ANSP 11376 (1), 110893-94 (1, 1). •Valid as Evermannichthys bicolor Thacker 2001 -- (Collette et al. 2003:122 [ref. 26784], Van Tassell 2011:153 [ref. 31732]). Current status: Valid as Evermannichthys bicolor Thacker 2001. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

bicolor, Gobius Gmelin [J. F.] 1789:1197 [Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 3); ref. 18139] Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Based on 'Gobius No. 41 of Brünnich 1768:30 [ref. 17290]. See also Gobius nigellus Bonnaterre 1788. •Synonym of Gobius paganellus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Miller 1973:487 [ref. 6888], Miller 1990:936 [ref. 19376], Parenti 2021:179 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius paganellus Linnaeus 1758. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

bifasciata, Eviota Lachner [E. A.] & Karnella [S. J.] 1980:108, Figs. 62-64 [Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 315; ref. 6916] Palawan Province, Philippines, 10°52'30"N, 120°56'00"E, depth 0-45 feet. Holotype: USNM 219276. Paratypes: AMS I.20794-001 (2), I.20800-001 (6); ANSP 141129 (2); CAS 43547 (8); USNM 209638 (14, now 13), 210148 (1), 210248 (5), 219272-73 (4, 18), 219275-77 (14, 1, 1), 219668-70 (65, 12, 2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:105 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Eviota bifasciata Lachner & Karnella 1980 -- (Yoshino & Shimada in Masuda et al. 1984:244 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:400 [ref. 15987], Randall 1997:4 [ref. 24375], Kuiter 1997:358 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:400 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:253 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1182 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:119 [ref. 25868], Allen 2001:127 [ref. 25671], Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1182 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:58 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:181 [ref. 27510], Hoese & Larson 2006:1643 [ref. 29097], Greenfield & Randall 2010:276 [ref. 30765], Greenfield & Randall 2011:64 [ref. 31475], Allen & Erdmann 2012:913 [ref. 31980], Greenfield et al. 2014:3 [ref. 33111], Greenfield & Tornabene 2014:139 [ref. 33294], Fricke et al. 2014:162 [ref. 33932], Tornabene et al. 2016:1825 [ref. 34439], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:82 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Fricke et al. 2019:280 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:138 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota bifasciata Lachner & Karnella 1980. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to Palau, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Solomon Islands, north to Philippines, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

bifasciatus, Mucogobius Smith [J. L. B.] 1958:146, Fig. 7 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 11; ref. 4118] Pemba Island, off Tanzania, western Indian Ocean, depth 6 fathoms. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 235. •Valid as Callogobius bifasciatus (Smith 1958) -- (Randall et al. 1994:240 [ref. 21645], Randall 1995:330 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:213 [ref. 23922], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Heemstra et al. 2004:3328 [ref. 27945], Delventhal & Mooi 2013:156 [ref. 32677], Delventhal & Mooi 2014:572 [ref. 33168], Delventhal & Mooi 2014:146 [ref. 33337], Eagderi et al. 2019:60 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:95 [ref. 36871], Akihito & Ikeda 2021:107 [ref. 38331], Parenti 2021:111 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:62 [ref. 39971], Delventhal & Mooi 2023:461 [ref. 40434]). Current status: Valid as Callogobius bifasciatus (Smith 1958). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa and Persian Gulf to Socotra (Yemen) and eastern Mascarenes (Rodrigues). Habitat: marine.

bifasciatus, Tridentiger Steindachner [F.] 1881:190 [12], Pl. 7 (figs. 2, 2a) [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 83 (1. Abth.); ref. 4231] Strielok Bay, Sea of Japan near Vladivostock, Japan Sea. Holotype (unique): NMW 76205. On p. 12 of separate. •Synonym of Tridentiger trigonocephalus (Gill 1859) -- (Berg 1949:1103 [ref. 20662], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:348 [ref. 7348], Vasil'eva 1998:148 [ref. 23591]). •Valid as Tridentiger bifasciatus Steindachner 1881 -- (Akihito & Sakamoto 1989:106 [ref. 14124], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:608 [ref. 25598], Kim 1997:455 [ref. 24032], Sato et al. 1998:43 [ref. 24972], Fuller et al. 1999:463 [ref. 25838], Nakabo 2000:1256 [ref. 25182], Wang et al. 2001:275 [ref. 26566], Pietsch et al. 2001:146 [ref. 25688], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:47 [ref. 26178], Kim & Park 2002:378 [ref. 25913], Nakabo 2002:1257 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:400, 666 [ref. 26218], Moyle 2002:437 [ref. 26449], Vasil'eva 2003:S53 [ref. 28444], Kim et al. 2004:56 [ref. 27747], Nelson et al. 2004:173 [ref. 27807], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:235 [ref. 28183], Love et al. 2005:163 [ref. 37547], Scharpf 2009:14 [ref. 30400], Page & Burr 2011:618 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:179 [ref. 32708], Cui et al. 2013:188 [ref. 32726], Matsui et al. 2014:7 [ref. 33344], Parin et al. 2014:505 [ref. 33547], Kells et al. 2016:308 [ref. 35888], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:193 [ref. 35257] with question, Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:269 [ref. 36460], Dyldin et al. 2021:37 [ref. 38804], Love et al. 2021:207 [ref. 39279], Bogan 2023:3 [ref. 40723], Verhelst & Verreycken 2023:[2] 1254 [ref. 40967]). Current status: Valid as Tridentiger bifasciatus Steindachner 1881. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: northern Vietnam and China to Korea, Russia and Japan. Introduced or invaded elsewhere, including California (U.S.A.), Argentina and Belgium. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

bifrenatus, Gobius Kner [R.] 1865:177, Pl. 7 (fig. 3) [Reise der öesterreichischen Fregatte "Novara" v. 1 (pt 2); ref. 18427] Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Syntypes: NMW 20592 (1), 57208 (3). Also appeared in Kner 1865 (May 18):502, Pl. 7 (fig. 3) [ref. 4928], earliest not established. •Valid as Amoya bifrenatus (Kner 1865) -- (Larson & Hoese in McDowall 1996:226 [ref. 22909]). •Valid as Acentrogobius bifrenatus (Kner 1956 [sic]) -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3594 [ref. 26293], Francis et al. 2003:105 [ref. 27058], Francis et al. 2004:678 [ref. 27965]). •Valid as Arenigobius bifrenatus (Kner 1865) -- (Cadwallader & Backhouse 1983:144 [ref. 25473], Kuiter 1993:359 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:783 [ref. 22532], Willis et al. 1999:189 [ref. 24629], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Hoese & Larson 2006:1623 [ref. 29097], Hoese & Larson 2008:753 [ref. 30660], Larson 2011:237, 239 [ref. 31740], Hoese 2015:1576 [ref. 34304], Kuiter 2018:86 [ref. 36369], Parenti 2021:94 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Arenigobius bifrenatus (Kner 1865). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, southwestern Pacific: southern Queensland (Australia) to Western Australia; New Zealand (introduced). Habitat: brackish, marine.

biguttata, Amblyeleotris Randall [J. E.] 2004:66, Fig. 4 [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 8 (no. 2); ref. 27612] 7 miles west of Honiara, adjacent to the wreck of a Japanese transport ship, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, western Pacific, depth 35 meters. Holotype: BPBM 38362. Paratypes: BPBM 22549 (1), MNHN 2003-2026 (1), USNM 374773 (1). •Valid as Amblyeleotris biguttata Randall 2004 -- (Randall 2005:512 [ref. 28239], Senou & Aonuma 2007:106 [ref. 29109], Chen et al. 2006:2566 [ref. 29024], Allen & Erdmann 2012:862 [ref. 31980], Parenti 2021:83 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Amblyeleotris biguttata Randall 2004. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: New Caledonia and Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.

bikolana, Vaimosa Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1927:151, Pl. 11 (fig. 2) [Monographs, Bureau of Science Manila Monogr. 23; ref. 2104] Creek at barrio Puru, Legaspi, Albay Province, Philippines. Syntypes: BSMP 13232 (6) destroyed, seen by Koumans. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:185 [ref. 2676]. •Valid as Redigobius bikolanus (Herre 1927) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:269 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:803 [ref. 5670], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:578 [ref. 25598], Allen & Coates 1990:111 [ref. 25561], Allen 1991:192 [ref. 21090], Kottelat et al. 1993:151 [ref. 23448], Rainboth 1996:207 [ref. 22772], Larson & Williams 1997:370 [ref. 23967], Takahashi et al. 1997:48 [ref. 24971], Mizuno et al. 1999:12 [ref. 25311], Johnson 1999:749 [ref. 25471] as cf bikolanus, Pusey et al. 2000:72 [ref. 24466], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1241 [ref. 25182], Buden et al. 2001:7 [ref. 25496], Larson 2001:205 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3601 [ref. 26293], Sakai et al. 2001:116 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Allen et al. 2002:283 [ref. 25930], Nakabo 2002:1241 [ref. 26193], Myers & Donaldson 2003:642 [ref. 27495], Tan & Lim 2004:111 [ref. 27716], Larson & Pidgeon 2004:197 [ref. 28107] as cf. bikolanus, Hoese & Larson 2006:1681 [ref. 29097], Allen et al. 2008:174 [ref. 30265], Larson 2010:134 [ref. 30783], Motomura et al. 2010:218 [ref. 31256], Schliewen 2011:212 [ref. 31738], Matsui et al. 2014:8 [ref. 33344], Kottelat 2013:423 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:171 [ref. 33932], Miesen et al. 2016:94 [ref. 34492], Labatos 2017:5 [ref. 36239], Pusey et al. 2017:77 [ref. 35250], Sulaiman et al. 2018:46 [ref. 35802], Fricke et al. 2018:339 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:288 [ref. 36673], Ng et al. 2019:533 [ref. 36606], Sonoyama et al. 2020:107 [ref. 37637], Keith et al. 2021:126 [ref. 38257], Taki et al. 2021:445 [ref. 39830], Larson 2022:170 [ref. 39971], Sreeraj & Sen 2022:2 [ref. 39413], Jamandre 2023:169 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Redigobius bikolanus (Herre 1927). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Vietnam and the Philippines, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, north to central Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

bilineatus, Gobiodon Herler [J.], Bogorodsky [S. V.] & Suzuki [T.] 2013:303, Figs. 1-2 [Zootaxa 3709 (no. 4); ref. 32889] Gulf of Aqaba, Dahab, "Islands" (28°28'38.5"N, 34°30'47.1"E), Egypt. Holotype: NMW 95077. Paratypes: BMNH 2006.10.6.1 (1); MNHN 2012-0262 (1); NMW 95563 (1), 95564 (1). Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Gobiodon bilineatus Herler, Bogorodsky & Suzuki 2013 -- (Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[7] 245 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:154 [ref. 36273], Larson 2022:96 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:15 [ref. 40247], Parenti 2021:168 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gobiodon bilineatus Herler, Bogorodsky & Suzuki 2013. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indian Ocean: ?Maldives. Habitat: marine.

bilix, Chriolepis Hastings [P. A.] & Findley [L. T.] 2013:597, Figs. 1-3 [Zootaxa 3745 (no. 5); ref. 33005] Northern edge of Little Bahama Bank, 27°26'N, 78°57'W, tumbler dredge, depth 138 meters. Holotype: USNM 199058. Paratypes: 43554 (1), 214492 (1), 214493 (1). •Valid as Chriolepis bilix Hastings & Findley 2013 -- (Hastings & Findley 2015:594 [ref. 33639]). •Valid as Pinnichthys bilix (Hastings & Findley 2013) -- (Tornabene et al. 2016:13 [ref. 34435], Fuentes et al. 2023:176 [ref. 40497]). Current status: Valid as Pinnichthys bilix (Hastings & Findley 2013). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. Habitat: marine.

billbrooksi, Priolepis Allen [G. R.], Erdmann [M. V.] & Brooks [W. M.] 2018:33, Figs. 1-4 [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 31; ref. 36193] Duduwali Bay, Nuakata Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, -10.2892°, 151.0056°, depth 30 meters. Holotype: WAM P.34854-021. Paratypes: WAM. •Valid as Priolepis billbrooksi Allen, Erdmann & Brooks 2018 -- (Koeda et al. 2021:[6] [ref. 38416]). Current status: Valid as Priolepis billbrooksi Allen, Erdmann & Brooks 2018. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Milne Bay Province (Papua New Guinea). Habitat: marine.

bilobatus, Cottogobius Koumans [F. P.] 1941:253 [Memoirs of the Indian Museum v. 13 (pt 3); ref. 2677] Muthivaratu Paar, India. Lectotype: USNM 203588. Paralectotypes: RMNH 16937 (1); ZSI F5450/2 (1, poor condition, not this species); USNM 203587 (1). Additional material (non-types): ZSI F5451/2 (1), 5452/2 (1). Type catalog:Menon & Rama Rao 1971:344 [ref. 31198] with a holotype and different paratype numbers, Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:42 [ref. 22148] with a holotype and paratypes, Talwar 1977:638 [ref. 26599]. Lectotype selected by Larson & Hoese 1980:34 [ref. 2725]. •Valid as Pleurosicya bilobata (Koumans 1941) -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:283 [ref. 6441] as bilobatus, Larson 1990:13 [ref. 16607], Kottelat et al. 1993:149 [ref. 23448], Kuiter 1993:356 [ref. 23929], Myers 1999:258 [ref. 23965], Ikeda et al. 1999:23 [ref. 24155], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:639 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1217 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1217 [ref. 26193], Myers & Donaldson 2003:645 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:189 [ref. 27510], Greenfield & Randall 2004:536 [ref. 28175], Randall 2005:546 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1675 [ref. 29097], Allen & Erdmann 2012:904 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2015:217 [ref. 33863], Larson 2022:122 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:21 [ref. 40247], Goren et al. 2023:120 [ref. 40086]). Current status: Valid as Pleurosicya bilobata (Koumans 1941). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Saint Brandon's Shoals (Cargados Carajos), Comoros, Mascarenes and India east to Guam (Mariana Islands) and Papua New Guinea, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia. Habitat: brackish, marine.

bilunula, Eviota Greenfield [D. W.] & Suzuki [T.] 2016:2, Figs. 1-3 [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 24; ref. 34895] Fiji, off NE coast of Viti Levu, Charlie's Garden, 17°16.88'S, 178°28.3'W, depth 13.5 meters. Holotype: CAS 238065. Paratypes: CAS. •Valid as Eviota bilunula Greenfield & Suzuki 2016 -- (Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:85 [ref. 35011], Greenfield et al. 2017:86 [ref. 35646], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Greenfield 2021:4 [ref. 38148], Parenti 2021:138 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota bilunula Greenfield & Suzuki 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: South Pacific: Viti Levu (Fiji). Habitat: marine.

bimaculata, Eviota Lachner [E. A.] & Karnella [S. J.] 1980:91, Figs. 50-52 [Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 315; ref. 6916] Rottnest Island, Western Australia. Holotype: WAM P.10110-001. Paratypes: CAS-SU 50154 (3); USNM 219435 (8); WAM P.10111-001 (1), P.10112-001 (1), P.10129-001 (1), P.10445-001 to P.10448-001 (4), P.25725-019 (4). Plus other material: AMNH (1, 1), AMS IB.334-336 (1, 1, 1), WAM (2 lots). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:39 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:43 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Eviota bimaculata Lachner & Karnella 1980 -- (Gomon et al. 1994:789 [ref. 22532], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Hoese & Larson 2006:1643 [ref. 29097], Hoese & Larson 2008:757 [ref. 30660], Greenfield & Suzuki 2010:61 [ref. 31021], Greenfield & Suzuki 2011:66 [ref. 31244], Larson 2011:237 [ref. 31740], Greenfield et al. 2014:484 [ref. 33193], Suzuki & Greenfield 2014:35 [ref. 33412], Suzuki et al. 2015:399 [ref. 33946], Greenfield & Jewett 2016:76 [ref. 34495], Tornabene & Greenfield 2016:6 [ref. 34518], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:69 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Hoschke et al. 2019:160 [ref. 36626], Parenti 2021:138 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota bimaculata Lachner & Karnella 1980. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean: Western Australia, South Australia. Habitat: marine.

bimaculatus, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] (ex Ehrenberg) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:108 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Syntypes: MNHN A-1358 (4); ZMB 2072-76 (2, now 1, 1, now 6, 1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:27 [ref. 19958]. •Synonym of Amblycentrus arabicus (Gmelin 1789) -- (Goren 1979:23 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:238 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Cryptocentroides arabicus (Gmelin 1789) -- (Golani & Fricke 2018:150 [ref. 36273], Parenti 2021:123 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:70 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Cryptocentroides arabicus (Gmelin 1789). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

binghami, Garmannia Parr [A. E.] 1930:124, Fig. 34 [Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 3 (art. 4); ref. 3370] Crooked Island, Bahamas. Holotype (unique): YPM 2529 [ex BOC 2529]. Type catalog: Moore & Boardman 1991:12 [ref. 16741]. •Synonym of Risor ruber (Rosén 1911) -- (D. Hoese/H.K. Larson data). Current status: Synonym of Risor ruber (Rosén 1911). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

biocellatus, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:73 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Puducherry, India. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-0990. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:27 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Glossogobius biocellatus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:275 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:789 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:367 [ref. 6218], Wu & Ni in Kuang et al. 1986:276 [ref. 26639] with authors as Cuvier & Valenciennes, Allen & Swainston 1988:134 [ref. 25477], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:612 [ref. 25598], Allen 1991:179 [ref. 21090], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:935 [ref. 20764], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:466 [ref. 23876], Indra 1993:190 [ref. 24009], Rema Devi 1993:174 [ref. 24020], Kottelat et al. 1993:145 [ref. 23448], Zhu 1995:180 [ref. 25213], Allen 1997:216 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:368 [ref. 23967], Johnson 1999:748 [ref. 25471], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1201 [ref. 25182], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:247 [ref. 25480], Sakai et al. 2001:112 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:1201 [ref. 26193], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:644 [ref. 27495], Tan & Lim 2004:111 [ref. 27716], Larson et al. 2008:150 [ref. 29532], Motomura et al. 2010:212 [ref. 31256], Schliewen 2011:216 [ref. 31738], Hoese & Allen 2015:214 [ref. 33880], Koeda et al. 2016:92 [ref. 35333]). •Valid as Psammogobius biocellatus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Allen et al. 2002:281 [ref. 25930], Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1679 [ref. 29097], Shibukawa 2009:284 [ref. 30449], Larson et al. 2013:206 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:421 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:171 [ref. 33932], Allen 2017:85 [ref. 35315], Fricke et al. 2018:339 [ref. 35805], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:267 [ref. 36460], Suresh et al. 2018:289 [ref. 36495], Yamakawa et al. 2020:77 [ref. 40470], Islam et al. 2021:117 [ref. 38352], Keith et al. 2021:124 [ref. 38257], Taki et al. 2021:432 [ref. 39830], Larson 2022:131 [ref. 39971], Jamandre 2023:169 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Psammogobius biocellatus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and Madagascar east to Guam, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, north to Sagami Bay (Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

biocellatus, Gobius Couch [J.] 1863:165, Pl. 101 (fig. 1) [The history of the fishes of the British islands v. 2; ref. 18053] British Isles. No types known. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Gobius biocellatus Valenciennes 1837. •Synonym of Gobiusculus flavescens (Fabricius 1779) -- (Miller 1973:496 [ref. 6888]). •Synonym of Pomatoschistus flavescens (Fabricius 1779). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Pomatoschistus flavescens (Fabricius 1779). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

biocellatus, Signigobius Hoese [D. F.] & Allen [G. R.] 1977:200, Figs. 1-3, 4A, 5A [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 23 (no. 4); ref. 2179] Linnet Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Holotype: AMS I.18767-001. Paratypes: AMS (13 lots); ANSP (16, 6 lots); BMNH 1976.4.9.1 (1); BPBM 17990 (1); CAS 35953 (5); LACM 35670-001 (1); MNHN 1975-0001 (1); NSMT-P 18251 (1); QM I.13538 (1); USNM (27, 10 lots); WAM P.24765-001 (1), P.25539-001 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:105 [ref. 13621], Hutchins & Smith 1991:40 [ref. 19335], Bauchot et al. 1991:45 [ref. 19958], Moore et al. 2008:45 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Signigobius biocellatus Hoese & Allen 1977 -- (Randall et al. 1990:407 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:214 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:342 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:407 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:243 [ref. 23965], Allen 2000:121 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:60 [ref. 26830], Hoese & Larson 2006:1683 [ref. 29097], Allen & Erdmann 2012:985 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2019:289 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Signigobius biocellatus Hoese & Allen 1977. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to Philippines, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Vanuatu, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

bipunctata, Eviota Greenfield [D. W.] & Jewett [S. L.] 2016:595, Figs. 7-11 [Zootaxa 4121 (no. 5); ref. 34594] Palawan Province, NW side of Putic Island, Philippine Islands, 10°55'05"N, 121°02'03"E, depth 0-4.6 meters. Holotype: USNM 225176. Paratypes: AMS, ANSP, BPBM, CAS, USNM. Plus non-type specimens. •Valid as Eviota bipunctata Greenfield & Jewett 2016 -- (Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:64 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Greenfield & Randall 2017:70 [ref. 35852], Parenti 2021:139 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota bipunctata Greenfield & Jewett 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Aldabra and Seychelles east to Ponape (Micronesia), north to Taiwan, south to Papua New Guinea and Northwest Cape (Western Australia). Habitat: marine.

bipunctata, Hetereleotris Tortonese [E.] 1976:191, Fig. 2 [Monitore Zoologico Italiano, N. S., suppl. v. 7 (no. 4); ref. 7399] Gulf of Aden, northern Mijurtenia, African coast [Somalia, northwestern Indian Ocean]. Holotype: MZUF 2179. Paratypes: MZUF 2180-84 (5), MSNG 44739 [ex MZUF 2185] (1). Type catalog: Vanni 1991:227 [ref. 20099], Nocita & Vanni 1997:61 [ref. 36143]. •Valid as Hetereleotris bipunctata Tortonese 1976 -- (Hoese 1986:8 [ref. 5996], Goren & Dor 1994:64 [ref. 25356], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Hoese & Larson 2005:14 [ref. 28571], Shibukawa 2010:90 [ref. 30808], Kovačić et al. 2014:125 [ref. 33446], Golani & Fricke 2018:156 [ref. 36273], Kovačić et al. 2019:504 [ref. 36728], Parenti 2021:184 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:106 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:17 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Hetereleotris bipunctata Tortonese 1976. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden. Habitat: marine.

bipunctata, Pandaka Chen [I-S.], Wu [H.-L.], Zhong [J.-S.] & Zhao [S.-L.] in Wu & Zhong 2008:528, Fig. 250 [ ref. 30128] ?Syntypes: 2. Hainan, mangrove of Hai-ko, 22°03'N, 110°10"W, China. •Valid as Pandaka bipunctata Chen, Wu, Zhong & Zhao 2008 -- (Kottelat 2013:416 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Pandaka bipunctata Chen, Wu, Zhong & Zhao 2008. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Hainan, China. Habitat: brackish.

bipunctatus, Asterropteryx Allen [G. R.] & Munday [P. L.] 1995:99, Figs. 1-2 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 22 (no. 3/4); ref. 21938] Outer reef on south side of Rausch Pass, 5°10'S, 145°50'E, Madang, Papua New Guinea, depth 38 meters. Holotype: WAM P.30346-007. Paratypes: WAM P.28170-034 (2), P.28181-016 (1), P.30357-019 (1), P.30369-010 (1), P.30406-005 (3), P.30620 (1), P.30804 (1). Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:43 [ref. 30117]. Asterropteryx in feminine, so species as bipunctata is appropriate. •Valid as Asterropteryx bipunctatus Allen & Munday 1995 -- (Myers 1999:244 [ref. 23965], Allen 2000:118 [ref. 25868], Larson & Murdy 2001:3595 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830]). •Valid as Asterropteryx bipunctata Allen & Munday 1995 -- (Suzuki et al. 2001:2 [ref. 25375], Shibukawa & Suzuki 2002:274 [ref. 26337], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:177 [ref. 27510], Randall 2005:518 [ref. 28239], Shibukawa & Suzuki 2007:109 [ref. 29069], Allen & Erdmann 2012:909 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:158 [ref. 33932], Allen & Erdmann 2016:154 [ref. 34859], Fricke et al. 2019:274 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:95 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Asterropteryx bipunctata Allen & Munday 1995. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Islands (India) and Indonesia east to New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Philippines, south to Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.

bipunctatus, Gobius Yarrell [W.] 1836:255, Fig. [A history of British fishes; ref. 4812] Ireland and England. No types known. According to Miller 1973:496, ref. 6888, Gobius punctatus and Gobius tripunctatus are errors for bipunctatus made by Valenciennes 1837. •Synonym of Gobiusculus flavescens (Fabricius 1779) -- (Miller 1973:496 [ref. 6888]). •Synonym of Pomatoschistus flavescens (Fabricius 1779). Current status: Synonym of Pomatoschistus flavescens (Fabricius 1779). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

birdsong, Stiphodon Watson [R. E.] 1996:118, Figs. 11-13 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 23 (no. 3/4); ref. 22688] Letak Creek, 25 kilometers southeast of Wewak, Papua New Guinea, elevation 350 meters. Holotype: WAM P.27834-007. Paratypes: CMK 11382 (1); WAM P.31058-001 (3), P.31059-002 (5). Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:46 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Stiphodon birdsong Watson 1996 -- (Watson et al. 1998:295 [ref. 23658], Watson 1999:89 [ref. 23674], Watson & Allen 1999:114 [ref. 24140], Larson & Murdy 2001:3603 [ref. 26293], Watson et al. 2005:340 [ref. 28468], Keith et al. 2007:37 [ref. 29211], Keith & Marquet 2007:49 [ref. 29176], Keith et al. 2009:473 [ref. 30474], Kottelat 2013:430 [ref. 32989], Keith & Hadiaty 2015:268 [ref. 33653]). •Synonym of Stiphodon surrufus Watson & Kottelat 1995 -- (Keith et al. 2015:238 [ref. 34328]). Current status: Synonym of Stiphodon surrufus Watson & Kottelat 1995. Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Distribution: Indonesia and Papua New Guinea (if valid). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

birdsongi, Boleophthalmus Murdy [E. O.] 1989:12, Figs. 6-8, Pl. 1 (fig. c) [Records of the Australian Museum Suppl. No. 11; ref. 13628] Liverpool River mouth, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. Holotype: AMS I.18394-002. Paratypes: AMS I.24685-012 (1); NTM S.11362-032 (2), S.10421-001 (2), S.10694-006 (2); USNM 289283-84 (1, 6). •Valid as Boleophthalmus birdsongi Murdy 1989 -- (Larson & Williams 1997:371 [ref. 23967], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3602 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1629 [ref. 29097], Takita et al. 2011:195 [ref. 31704], Murdy 2011:104 [ref. 31728], Polgar et al. 2013:319 [ref. 32496], Larson et al. 2013:192 [ref. 32988], Murdy & Jaafar 2017:10 [ref. 35561]). Current status: Valid as Boleophthalmus birdsongi Murdy 1989. Gobiidae: Oxudercinae. Distribution: Australia and Papua New Guinea. Habitat: brackish, marine.

birdsongi, Gobulus Hoese [D. F.] & Reader [S.] 2001:170, Figs. 2-4 [Revista de Biología Tropical v. 49 (Suppl. 1); ref. 26036] Miraflores Lock, Panama [eastern Pacific], depth 6 meters. Holotype: SIO 71-36. Paratypes: AMS I.40231-001 (1). •Valid as Gobulus birdsongi Hoese & Reader 2001 -- (Rüber et al. 2003:1598 [ref. 26969], Van Tassell 2011:154 [ref. 31732], Tornabene et al. 2016:13 [ref. 34435]). Current status: Valid as Gobulus birdsongi Hoese & Reader 2001. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Panama (Panama Canal). Habitat: brackish, marine.

birtwistlei, Gobiella Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1935:85 [Bulletin of the Raffles Museum No. 9; ref. 10987] Singapore. Syntypes: BMNH 1969.11.13.2-6 [ex Singapore Natl. Mus.] (5); FMNH 47158 (12), 47230 (6); Raffles Mus. Singapore (?); CAS-SU 29078 (99), 30961 (204); USNM 101303 (12); ZMH H418 [ex 17467] (8); ZRC 225 (31); ZSI F13513/1 (3). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:148 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:113 [ref. 12291], Menon & Yazdani 1968:153 [ref. 20743], Alfred 1970:72 [ref. 23931], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:41 [ref. 12367], Wilkens & Dohse 1993:408 [ref. 21161], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 Lectotype selected by Koumans, but specmen is not separated from CAS-SU 30961. •Valid as Gobiopterus birtwistlei (Herre 1935) -- (Larson et al. 2008:141 [ref. 29532], Kottelat 2013:410 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Gobiopterus birtwistlei (Herre 1935). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia. Habitat: brackish.

bisella, Trimma Winterbottom [R.] 2000:60, Fig + Fig. 2 [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 25765] Baie de la Petite Rivière, off Albion Fish. Res. Centre, 20°12'30"S, 57°23'20"E, west coast of Mauritius (Mascarenes), southwestern Indian Ocean, 31-33 meters. Holotype: ROM 72014 [ex USNM 344148]. Paratypes: BPBM 16345 (3), 21780 (1); ROM 72005 (7), 72013 (1); USNM 344145-46 (2, 1), 344148 (5), 358585 (7). Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:45 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Trimma bisella Winterbottom 2000 -- (Hagiwara & Winterbottom 2007:164 [ref. 29103], Winterbottom et al. 2014:373 [ref. 33402], Winterbottom et al. 2015:210 [ref. 33849], Winterbottom 2019:45 [ref. 37115], Winterbottom & Zur in Larson 2022:140 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Trimma bisella Winterbottom 2000. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: western Mascarenes (Mauritius) endemic. Habitat: marine.

bishopi, Gobius Müller [J.] & Troschel [F. H.] in Schomburgk 1848:672 [16] [The history of Barbados; comprising a geographical description of the island and an account of its geology and natural productions.; ref. 17812] Barbados, West Indies. Holotype (unique): ZMB 2051. Appeared first as above; reprinted in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1848:16. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

bitaeniatus, Sicyopus Maugé [A. L.], Marquet [G.] & Laboute [P.] 1992:228, Fig. 10 [Cybium v. 16 (no. 3); ref. 19910] Vaioa River, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands. Holotype: MNHN 1992-113. Paratypes: MNHN 1992-114 (6), 1992-115 (10). •Valid as Sicyopus bitaeniatus Maugé, Marquet & Laboute 1992 -- (Watson 1995:83 [ref. 21675], Watson 1995:267 [ref. 21888], Marquet et al. 1999:43 [ref. 23934], Watson 1999:97 [ref. 24143], Larson & Murdy 2001:3603 [ref. 26293] dated 1986 [sic], Watson et al. 2001:42 [ref. 25349], Keith et al. 2002:144 [ref. 31473] in the subgenus Smilosicyopus, Keith & Marquet 2005:390 [ref. 28469] in subgenus Smilosicyopus, Keith et al. 2010:303 [ref. 30933] in subgenus Smilosicyopus, Keith et al. 2010:327 [ref. 30747]). •Valid as Smilosicyopus bitaeniatus (Maugé, Marquet & Laboute 1992) -- (Keith et al. 2011 [ref. 31023] based on status of Smilosicyopus, Keith & Taillebois 2014:72 [ref. 33422], Keith et al. 2015:158[ref. 34328]). Current status: Valid as Smilosicyopus bitaeniatus (Maugé, Marquet & Laboute 1992). Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Distribution: Marquesas Islands [amphidromous]. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

bitelatus, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:89 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Red Sea. Syntypes: MNHN A-1165 (2, poor condition). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:27 [ref. 19958]. •Synonym of Oplopomus oplopomus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Goren 1979:48 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:248 [ref. 29757], Larson 2022:117 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Oplopomus oplopomus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

bivittata, Tamanka Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1927:224, Pl. 17 (fig. 4) [Monographs, Bureau of Science Manila Monogr. 23; ref. 2104] Hoihow, Hainan Island, China. Holotype (unique): BSMP 13194 (destroyed, seen by Koumans). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:188 [ref. 2676]. •Synonym of Gobius abei (Jordan & Snyder 1901) -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:354 [ref. 7348]). •Synonym of Mugilogobius abei (Jordan & Snyder 1901) -- (Wu & Ni in Kuang et al. 1986:271 [ref. 26639], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:456 [ref. 23876], Larson 2001:80 [ref. 25522], Kottelat 2013:413 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Mugilogobius abei (Jordan & Snyder 1901). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

bivittatus, Apocryptes Macleay [W.] 1878:357, Pl. 9 (fig. 5) [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 2 (pt 4); ref. 17573] Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Syntypes: AMS I.16394-001 [ex MAMU F994(c)] (4). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:158 [ref. 2676], Stanbury 1969:209 [ref. 19518]. •Synonym of Amblygobius bynoensis (Richardson 1844) -- (Larson & Williams 1997:367 [ref. 23967], Hoese & Larson 2006:1621 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2013:189 [ref. 32988], Parenti 2021:88 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Amblygobius bynoensis (Richardson 1844). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

biwaensis, Rhinogobius Takahashi [S.] & Okazaki [T.] 2017:5 [448], Figs. 1-4 [Ichthyological Research v. 64 (no. 4); ref. 35171] Wanihama beach, Lake Biwa, Wani-Nakahama, Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, depth 15 meters. Holotype: LBM 1210013432. Paratypes: AMS, LBM, NSMT, OMNH. •Valid as Rhinogobius biwaensis Takahashi & Okazaki 2017 -- (Suzuki et al. 2019:34 [ref. 36545]). Current status: Valid as Rhinogobius biwaensis Takahashi & Okazaki 2017. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Lake Biwa, Japan. Habitat: freshwater.

blancoi, Bathygobius Roxas [H. A.] & Ablan [G. L.] 1940:306, Pl. 5 [Philippine Journal of Science v. 73 (no. 3); ref. 13218] Dagupan, Pangasinan Province, Luzon Island, Philippines. Holotype (unique): BSMP 31949 (destroyed in WWII). •Synonym of Bathygobius meggitti (Hora & Mukerji 1936) -- (Kottelat 2013:402 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:103 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Bathygobius meggitti (Hora & Mukerji 1936). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

bleekeri, Amblyeleotris Chen [I-S.], Shao [K.-T.] & Chen [J.-P.] 2006:2556, Figs. 1A, 2 [Journal of Natural History v. 40; ref. 29024] Sogang, Penghu County, Pescadores Islands, Taiwan. Holotype: ASIZP 0064286. Paratypes: NMMB P 7903 (2). Type catalog: Ho & Shao 2011:55 [ref. 31432]. •Valid as Amblyeleotris bleekeri Chen, Shao & Chen 2006 -- (Ho & Shao 2011:55 [ref. 31432], Parenti 2021:83 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Amblyeleotris bleekeri Chen, Shao & Chen 2006. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Taiwan and Penghu Islands. Habitat: marine.

bleekeri, Apocryptes Day [F.] 1876:300, Pl. 64 (fig. 3) [The fishes of India Part 2; ref. 1081] Madras, India. Syntypes and/or Day specimens: AMS B.7501 (1, syntype) Madras; BMNH 1889.2.1.3460-61 (2), 1889.2.1.4288-89 (2, half skins); ZSI 103 (1, lost), 134 (1, lost), 2887 (1, lost). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:161 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:295 [ref. 25110]. Reasons for loss of ZSI type specimens during WWII see Chopra 1947:349-350 [ref. 33077]. •Synonym of Apocryptodon madurensis (Bleeker 1849) -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:408 [ref. 7348], Murdy 1989:9 [ref. 13628], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:952 [ref. 20764], Kottelat 2013:399 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Apocryptodon madurensis (Bleeker 1849). Gobiidae: Oxudercinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

bleekeri, Gobius Day [F.] 1868:195 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1868 (pt 1); ref. 1076] Backwater, Madras, India. Holotype (unique): ZSI F2995 (lost). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:161 [ref. 23762]. Reasons for loss of ZSI type specimens during WWII see Chopra 1947:349-350 [ref. 33077]. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater.

bleekeri, Hemigobius Koumans [F. P.] in Weber & de Beaufort 1953:191, Fig. 47 [Fishes Indo-Australian Archipelago v. 10; ref. 2678] Java, Indonesia. Bleeker specimens: RMNH 4501 (3). Lectotype selected by Larson 1999:41 [ref. 24498], but type is too large according to Kottelat (2013). •Valid as Hemigobius bleekeri Koumans 1953 -- (Kottelat et al. 1993:146 [ref. 23448]). •Synonym of Hemigobius mingi (Herre 1936) -- (Larson 1999:34 [ref. 24498], Larson 2001:74 [ref. 25522], Kottelat 2013:411 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Hemigobius melanurus (Bleeker 1849) -- (Kottelat 2013:411 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Hemigobius melanurus (Bleeker 1849). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: marine.

bleekeri, Lophogobius Popta [C. M. L.] 1921:207 [Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden) v. 6 (art. 15); ref. 15325] Raha in Muna, Sunda Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): SMF 6584. Popta specimen or possible type: RMNH 4489 (1). Kottelat (2013) cites a freshwater stream. •Valid as Lophogobius bleekeri Popta 1921 -- (Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1663 [ref. 29097], Kottelat 2013:412 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:168 [ref. 33932], Miesen et al. 2016:93 [ref. 34492]). •Valid as Dotsugobius bleekeri (Popta 1921) -- (Shibukawa et al. 2014:146 [ref. 35157], Parenti 2021:132 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Dotsugobius bleekeri (Popta 1921). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Myanmar east to Philippines, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

blematium, Trimma Winterbottom [R.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2018:472, Figs. 1-3 [Zootaxa 4444 (no. 4); ref. 36013] Normanby Island, Whampus, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, 09°58.122'S, 150°50.350'E, depth 65 meters. Holotype: ROM 102761. Paratypes: ROM. Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:18 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Trimma blematium Winterbottom & Erdmann 2018 -- (Winterbottom 2019:18 [ref. 37115]). Current status: Valid as Trimma blematium Winterbottom & Erdmann 2018. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Normanby Island (Papua New Guinea). Habitat: marine.

blennioides, Gobius Kessler [K. F.] 1877:12, Pl. 1 (fig. 4) [The Aralo-Caspian Expedition; ref. 2597] Baku Bay, Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan, depth 42 feet [6 Russian fathoms]. Holotype (unique): ZIN 10903. •Synonym of Proterorhinus marmoratus (Pallas 1814) -- (Berg 1949:1100 [ref. 20662], Miller 1973:511 [ref. 6888], Coad 1995:31 [ref. 23608], Kottelat 1997:181 [ref. 22952], Vasil'eva 1998:145 [ref. 23591], Pinchuk et al. in Miller 2004:72 [ref. 27853]). •Synonym of Proterorhinus nasalis (De Filippi 1863) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:98 [ref. 30487], Parin et al. 2014:503 [ref. 33547], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:246 [ref. 37983], Parenti 2021:77 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Proterorhinus nasalis (De Filippi 1863). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater.

blokzeyli, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1860:240 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 22 (no. 3-6); ref. 16991] Bali, Sunda Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: RMNH 4511 (2). •Valid as Stenogobius blokzeyli (Bleeker 1860) -- (Watson 1991:632 [ref. 19908] tentatively, Kottelat et al. 1993:153 [ref. 23448], Larson & Murdy 2001:3601 [ref. 26293], Kottelat 2013:429 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Stenogobius blokzeyli (Bleeker 1860). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Indonesia [amphidromous]. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

boa, Rhinogobius Chen [I-S.] & Kottelat [M.] 2005:1409, Figs. 2, 6, 10 [Journal of Natural History v. 39 (no. 17); ref. 28141] Torrent at kilometer 5 on road Bac Phong Sinh to Mong Cai, 21°35'31"N, 107°43'52"E, Hai Ninh District, Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam. Holotype: ZRC 49206. Paratypes: CMK 14890 (4), 14896 (5); ZRC 49207 (4). •Valid as Rhinogobius boa Chen & Kottelat 2005 -- (Chen et al. 2008:341 [ref. 29895], Kottelat 2013:424 [ref. 32989], Huang et al. 2016:[8] [ref. 34339], Takahashi & Okazaki 2017:[2] [ref. 35171], Suzuki et al. 2017:82 [ref. 35202]). Current status: Valid as Rhinogobius boa Chen & Kottelat 2005. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Ka Longo (= Beilun He in China) drainage, border between Vietnam and China. Habitat: freshwater.

boddarti, Gobius Pallas [P. S.] 1770:11, Pl. 2 (fig. 4-5) [Spicilegia Zoologica v. 1 (fasc. 8); ref. 12293] Indian Ocean. No types known. Gobius boddaert Lacepède 1800:535, 543 [ref. 2709] and Sonnini 1803:191, 202 (vol. 7) [ref. 30473] is an unjustified emendation. Spelled boddaerti in Gmelin 1789:1201 [ref. 18139] and Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:199 [ref. 1006]. •Valid as Boleophthalmus boddarti (Pallas 1770) -- (Murdy 1989:14 [ref. 13628], Ataur Rahman 1989:295 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:954 [ref. 20764], Rema Devi 1993:1832 [ref. 24020], Kottelat et al. 1993:143 [ref. 23448], Rainboth 1996:210 [ref. 22772], Coad 1996:6 [ref. 23831], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122], Larson & Murdy 2001:3602 [ref. 26293], Khaironizam & Norma-Rashid 2003:250 [ref. 27124], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S117 [ref. 27377], Khan 2003:10 [ref. 27710] as Boleopthalmus, Ataur Rahman 2003:320 [ref. 31338], Larson et al. 2008:139 [ref. 29532], Larson et al. 2008:139 [ref. 29532], Shibukawa 2009:265 [ref. 30449], Murdy 2011:104 [ref. 31728], Polgar et al. 2013:319 [ref. 32496], Kottelat 2013:402 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:191 [ref. 34464], Huang et al. 2014:108 [ref. 33161], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2015:79 [ref. 34319], Murdy & Jaafar 2017:10 [ref. 35561], Ali et al. 2018:337 [ref. 36183], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:257 [ref. 36460], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 14 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:547 [ref. 37272], Taki et al. 2021:474 [ref. 39830], Jamaluddin et al. 2022:[8] [ref. 39245], Larson 2022:173 [ref. 39971], Jamandre 2023:170 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Boleophthalmus boddarti (Pallas 1770). Gobiidae: Oxudercinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India, Bangladesh and Myanmar east to Sulawesi and Maluku (Indonesia) and Philippines, north to northern Vietnam. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

boehlkei, Barbuligobius Lachner [E. A.] & McKinney [J. F.] 1974:871, Figs. 1-4 [Copeia 1974 (no. 4); ref. 2547] Southwestern shore off Ch'uan-fan-shih, Taiwan, 21°55.8'N, 120°48.8'E, depth 4.6-6.4 meters. Holotype: USNM 209209. Paratypes: ANSP 122867-69 (2, 3, 1); FMNH 77007 (1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 1913 (1); USNM 209210-14 (1, 1, 2, 1, 2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:105 [ref. 13621], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:15 [ref. 12367], Ho & Shao 2011:55 [ref. 31432]. •Valid as Barbuligobius boehlkei Lachner & McKinney 1974 -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:264 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:780 [ref. 5670], Chen et al. 1997:133 [ref. 22867], Suzuki et al. 1999:2 [ref. 24400], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:635 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1204 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3595 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1204 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Heemstra et al. 2004:3328 [ref. 27945], Hoese & Larson 2006:1626 [ref. 29097], Ho & Shao 2011:55 [ref. 31432], Larson 2011:238 [ref. 31740], Allen & Erdmann 2012:960 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2018:326 [ref. 35805], Hoschke et al. 2019:160 [ref. 36626], Parenti 2021:98 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:48 [ref. 39971], Saito et al. 2023:1 [ref. 40122]). Current status: Valid as Barbuligobius boehlkei Lachner & McKinney 1974. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Vanuatu, north to Chiba Prefecture (Japan), south to Recherche Archipelago (Western Australia) and Linnet Reef (Queensland, Australia). Habitat: marine.

boehlkei, Psilotris Greenfield [D. W.] 1993:771, Fig. 1 [Copeia 1993 (no. 3); ref. 21015] Port de Gustavia, southwest of Les Saintes, 17°55'N, 62°53'W, St. Barthelemy, West Indies, 18.3-19.8 meters. Holotype: ANSP 106059. Paratypes: ANSP 124619 (3), 152617 (1). •Valid as Psilotris boehlkei Greenfield 1993 -- (Smith & Baldwin 1999:439 [ref. 24419], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1794 [ref. 27111], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:79 [ref. 33341], Tornabene et al. 2016:13 [ref. 34435], Tornabene & Baldwin 2019:200 [ref. 36806]). Current status: Valid as Psilotris boehlkei Greenfield 1993. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

boekeri, Gobius Ahl [E.] 1931:405, Fig. [Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1930; ref. 16255] "Soure Marajó", Para, Brazil. Holotype (unique): ZMB (not found). •Valid as Gobius boekeri Ahl 1931 -- (Moura et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:99 [ref. 27192]). •Synonym of Gobionellus oceanicus (Pallas 1770) -- (Caires 2019:3 [ref. 37363]). Current status: Synonym of Gobionellus oceanicus (Pallas 1770). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

bogdanowi, Gobius Kessler [K. F.] 1874:267 [77], Fig. 1 [Trudy St.-Peterburgskogo Obscestva Estestvoispytatelej = Travaux de la Société des Naturalistes de St. Pétersbourg. v. 5; ref. 18397] Caspian sea at Makhachkala [Petrovsk], Russia. Syntypes: (2) ZIN 10902 (1). •Valid as Neogobius bogdanowi (Kessler 1874) -- (Berg 1949:1094 [ref. 20662]). •Synonym of Neogobius ratan (Nordmann 1840) -- (Coad 1995:31 [ref. 23608], Coad 1995:31 [ref. 23608], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:756 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:142 [ref. 23591], Pinchuk et al. 2003:357 [ref. 27348]). •Synonym of Ponticola ratan (Nordmann 1840) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30487], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:244 [ref. 37983], Parenti 2021:75 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Ponticola ratan (Nordmann 1840). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

bol, Coryphopterus Victor [B. C.] 2008:2, Figs. 1, 3-5, 6 left, 7 left [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 2008 (1) = v. 1 (no. 1); ref. 29590] La Parguera, Bosque near UPR-MIML, dropoff mooring, Puerto Rico, 17.887°N, 67.018°W, depth 18 meters. Holotype: SIO-08-69. Paratypes: SIO-08-70 (1), 08-71 (9), 08-72 (13), 08-73 (5), 08-74 (1). Plus non-type material. •Synonym of Coryphopterus venezuelae Cervigón 1966 -- (Baldwin et al. 2009:125 [ref. 30559], Smith-Vaniz & Collette 2013:181 [ref. 32953] as unresolved, Parenti 2021:121 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Coryphopterus venezuelae Cervigón 1966. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

boldinghi, Pleurosicya Weber [M.] 1913:457, Fig. 88 [Die Fische der Siboga-Expedition; ref. 4602] Western New Guinea, 1°42.5'S, 130°47.5'E, Siboga station 164, depth 32 meters. Lectotype: ZMA 100209 (1 of 3). Paralectotypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 804 [ex ZMA] (1); ZMA 100209 (2 of 3), 112576 (1). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:103 [ref. 19236]. Lectotype selected by Larson 1990:9 [ref. 16607]. Paralectotypes are referable to Pleurosicya annandalei (see Larson 1990:15 [ref. 16607]). •Valid as Pleurosicya boldinghi Weber 1913 -- (Larson & Hoese 1980:34 [ref. 2725], Larson 1990:15 [ref. 16607], Kuiter 1997:356 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:535 [ref. 25919], Ikeda et al. 1999:23 [ref. 24155], Nakabo 2000:1216 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1216 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Greenfield & Randall 2004:536 [ref. 28175], Hoese & Larson 2006:1675 [ref. 29097], Allen & Erdmann 2012:904 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2019:287 [ref. 36673], Larson 2022:123 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Pleurosicya boldinghi Weber 1913. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa and Seychelles east to New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Solomon Islands, north to Japan, south to Western Australia. Habitat: marine.

boleosoma, Gobius Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1882:295 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 5 (no. 282); ref. 2472] Laguna Grande, Pensacola, Florida, U.S.A. Lectotype: USNM 30860. Paralectotypes: MNHN 1887-0484 (1), 1990-0648 (1, = Microgobius thalassinus); CAS-SU 1675 (?33); USNM 109445 (1), 265103 (now 39). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:27 [ref. 19958]. Lectotype selected by Pezold 2022:86 [ref. 39351]. •Valid as Gobionellus boleosoma (Jordan & Gilbert 1882) -- (Lee et al. 1980:792 [ref. 22416], Pezold & Cashner 1983:74 [ref. 37430], Robins & Ray 1986:246 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:163 [ref. 23239], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:74 [ref. 22290], Cervigón 1994:174 [ref. 24488], Murdy et al. 1997:213 [ref. 23144], Aguilera 1998:52 [ref. 24221], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:445 [ref. 24550], Marín 2000:79 [ref. 26252], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:167 [ref. 27754], Camargo & Isaac 2001:142 [ref. 27639]). •Valid as Ctenogobius boleosoma (Jordan & Gilbert 1882) -- (Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:316 [ref. 25013], Schwartz 1999:285 [ref. 25307], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1795 [ref. 27111], Moura et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:98 [ref. 27192], Pezold 2004:273 [ref. 27685], Ross & Rhode 2004:305 [ref. 27789], Nelson et al. 2004:170 [ref. 27807], Boschung & Mayden 2004:626 [ref. 27995], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:687 [ref. 28815], García-Hernández et al. 2009:94 [ref. 37265], Matamoros et al. 2009:24 [ref. 31241], Page & Burr 2011:617 [ref. 31215], Van Tassell 2011:143 [ref. 31732], Di Dario et al. 2013:263 [ref. 37503], Page et al. 2013:176 [ref. 32708], Phillip et al. 2013:24 [ref. 32896], Angulo et al. 2013:1008 [ref. 33194], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:77 [ref. 33341], Schmidt & McMullin 2015:4 [ref. 36603], Costa et al. 2017:46 [ref. 35684], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:345 [ref. 36407], Robins et al. 2018:436 [ref. 35886], Ribeiro et al. 2019:6 [ref. 36717], Carvalho-Filho in Marceniuk et al. 2021:236 [ref. 38945], Koerber et al. 2022:66 [ref. 39235], Mavruk et al. 2022:901 [ref. 39917], Pezold 2022:84 [ref. 39351], Angulo et al. 2023:36 [ref. 40676], Kovačić et al. 2023:133 [ref. 40094]). Current status: Valid as Ctenogobius boleosoma (Jordan & Gilbert 1882). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern New Jersey (U.S.A.) and Bermuda south to southern Brazil, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Invasive in central and eastern Mediterranean Sea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

bombayensis, Gobius Annandale [N.] 1919:138, Pl. 1 (fig. 5) [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 16 (pt 1); ref. 15202] Yenna River at Medha, Satara District, Maharashtra, India. Holotype: ZSI F9698/1. Paratypes: (unknown quantity). See Das 2003:373 [ref. 27706]. •Questionably a synonym of Brachygobius nunus (Hamilton 1822) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:930 [ref. 20764]). •Synonym of Pseudogobiopsis oligactis (Bleeker 1875) -- (Kottelat 2013:421 [ref. 32989] with question). Current status: Uncertain as Pseudogobiopsis oligactis (Bleeker 1875). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

bombylios, Egglestonichthys Larson [H. K.] & Hoese [D. F.] 1997:46, Figs. 1-3 [The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory v. 13; ref. 22675] North of Smith Point, Northern Territory, Australia, depth 29 meters. Holotype: NTM S.10031-016. Paratypes: AMS I.25055-001 (1); ZMUC P781840 (1). •Valid as Egglestonichthys bombylios Larson & Hoese 1997 -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Hoese & Larson 2006:1642 [ref. 29097], Larson 2013:154 [ref. 32790], Larson et al. 2013:196 [ref. 32988], Prokofiev 2016:645 [ref. 35020] dated 1996, Motomura et al. 2017:198 [ref. 35490], Fujiwara et al. 2020:96 [ref. 38026], Parenti 2021:135 [ref. 38603], Ni et al. 2024:39 [ref. 40754]). Current status: Valid as Egglestonichthys bombylios Larson & Hoese 1997. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: west coast of India east to Philippines, north to southern East China Sea (China), south to Northern Territory (Australia). Habitat: marine.

bonelli, Gobius Bonaparte [C. L.] 1846:96 [Atti della Settima Adunanza degli Scienziati Italiani Sesta Riunione, Milano 7a Adunanza, Napoli, Part 2; ref. 519] Italy. Replacement name for Gobius fluviatilis Bonelli in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837, which is our Gobius fluviatilis Valenciennes (ex Bonelli). •Valid as Padogobius bonelli (Bonaparte 1846) -- (Kottelat 1997:179 [ref. 22952], Bianco & Ketmaier 2001:195 [ref. 26728], Miller in Miller 2004:37 [ref. 27853], Zupančič 2008:71 [ref. 29926], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:585 [ref. 29996], Freyhof 2011:285 [ref. 31742], Bianco & Delmastro 2011:6 [ref. 31648], Bianco 2013:9 [ref. 32897] as bonellii, Ćaleta et al. 2015:73 [ref. 34877], Ćaleta et al. 2019:183 [ref. 37026], Lorenzoni et al. 2019:253 [ref. 37108]). Replacement Name. Current status: Valid as Padogobius bonelli (Bonaparte 1846). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southern Europe: northern Adriatic basin (southern Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia). Habitat: freshwater.

bontii, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1849:27 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [6]; ref. 319] Madura Straits near Surabaya and Kammal, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: RMNH 4658 (1). Appeared without distinguishing features in list in Bleeker 1849:5 [ref. 320]. •Valid as Acentrogobius bontii (Bleeker 1849) -- (Maugé 1986:358 [ref. 6218], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377]). •Synonym of Drombus triangularis (Weber 1909) -- (Kottelat et al. 1993:144 [ref. 23448]). •Valid as "Gobius" bontii Bleeker 1849 -- (Larson et al. 2008:149 [ref. 29532]). •Valid as Drombus bontti (Bleeker 1849) -- (Kottelat 2013:405 [ref. 32989], Miesen et al. 2016:93 [ref. 34492], Parenti 2021:133 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Drombus bontii (Bleeker 1849). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: Indonesia and Singapore. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

boqueronensis, Bollmannia Evermann [B. W.] & Marsh [M. C.] 1899:356 [United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner v. 25 (for 1899) Appendix 7; ref. 1283] Ensenada del Boqueron, off Puerto Real, Puerto Rico, Fish Hawk station 6074, depth 8.5 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 49366. Paratypes: USNM 204311 (orig. 4, now 3). •Valid as Bollmannia boqueronensis Evermann & Marsh 1899 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:253 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1994:157 [ref. 24488], Aguilera 1998:52 [ref. 24221], Rüber et al. 2003:1596 [ref. 26969], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1793 [ref. 27111], Ross & Rhode 2004:303 [ref. 27789], Nelson et al. 2004:169 [ref. 27807], Dennis et al. 2004:81 [ref. 31601], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:673 [ref. 28815], Van Tassell 2011:167 [ref. 31732], Van Tassell et al. 2012:74 [ref. 31948], Page et al. 2013:175 [ref. 32708]). Current status: Valid as Bollmannia boqueronensis Evermann & Marsh 1899. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

boreus, Zonogobius Snyder [J. O.] 1909:605 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 36 (no. 1688); ref. 4151] Tidepools at Misaki, Japan. Holotype: USNM 62953. Paratypes: CAS-SU 21137 (1). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:128, 144 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:120 [ref. 12291]. Types: Shinohara & Williams 2006:564 [ref. 31656]. •Synonym of Gobius semidoliatus Valenciennes 1837 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:354 [ref. 7348]). •Valid as Priolepis boreus (Snyder 1909) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:248 [ref. 6441], Winterbottom & Burridge 1993:498 [ref. 20895], Aonuma et al. 1996:325 [ref. 22433], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:639 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1174 [ref. 25182] as borea, Shinohara et al. 2000:183 [ref. 25987], Shimizu 2001:39 [ref. 25799] as borea, Nakabo 2002:1174 [ref. 26193] as borea, Choi et al. 2003:399, 663 [ref. 26218], Yoshigou 2019:194 [ref. 36714] as borea). Current status: Valid as Priolepis boreus (Snyder 1909). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Japan and Korea. Habitat: marine.

borneensis, Apocryptes Bleeker [P.] 1855:421 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 9 (no. 3); ref. 16849] Bandjarmasin, Borneo, Indonesia. Syntypes: (7) whereabouts unknown. Original as borneënsis. •Valid as Pseudapocryptes borneensis (Bleeker 1855) -- (Murdy 1989:46 [ref. 13628], Kottelat et al. 1993:150 [ref. 23448], Rainboth 1996:211 [ref. 22772], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:639 [ref. 25122], Larson & Murdy 2001:3602 [ref. 26293], Larson & Pidgeon 2004:197 [ref. 28107], Larson et al. 2008:140 [ref. 29532], Murdy 2011:104 [ref. 31728], Kottelat 2013:421 [ref. 32989], Murdy & Jaafar 2017:29 [ref. 35561]). Current status: Valid as Pseudapocryptes borneensis (Bleeker 1855). Gobiidae: Oxudercinae. Distribution: Kalimantan (Indonesia) and Singapore. Habitat: freshwater.

borneensis, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1850:10 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 1 (no. 1); ref. 16884] Bandjarmasin, Borneo, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6175 (1 of 8, but several of suitable length). Original spelling was borneënsis. •Valid as Stigmatogobius borneensis (Bleeker 1850) -- (Kottelat et al. 1993:154 [ref. 23448], Kottelat & Lim 1996:247 [ref. 23210], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Larson 2001:209 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3602 [ref. 26293], Larson 2005:350 [ref. 28521], Larson et al. 2008:144 [ref. 29532], Kottelat 2013:430 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Stigmatogobius borneensis (Bleeker 1850). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Singapore and Borneo. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

borneensis, Periophthalmus Bleeker [P.] 1850:11 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 1 (no. 1); ref. 16884] Bandjarmasin, Borneo, Indonesia. Syntypes: RMNH 6193 (2). Original as borneënsis. •Synonym of Periophthalmodon septemradiatus (Hamilton 1822) -- (Murdy 1989:29 [ref. 13628], Kottelat 2013:418 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Periophthalmodon septemradiatus (Hamilton 1822). Gobiidae: Oxudercinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

borysthenis, Gobius batrachocephalus natio Pinchuk [V. I.] 1963:126 [Dopov. Nauk URSR v. 1; ref. 30488] •In the synonymy of Mesogobius batrachocephalus (Pallas 1814) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30487], Parin et al. 2014:492 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Mesogobius batrachocephalus (Pallas 1814). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater.

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.

boscii, Gobius Sauvage [H.-E.] 1880:44 [5] [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 4; ref. 3887] Martinique Island, West Indies [doubtfil]. Syntypes: MNHN A-1922 (5), A-1923 (6). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:27 [ref. 19958]. On p. 5 of separate. Not same as Gobius bosc Lacepède 1800. •Senior synonym of Glossogobius aureus Akihito & Meguro 1975 -- (Kottelat 1823:407 [ref. 32989] with question, Parenti 2021:160 [ref. 38603] with question). Current status: Uncertain as Glossogobius aureus Akihito & Meguro 1975. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

bothriorrhynchus, Gobius Herzenstein [S. M.] 1896:3 [Ezhegodnik, Zoologicheskago Muzeya Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk v. 1 (no. 1); ref. 2151] Philippines. Holotype (unique): ZIN 9684 (poor condition). •Valid as Callogobius bothriorrhynchus (Herzenstein 1896) -- (Delventhal & Mooi 2013:156 [ref. 32677], Parenti 2021:111 [ref. 38603], Delventhal & Mooi 2023:460 [ref. 40434] with question). Current status: Valid as Callogobius bothriorrhynchus (Herzenstein 1896). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines. Habitat: freshwater.

boulengeri, Pleurogobius Seale [A.] 1910:536 [The Philippine Journal of Science Section A v. 4 (no. 6) (for 1909); ref. 4000] Puerto Princesa, Palawan Island, Philippines. Holotype (unique): BSMP 5505 (apparently destroyed). The genus Pleurogobius evidently a mistake; see Pleurogobius. •Synonym of Priolepis cinctus (Regan 1908) -- (Winterbottom & Burridge 1993:2061 [ref. 21406]). •Synonym of Priolepis cincta (Regan 2008). Current status: Synonym of Priolepis cincta (Regan 1908). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

boulerot, Gobius Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1800:536, 552 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 2; ref. 2709] North Atlantic; seas of Asia. No types known. Syntypes: NRM 103 (1), 104 (1), 105 (1); ZMUU Linn. Coll. 184. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:55 [ref. 19958]. Unnecessary replacement name for Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758. Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:193, 217 (vol. 7) [ref. 30473]. •Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758 -- (Parenti 2021:178 [ref. 38603]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

brachygaster, Amblyopus Günther [A.] 1861:134 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] East Indies. Syntypes: (3) BMNH 1852.9.13.233 [ex Zool. Soc.] (1). •Synonym of Taenioides cirratus (Blyth 1860) -- (Maugé 1986:385 [ref. 6218], Kottelat 2013:434 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:63 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:23 [ref. 39965]). Current status: Synonym of Taenioides cirratus (Blyth 1860). Gobiidae: Amblyopinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

brachynemus, Nematogobius Pfaff [J. R.] 1933:309, Fig. 12 [Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, Kjøbenhavn v. 94; ref. 16517] Dakar, Senegal. Holotype: ZMUC uncat. Paratypes: ZMUC (3). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:79 [ref. 9588]. •Valid as Nematogobius brachynemus Pfaff 1933 -- (Miller 1990:943 [ref. 19376], Wirtz et al. 2007:20, 39 [ref. 30263], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:187 [ref. 31737], Schliewen 2011:219 [ref. 31738], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2840 [ref. 34618], Reiner 2019:261 [ref. 38139], Fermon et al. 2022:224 [ref. 39448] possible). Current status: Valid as Nematogobius brachynemus Pfaff 1933. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to Angola, including Annobón Island, and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: marine.

brachypterus, Apocryptes Bleeker [P.] 1855:401 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 9 (no. 3); ref. 16848] Lake Grati, Pasuruan Province, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: (18) RMNH 4497 (11). •Valid as Gobiopterus brachypterus (Bleeker 1855) -- (Kottelat et al. 1993:145 [ref. 23448], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Larson & Murdy 2001:3601 [ref. 26293], Larson et al. 2008:141 [ref. 29532], Ott 2011:71 [ref. 32266], Kottelat 2013:410 [ref. 32989], Huang et al. 2014:108 [ref. 33161], Sulaiman et al. 2018:46 [ref. 35802], Jamandre 2023:168 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Gobiopterus brachypterus (Bleeker 1855). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: South Asia, Southeast Asia: Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Luzon (Philippines). Habitat: freshwater.

brachysoma, Amblyopus Bleeker [P.] 1854:510 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 5 (no. 3); ref. 5965] Priaman, Sumatra, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 4670. •Valid as Brachyamblyopus brachysoma (Bleeker 1854) -- (Kottelat et al. 1993:155 [ref. 23448], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122], Larson & Murdy 2001:3593 [ref. 26293], Murdy & Shibukawa 2002:254 [ref. 25988], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Proudlove 2006:269 [ref. 28992], Larson et al. 2008:139 [ref. 29532], Murdy 2011:113 [ref. 31729], Larson et al. 2013:192 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:432 [ref. 32989], Eagderi et al. 2019:60 [ref. 37020], Parenti 2021:60 [ref. 38603], Taki et al. 2021:484 [ref. 39830], Larson 2022:21 [ref. 39965]). Current status: Valid as Brachyamblyopus brachysoma (Bleeker 1854). Gobiidae: Amblyopinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to southern China. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

brahmi, Eviota Greenfield [D. W.] & Tornabene [L.] 2014:140, Figs. 3, 9-10 [Zootaxa 3793 (no. 1); ref. 33294] New Hanover, 2°36.786’S, 150°27.584’E, Papua New Guinea, depth 0-20 meters. Holotype: WAM P.33813-002. Paratypes: CAS 236654 (10). ROM 94897 (2), WAM P.33936-001 (2), USNM 219648 (39). Plus non-type specimens. •Valid as Eviota brahmi Greenfield & Tornabene 2014 -- (Tornabene et al. 2016:1829 [ref. 34439], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:84 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Fricke et al. 2019:281 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:139 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota brahmi Greenfield & Tornabene 2014. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

brasiliensis, Bathygobius Carvalho-Filho [A.] & de Araújo [M. E.] in Rodríguez-Rey, Carvalho-Filho, de Araújo &Solé-Cava 2017:9, Fig. 3 [Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society v. 182 (no. 2); ref. 35433] Praia do Boldró, Fernando de Noronha, Brazil, 03°51'S, 32°26'W. Holotype: ZUEC 9637. Paratypes: AMNH, MNRJ, MZUSP, UFPE, UFRN, USNM, ZUEC. Plus additional non-type specimens. •Valid as Bathygobius brasiliensis Carvalho-Filho & de Araújo 2017 -- (Caires 2019:2 [ref. 37363], Parenti 2021:99 [ref. 38603], Carvalho-Filho 2023:236 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Bathygobius brasiliensis Carvalho-Filho & de Araújo 2017. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas (Brazil) endemic. Habitat: marine.

brasiliensis, Gobius Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:69 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Brazil. No types known. •Synonym of Gobioides broussonnetii Lacepède 1800 -- (Murdy 1998:129 [ref. 23380] as broussoneti, Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:660 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Gobioides broussonnetii Lacepède 1800. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

brasiliensis, Lythrypnus Greenfield [D. W.] 1988:463, Figs. 3-4 [Copeia 1988 (no. 2); ref. 6413] Ilha Vitoria, Saco do Profesor, 23°44'40"S, 45°01'40"W, Brazil, depth 15.2 meters. Holotype: MZUSP 38108. Paratypes: GCRL 10941 (1), UF 42853 (14). •Valid as Lythrypnus brasiliensis Greenfield 1988 -- (Rocha & Rosa 2001:992 [ref. 25909], Moura et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:99 [ref. 27192], Van Tassell 2011:141 [ref. 31732], Carvalho-Filho in Marceniuk et al. 2021:246 [ref. 38945], Parenti 2021:195 [ref. 38603], Carvalho-Filho 2023:240 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Lythrypnus brasiliensis Greenfield 1988. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: Ceará south to São Paulo (Brazil). Habitat: marine.

brauneri, Benthophiloides Beling [D. E.] & Iljin [B. S.] 1927:309, Figs. 1-2, 5, 8 [Trav. Sta. Biol. Dniepre, Acad. Sci. Ukraine v. 3, livr. 7, no. 2; ref. 7211] Lower Dnieper River between Kherson and Kakhovka and southern Bug River between Novaya Odessa and Nikolayev, Ukraine. Syntypes: (34) ZIN 21989 (?). •Valid as Benthophiloides brauneri Beling & Iljin 1927 -- (Berg 1949:1107 [ref. 20662], Miller 1973:490 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1024 [ref. 13677], Coad 1995:29 [ref. 23608], Kottelat 1997:175 [ref. 22952], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:752 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:127 [ref. 23591], Vasil'eva 2003:S42 [ref. 28444], Pinchuk & Miller in Miller 2004:153 [ref. 27853], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:181 [ref. 28369], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:554 [ref. 29996], Vasil'eva 2007:149 [ref. 30517], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487], Esmaeili et al. 2010:376 [ref. 33391], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:184 [ref. 31737], Freyhof 2011:282 [ref. 31742], Parin et al. 2015:477 [ref. 33547], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:896 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:79 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:59 [ref. 36089], Manilo 2020:67 [ref. 37795], Parenti 2021:69 [ref. 38603], Zarei et al. 2022:164 [ref. 39576]). Current status: Valid as Benthophiloides brauneri Beling & Iljin 1927. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Sea of Azov and Black Sea basins, and Caspian Sea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

bravoi, Bathygobius Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1927:112, Pl. 8 (fig. 1) [Monographs, Bureau of Science Manila Monogr. 23; ref. 2104] Coral reef pool at Romblon, Romblon Province, Philippines. Lectotype: BSMP 13019 (lost). Syntypes: BSMP 26190 (1) destroyed, seen by Koumans. Additional material: BSMP (7) presumed destroyed. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:183 [ref. 2676]. Lectotype selected by Koumans 1940:183. •Synonym of Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Kottelat 2013:402 [ref. 32989] with question, Parenti 2021:101 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell 1830). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

bravoi, Macgregorella Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1940:363, Pl. 5 [Philippine Journal of Science v. 72 (no. 4); ref. 11010] Nasugbu, Batangas Province, Luzon Island, Philippines. Holotype: CAS-SU 33120. Paratypes: (5) CAS-SU 33121 (4). Additional material: CAS-SU 28066 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:114 [ref. 12291]. •Tentatively valid -- (Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122]). •Valid as Pipidonia bravoi (Herre 1940) -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:136 [ref. 25477]). •Valid as Gobiopsis bravoi (Herre 1940) -- (Allen 1997:218 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:256 [ref. 23965], Allen 2000:120 [ref. 25868], Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa 2010:97 [ref. 30809], Allen & Erdmann 2012:977 [ref. 31980], Parenti 2021:173 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gobiopsis bravoi (Herre 1940). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia, Philippines, Palau and Ryukyu Islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.

bretti, Coryogalops Goren [M.] 1991:3, Figs. 1-5 [The J.L.B Smith Institute of Ichthyology Special Publication No. 52; ref. 19343] Kwelera estuary (Cycad Krantz), 32°54'S, 28°05'E, Cape Province, South Africa. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 31626. Non-type material: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 74-95 (1 juv.). •Valid as Coryogalops bretti Goren 1991 -- (Schliewen 2011:216 [ref. 31738], Kovačić et al. 2014:513 [ref. 33562], Kovačić et al. 2016:343 [ref. 34349], Parenti 2021:118 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:66 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Coryogalops bretti Goren 1991. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: South Africa and Mascarenes (Mauritius). Habitat: brackish.

breunigii, Gobius Steindachner [F.] 1879:140 [22] [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 80 (nos 1-2); ref. 4229] Hakodate, Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. Syntypes: NMW 30276 (8). On p. 22 of separate. •Synonym of Chaenogobius annularis Gill 1859 -- (Okada 1961:676 [ref. 6363]). •Valid as Gymnogobius breunigii (Steindachner 1879) -- (Stevenson 2002:276 [ref. 26489], Hagiwara 2003:38 [ref. 27188], Vasil'eva 2003:S45 [ref. 28444] dated 1880, Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:222 [ref. 28183], Vasil'eva 2005:710 [ref. 28421], Shedko & Chereshnev 2005:438 [ref. 30089] in subgenus Chloea, Matsui et al. 2014:10 [ref. 33344], Parin et al. 2014:485 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:188 [ref. 35257], Kim et al. 2020:169 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:104 [ref. 37637], Dyldin et al. 2021:35 [ref. 38804], Ito et al. 2021:[9] [ref. 38897]). Current status: Valid as Gymnogobius breunigii (Steindachner 1879). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Yellow Sea (China, Korea), Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan, Russia) and Sea of Okhotsk (Russia). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

breviceps, Evorthodus Gill [T. N.] 1859:195 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 11; ref. 1758] Near the mouth of a river near Pitch Lake, Trinidad Island, West Indies. Holotype (unique): USNM 34456 (poor condition). •Synonym of Evorthodus lyricus (Girard 1858) -- (Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:429 [ref. 24550], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:661 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Evorthodus lyricus (Girard 1858). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

breviceps, Gobius Blyth [E.] 1858:271 [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 27 (no. 3); ref. 476] Port Blair, Andaman Islands. No types known. •Synonym of Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Kottelat 2013:402 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:101 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell 1830). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

brevifile, Sicydium Ogilvie-Grant [W. R.] 1884:158, Pl. 12 (fig. 1) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1884 (pt 2) (art. 1) (for 4 Mar. 1884); ref. 18151] Cameroon. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1866.6.26.10. •Valid as Sicydium brevifile Ogilvie-Grant 1884 -- (Maugé 1986:382 [ref. 6218], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:805 [ref. 21590], Harrison 1993:205 [ref. 22083], Pezold et al. 2006:970 [ref. 28916], Harrison et al. 2007:505 [ref. 30083], Wirtz et al. 2007:21, 39 [ref. 30263], Schliewen 2011:212 [ref. 31738], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2841 [ref. 34618], Reiner 2019:266 [ref. 38139], Fermon et al. 2022:221 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Sicydium brevifile Ogilvie-Grant 1884. Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Cameroon south to Gabon, including São Tomé and Principe [amphidromous]. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

brevifilis, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:90 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Puducherry, India. Syntypes: MNHN A-1357 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:27 [ref. 19958]. •Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Maugé 1986:387 [ref. 6218], Kottelat 2013:432 [ref. 32989], Larson 2022:155 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

breviodontus, Gobius (Acanthogobius) ommaturus var. Wu [H.-W.] 1931:44, Fig. 7 [Contributions from the Biological Laboratory of the Science Society of China. (Zoological Series) v. 7 (no. 1); ref. 16348] Fukien, China. Syntypes: (2) whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Synechogobius hasta (Temminck & Schkegel 1845) -- (Kottelat 2013:431 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Acanthogobius hasta (Temmenck & Schlegel 1845). Current status: Synonym of Acanthogobius hasta (Temminck & Schlegel 1845). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: marine.

brevipterus, Luciogobius Chen [J. T. F.] 1932:648, Figs. 1-2 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2) v. 4 (no. 6); ref. 16363] North of Hainan Island, China. Holotype (unique): NSYU ?. •Valid as Luciogobius brevipterus Chen 1932 -- (Okiyama 2001:141 [ref. 25683], Chen et al. 2008:253 [ref. 30075], Kanagawa et al. 2011:67 [ref. 31329]). Current status: Valid as Luciogobius brevipterus Chen 1932. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: China. Habitat: marine.

brevirostris, Gobius Günther [A.] 1861:41 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] China. Holotype (unique): BMNH 2005.10.3.1. •Valid as Ctenogobius brevirostris (Günther 1861) -- (Wu & Ni in Kuang et al. 1986:297 [ref. 26639]). •Valid as Acentrogobius brevirostris (Günther 1861) -- (Kottelat 2013:397 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Amoya brevirostris (Günther 1861) -- (Parenti 2021:91 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Acentrogobius brevirostris (Günther 1861). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Eas Asia: China. Habitat: freshwater.

brevis, Amblyopus Günther [A.] 1864:151 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 (pt 1) (art. 3) (for 22 Mar. 1864); ref. 13930] El Salvador, Panama and Peru. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1864.1.26.416. •Valid as Gobioides brevis (Günther 1864) -- (Hoese in Fischer et al. 1995:1134 [ref. 22829]). •Not in Gobioides -- (Murdy 1998:130 [ref. 23380]). •Valid as Akko brevis (Günther 1864) -- (Van Tassell & Baldwin 2004:6 [ref. 27546], Acero P. et al. 2005:138 [ref. 28151], Van Tassell 2011:167 [ref. 31732]). Current status: Valid as Akko brevis (Günther 1864). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: El Salvador, Panama, Peru. Habitat: marine.

brevis, Sicyopterus de Beaufort [L. F.] 1912:141 [Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 39 (no. 3); ref. 235] Upper course of Tubah River, western Ceram, Indonesia. Syntypes: ZMA 110981 (2). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:104 [ref. 19236]. •Valid as Sicyopterus brevis de Beaufort 1912 -- (Kottelat 2013:427 [ref. 32989], Keith et al. 2015:382 [ref. 34328]). •Synonym of Sicyopterus longifilis de Beaufort 1912 -- (Maeda & Saeki 2018:255 [ref. 36339]). Current status: Synonym of Sicyopterus longifilis de Beaufort 1912. Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

brevispinis, Gladiogobius Shibukawa [K.] & Allen [G. R.] 2007:198, Figs. 1B, 2A, 3A [Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A) v. 33 (no. 4); ref. 30644] Gilimanuk, 8°12'S, 114°27'E, inner lagoon, Bali, Indonesia, depth 1-1.5 meters. Holotype: NICP 6286. Paratypes: NSMT-P 55899 (2, 1 c&s); URM-P 4123 (2), 31223 (1), 35312 (2); WAM-P.31531-004 (1). Plus non-type material. •Valid as Gladiogobius brevispinis Shibukawa & Allen 2007 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2012:973 [ref. 31980], Parenti 2021:159 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gladiogobius brevispinis Shibukawa & Allen 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: eastern Indonesia east to Micronesia, north to China and Ryukyu Islands (Japan). Habitat: brackish, marine.

brevispinis, Microgobius Ginsburg [I.] 1939:56 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 29 (no. 2); ref. 12362] Balboa, (Pacific) Panama. Holotype: USNM 81842. Paratypes: CAS-SU 33209 (1); USNM 81841 (4), 81843 (2). •Valid as Microgobius brevispinis Ginsburg 1939 -- (Birdsong 1981:294 [ref. 5425], Allen & Robertson 1994:268 [ref. 22193], Hoese in Fischer et al. 1995:1135 [ref. 22829], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:450 [ref. 24550], Rüber et al. 2003:1598 [ref. 26969], Nelson et al. 2004:172 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:163 [ref. 37547], Van Tassell 2011:167 [ref. 31732], Tornabene et al. 2012:41 [ref. 32138], Page et al. 2013:178 [ref. 32708], Love et al. 2021:206 [ref. 39279]). Current status: Valid as Microgobius brevispinis Ginsburg 1939. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Panama, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: brackish, marine.

brevispinis, Tridentiger obscurus Katsuyama [I.], Arai [R.] & Nakamura [M.] 1972:600, Pl. 2 (figs. 1-4) [Bulletin of the National Science Museum (Tokyo) v. 15 (no. 4); ref. 7620] Minato River, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Holotype: NSMT-P 14549. Paratypes: NSMT-P 14400 (2), 14407 (2), 14411 (2), 14423 (4), 14438 (1), 14445 (12), 14449 (3), 14495 (11), 14548 (4), 14550-54 (1, 2, 19, 26, 2), 14558 (3). •Synonym of Tridentiger kuroiwae Jordan & Tanaka 1927, but a valid subspecies as described -- (Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:606 [ref. 25598], Mashiko & Yamane 1993:363 [ref. 22459], Pietsch et al. 2001:146 [ref. 25688], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:47 [ref. 26178], Kim & Park 2002:384 [ref. 25913]). •Synonym of Tridentiger obscurus (Temminck & Schlegel 1845), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Reshetnikov et al. 1997:757 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:147 [ref. 23591]). •Valid as Tridentiger brevispinis Katsuyama, Arai & Nakamura 1972 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:271 [ref. 6441], Takahashi 1996:2 [ref. 24363], Kim 1997:459 [ref. 24032], Takahashi et al. 1997:49 [ref. 24971], Sato et al. 1998:43 [ref. 24972], Nakabo 2000:1257 [ref. 25182], Matsuura et al. 2000:242 [ref. 26000], Nakabo 2002:1257 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:400, 666 [ref. 26218], Yonezawa & Shinomiya 2002:2 [ref. 26563], Hagiwara 2003:40 [ref. 27188], Vasil'eva 2003:S53 [ref. 28444], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:236 [ref. 28183], Shedko & Chereshnev 2005:453 [ref. 30089], Matsui et al. 2014:7 [ref. 33344], Parin et al. 2014:505 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:193 [ref. 35257], Kim et al. 2020:175 [ref. 39118], Dyldin et al. 2021:37 [ref. 38804]). Current status: Valid as Tridentiger brevispinis Katsuyama, Arai & Nakamura 1972. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Japan, Korea and Russia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

britoi, Chromogobius Van Tassell [J. L.] 2001:1074, Figs. 1-4 [Copeia 2001 (no. 4); ref. 25824] Lanzarote, Puerto Del Carman, Canary Islands. Holotype: AMNH 59166. Paratypes: AMNH 59167-69 (1, 1, 1), 231799 (2, c&s), 231800 (1), 231802 (1); TFMC VP000490-91 (1, 3); UF 112064-65 (1, 1). •Valid as Chromogobius britoi Van Tassell 2001 -- (Engin & Dalgiç 2008:197 [ref. 29601], Schliewen & Kovačić 2008:258 [ref. 29882], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:185 [ref. 31737], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2839 [ref. 34618], Bañón & Martínez 2019:290 [ref. 37094], Carneiro et al. 2019:179 [ref. 37250], Bañón & Maño 2021:92 [ref. 38887], Carballo et al. 2021:98 [ref. 39250], Parenti 2021:116 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Chromogobius britoi Van Tassell 2001. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Galicia (Spain) and Portugal; Madeira; Canary Islands (Spain). Habitat: marine.

brittanicus, Gobius Thompson [W.] 1837:61 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 5 (1837) (54); ref. 4388] Galway Bay, western coast of Ireland; Corfu [Kerkira Island], Greece, Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758 -- (Miller 1973:483 [ref. 6888], Miller 1990:936 [ref. 19376], Kottelat 1997:176 [ref. 22952], Parenti 2021:178 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

brochus, Gobiodon Harold [A. S.] & Winterbottom [R.] 1999:50, Figs. 1-5 [Copeia 1999 (no. 1); ref. 23701] Great Astrolabe Reef, Dravuni Island off Univ. of the South Pacific field station, Fiji, 18°45'19"S, 178°31'21"E, depth 4-6 meters. Holotype: ROM 45616. Paratypes: ROM 45614 (2), 45617-20 (1, 1, 1, 1), 64436 (2), 69539 (1), 70105 (1), 1482CS (1, c&s); USNM 340094 (6), 340097 (5), 340437 (9); plus nontype specimens. •Valid as Gobiodon brochus Harold & Winterbottom 1999 -- (Munday et al. 1999:56 [ref. 24284], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Randall et al. 2004:27 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:537 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1655 [ref. 29097], Harold et al. 2008:120 [ref. 29450], Shibukawa et al. 2013:161 [ref. 32951], Shibukawa et al. 2013:144 [ref. 32951], Parenti 2021:168 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gobiodon brochus Harold & Winterbottom 1999. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland (Australia); New Caledonia; Fiji. Habitat: marine.

brocki, Gobiosoma Ginsburg [I.] 1938:58 [Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin v. 1 (no. 2); ref. 17145] Los Frailes, near Cape San Lucas, Baja California. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 36565 [not CAS-SU 32970 as published]. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:113 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Elacatinus digueti (Pellegrin 1901) -- (Thomson et al. 2000:235 [ref. 25640], Hoese & Reader 2001:161 [ref. 26035]). •Synonym of Tigrigobius digueti (Pellegrin 1901). Current status: Synonym of Tigrigobius digueti (Pellegrin 1901). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

brocki, Vaimosa Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1936:9, Pl. 5 [Bulletin of the Raffles Museum No. 12; ref. 10994] Reef in Singapore Harbor. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 30965. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:151-152 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:118 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Stigmatogobius brocki (Herre 1936) -- (Roberts 1989:168 [ref. 6439], Kottelat et al. 1993:154 [ref. 23448]). •Synonym of Stigmatogobius sella (Steindachner 1881) -- (Larson 2001:211 [ref. 25522], Larson 2005:363 [ref. 28521], Larson et al. 2008:144 [ref. 29532], Kottelat 2013:430 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Stigmatogobius sella (Steindachner 1881). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

broussonnetii, Gobioides Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1800:576, 580, Pl. 17 (fig. 1) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 2; ref. 2709] No locality stated [? Suriname]. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-4209. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:24 [ref. 19958]. Murdy 1998:129 [ref. 23380] regards MNHN 4209 as the holotype. The original spelling probably should be retained. Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:254, 259 (vol. 7) [ref. 30473]. •Valid as Gobioides broussonnetii Lacepède 1800 [often as broussoneti] -- (Lee et al. 1980:790 [ref. 22416], Robins & Ray 1986:246 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:166 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1994:167 [ref. 24488], Greenfield & Thomerson 1997:243 [ref. 22947], González Bencomo et al. 1997:159 [ref. 24960], Caruso 1998:193 [ref. 23489], Murdy 1998:129 [ref. 23380], Aguilera 1998:52 [ref. 24221], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:429 [ref. 24550] as broussonneti, Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:313 [ref. 25013], Schwartz 1999:284 [ref. 25307], Marín 2000:78 [ref. 26252], Camargo & Isaac 2001:142 [ref. 27639], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1795 [ref. 27111], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:660 [ref. 27061], Moura et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:99 [ref. 27192], Ross & Rhode 2004:309 [ref. 27789] as broussonneti, Nelson et al. 2004:171 [ref. 27807], Boschung & Mayden 2004:629 [ref. 27995] as broussonetii and original genus as Gobius, McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:704 [ref. 28815], Van Tassell 2011:144 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:177 [ref. 32708], Angulo et al. 2013:1009 [ref. 33194], DoNascimiento 2016:536 [ref. 34727] as broussonetti, Costa et al. 2017:46 [ref. 35684], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:345 [ref. 36407], Robins et al. 2018:412 [ref. 35886], Carvalho-Filho in Marceniuk et al. 2021:243 [ref. 38945], Angulo et al. 2023:37 [ref. 40676], Carvalho-Filho 2023:238 [ref. 40480] as broussoneti, Trevisan & Bockmann 2023:95 [ref. 40697]). Current status: Valid as Gobioides broussonnetii Lacepède 1800. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Georgia (U.S.A.) south to Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, and adjacent freshwater habitats. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

brunneus, Gobius Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1845:142, Pl. 74 (fig. 2) [Fauna Japonica Parts 7-9; ref. 4373] Nagasaki Bay, Japan. Holotype (unique): RMNH PISC 1923. Type catalog: Boeseman 1947:123-124 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Rhinogobius brunneus (Temminck & Schlegel 1845), but a valid subspecies brunneus (Temminck & Schlegel 1845) -- (Sheiko 1983:18 [ref. 37041]). •Valid as Ctenogobius brunneus (Temminck & Schlegel 1845) -- (Zheng 1989:347 [ref. 21202], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:483 [ref. 23876], Deng in Ding 1994:525 [ref. 21531], Zhu 1995:182 [ref. 25213], Cheng & Zhou 1997:380 [ref. 26385]). •Valid as Rhinogobius brunneus (Temminck & Schlegel 1845) -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:269 [ref. 6441], Al-Hassan & Miller 1987:405 [ref. 22501], Masuda et al. 1989 [ref. 20457], Kim 1997:452 [ref. 24032], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:757 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:146 [ref. 23591], Chen & Miller 1998:219 [ref. 23576], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:13 [ref. 24670] as species and subspecies, Chen et al. 1999:45 [ref. 24092], Sakai et al. 2000:52 [ref. 24911], Matsuura et al. 2000:230 [ref. 26000], Pietsch et al. 2001:146 [ref. 25688], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:47 [ref. 26178], Kim & Park 2002:376 [ref. 25913], Choi et al. 2003:400, 664 [ref. 26218], Jang et al. 2003:120 [ref. 27681], Vasil'eva 2003:S53 [ref. 28444], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:234 [ref. 28183], Valil'eva 2007:695 [ref. 29425], Scharpf 2009:14 [ref. 30400], van Oijen et al. 2011:7 [ref. 31430], Suzuki et al. 2012:698 [ref. 31734], Kottelat 2013:424 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:201 [ref. 34477], Takahashi & Okazaki 2017:[3] [ref. 35171], Suzuki et al. 2017:80 [ref. 35202], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:192 [ref. 35257] with question, Ali et al. 2018:338 [ref. 36183], Xia et al. 2018:560 [ref. 35887], Dyldin et al. 2020:93 [ref. 37569], Suzuki et al. 2020:24 [ref. 37412], Fu et al. 2021:9573 [ref. 39347], Hoese & Hammer 2021:110 [ref. 38350], Love et al. 2021:207 [ref. 39279], Larson 2022:171 [ref. 39971], Suzuki et al. 2022:28 [ref. 39148], Jamandre 2023:169 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Rhinogobius brunneus (Temminck & Schlegel 1845). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines and China north to Korea and Japan; established or reported from localized areas in U.S.A.; introduced in Persian Gulf. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

brunneus, Gobius Poey [F.] 1868:393 [Repertorio Fisico-Natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3505] Havana, Cuba. Syntypes: MCZ 13110 (2). Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:214 [ref. 22926] with largest specimen in MCZ 13110 as holotype. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Gobius brunneus Temminck & Schlegel 1845. •Synonym of Bathygobius soporator (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Tornabene et al. 2010:159, 163 [ref. 30990], Parenti 2021:104 [ref. 38603]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Bathygobius soporator (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

brunnoides, Gobius (Glossogobius) Nichols [J. T.] 1951:6, Fig. 4 [American Museum Novitates No. 1539; ref. 12905] Nondugl, Wahgi Valley, Papua New Guinea, elevation 5200 feet. Holotype: AMNH 19468. Paratypes: AMNH 19469 (4). •Valid as Glossogobius brunnoides (Nichols 1951) -- (Allen 1991:180 [ref. 21090], Hoese & Allen 2015:214 [ref. 33880], Parenti 2021:160 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Glossogobius brunnoides (Nichols 1951). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Papua New Guinea endemic. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

bruynisi, Schismatogobius de Beaufort [L. F.] 1912:139 [Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 39 (no. 3); ref. 235] Eme River, Honitetu, western Ceram, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): ZMA 111196. Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:103 [ref. 19236]. •Valid as Schismatogobius bruynisi de Beaufort 1912 -- (Kottelat et al. 1993:152 [ref. 23448], Chen et al. 2001:141 [ref. 25462], Keith et al. 2004:237 [ref. 27963], Jenkins & Boseto 2005:75 [ref. 28214], Kottelat 2013:427 [ref. 32989], Miesen et al. 2016:94 [ref. 34492], Keith et al. 2017:64 [ref. 35180], Keith et al. 2017:209 [ref. 35442], Maeda et al. 2017:2 [ref. 35500], Keith et al. 2018:196 [ref. 36051], Keith et al. 2021:132 [ref. 38257], Jamandre 2023:169 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Schismatogobius bruynisi de Beaufort 1912. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia (Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumatra, Ambon and Ceram), Philippines, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

bryozophila, Sueviota Allen [G. R.], Erdmann [M. V.] & Cahyani [N. K. D.] 2016:78, Figs. 1-4 [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 20; ref. 34410] Ambon Bay, Ambon, Maluku Province, Indonesia, 3°42.003'S, 128°06.340'E, depth 20 meters. Holotype: MZB 22140. Paratypes: MZB, WAM. •Valid as Sueviota bryozophila Allen, Erdmann & Cahyani 2016 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2017:5 [ref. 35130], Greenfield & Randall 2017:9 [ref. 35230], Greenfield et al. 2019:83 [ref. 37043]). Current status: Valid as Sueviota bryozophila Allen, Erdmann & Cahyani 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Ambon to Sulawesi, Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

buanensis, Amblygobius perpusillus var. Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1927:230, Pl. 18 (fig. 2) [Monographs, Bureau of Science Manila Monogr. 23; ref. 2104] Puerto Princesa, Palawan; Buan Island, off eastern coast of Tawitrawi, Philippines. Syntypes: BSMP 5106 (1) and BSMP (1) presumed destroyed. •Valid as Amblygobius buanensis Herre 1927 -- (Myers 1999:242 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:635 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:118 [ref. 25868], Larson & Murdy 2001:3594 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:56 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:175 [ref. 27510], Allen & Erdmann 2012:955 [ref. 31980], Kottelat 2013:398 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2019:272 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:88 [ref. 38603], Jamandre 2023:167 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Amblygobius buanensis Herre 1927. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia east to Philippines and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), south to Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.

bucca, Varicus Robins [C. R.] & Böhlke [J. E.] 1961:47, Figs. 1-3 [Copeia 1961 (no. 1); ref. 3787] Saba Bank, between St. Kitts, British West Indies, and St. Croix Island, Virgin Islands, 17°33'N, 63°35'W, depth 125-132 fathoms. Holotype: ANSP 93083. Paratypes: FMNH 65608 (1), UF 207114 [ex UMML 7114] (1), USNM 143022 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:105 [ref. 13621], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:85 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Varicus bucca Robins & Böhlke 1961 -- (Hastings & Bortone 1981:435 [ref. 5246], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1795 [ref. 27111], Van Tassell 2011:156 [ref. 31732], Hastings & Findley 2015:594 [ref. 33639], Tornabene et al. 2016:13 [ref. 34435], Tornabene & Baldwin 2019:200 [ref. 36806], Fuentes et al. 2023:168 [ref. 40497]). Current status: Valid as Varicus bucca Robins & Böhlke 1961. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Antilles. Habitat: marine.

buccatus, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:60 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] No locality. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-1362. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:28 [ref. 19958]. •Synonym of Caffrogobius nudiceps (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Parenti 2021:110 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:60 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Caffrogobius nudiceps (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

bucchichi, Gobius Steindachner [F.] 1870:627 [5], Pl. 2 (fig. 4) [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 61 (1. Abth.); ref. 4218] Hvar=Lesina, Croatia, 43°10'N, 16°27'E, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea). Lectotype: NMW 28783. Paralectotypes: (several) NMW 28784-90 (1 ea.), 28791-92 (2, 1); MSNG 12665 [ex NMW] (1); SMNS 2701 (1); ZMUO J1127 (1). Type catalog: Tortonese 1963:342 [ref. 10350], Pethon 1969:10 [ref. 19268], Fricke 1995:14 [ref. 28100], Fricke 2005:40 [ref. 29864]. On p. 5 of separate. Lectotype selected by Kovačić & Šanda 2016:11 [ref. 34173]. •Valid as Gobius bucchichi Steindachner 1870 -- (Miller 1973:485 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1037 [ref. 13677], Brito & Miller 2001:266 [ref. 25096] as buchichii, Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:130 [ref. 26753], Vasil'eva 2003:S44 [ref. 28444], Golani 2005:56 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:103 [ref. 29533], Vasil'eva 2007:153 [ref. 30517], Kovačić & Golani 2008:418 [ref. 33214], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:63 [ref. 36649], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:186 [ref. 31737], Schliewen 2011:217 [ref. 31738], Parin et al. 2015:481 [ref. 33547], Kovačić & Sanda 2016:1114 [ref. 34173], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2840 [ref. 34618], Carneiro et al. 2019:180 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:100 [ref. 36864], Bariche & Fricke 2020:71 [ref. 37515], Kovačić 2020:77 [ref. 37932], Kovačić et al. 2020:24 [ref. 37519], Manilo 2020:73 [ref. 37795], Abliazov et al. 2021:11 [ref. 38576], Golani 2021:73 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:40 [ref. 39014], Parenti 2021:175 [ref. 38603], Bilecenoğlu & Yokeş 2022:50 [ref. 39456], Kovačić et al. 2022: 53 [ref. 39303], Renoult et al. 2022:47 [ref. 39288], Kovačić et al. 2023:5 [ref. 40095]). Current status: Valid as Gobius bucchichi Steindachner 1870. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Central and eastern Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; Black Sea. Habitat: marine.

bucco, Tridentiger Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:115, Fig. 24 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 24 (no. 1244); ref. 2509] Misaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Sagami Sea, Japan. Holotype: CAS-SU 6459. Paratypes: CAS-SU 6655 (5), USNM 49902 (4). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:144 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:118 [ref. 12291]. Types: Shinohara & Williams 2006:565 [ref. 31656]. •Synonym of Tridentiger trigonocephalus (Gill 1859) -- (Berg 1949:1103 [ref. 20662], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:348 [ref. 7348], Vasil'eva 1998:148 [ref. 23591]). •Synonym of Tridentiger bifasciatus Steindachner 1881 -- (Akihito & Sakamoto 1989:106 [ref. 14124], Vasil'eva 2003:S53 [ref. 28444], Parin et al. 2014:505 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Tridentiger bifasciatus Steindachner 1881. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

bucculentus, Chonophorus Poey [F.] 1860:275 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Cuba. Syntypes and/or Poey specimens: MCZ 13330 (1), 13375 (1), 13379-80 (1, 1); USNM 4772 (1), 4774 (1). Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:215 [ref. 22926]. •Synonym of Awaous banana (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Watson 1996:3 [ref. 22211], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:658 [ref. 27061], Lasso-Alcalá & Lasso 2008:126 [ref. 30588]). Current status: Synonym of Awaous banana (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

bucculentus, Tukugobius Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1927:121, Pl. 8 (fig. 4) [Monographs, Bureau of Science Manila Monogr. 23; ref. 2104] Creek at Santa Fe, Nueva Vizcaya Province, Luzon Island, Philippines. Holotype: BSMP 11543 (destroyed, seen by Koumans). Paratypes: (45) BSMP 12399 (1) and 26563-70 (9) destroyed, seen by Koumans. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:183 [ref. 2676]. •Synonym of Rhinogobius similis Gill 1859 -- (Okada 1961:659 [ref. 6363]). •Valid as Tukugobius bucculentus Herre 1927 -- (Endruweit 2017:558 [ref. 35366]). •Valid as Rhinogobius bucculentus (Herre 1927) -- (Kottelat 2013:424 [ref. 32989], Takahashi & Okazaki 2017:[3] [ref. 35171], Suzuki et al. 2017:80 [ref. 35202], Suzuki et al. 2020:23 [ref. 37412], Maeda et al. 2021:96 [ref. 38763], Jamandre 2023:169 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Rhinogobius bucculentus (Herre 1927). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Luzon (Philippines) endemic. Habitat: freshwater.

buchanani, Amblyopus Day [F.] 1873:110 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873 (pt 1) (art. 4) (for 21 Jan. 1873); ref. 14185] Calcutta, India. Syntypes and/or Day specimens: AMS B.7583 (1, syntype); NMW 76500a (1); ZSI F76 (1) Calcutta, F2113 (1) Moulmein. Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:154 [ref. 20743], Whitehead & Talwar 1976:162 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:295 [ref. 25110]. •Valid as Taenioides buchanani (Day 1873) -- (Ataur Rahman 1989:314 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:985 [ref. 20764], Rema Devi 1993:186 [ref. 24020], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Ataur Rahman 2003:340 [ref. 31338], Proudlove 2006:269 [ref. 28992], Kottelat 2013:434 [ref. 32989], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 14 [ref. 38321], Parenti 2021:62 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Taenioides buchanani (Day 1873). Gobiidae: Amblyopinae. Distribution: Northern Indian Ocean: India and Myanmar. Habitat: brackish, marine.

buchanani, Waitea Rao [V. V.] 1972:130, Fig. 1 [Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society v. 69 (pt 1) (for Apr. 1972); ref. 7656] Godavari River estuary, Andhra Pradesh, India. Holotype (unique): ZMAU. See Das 2003:374 [ref. 27706]. •Synonym of Mahidolia mystacina (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:938 [ref. 20764], Kottelat 2013:412 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Mahidolia mystacina (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

bulbiceps, Cryptocentroides Whitley [G. P.] 1953:129, Fig. 3 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 23 (no. 3); ref. 12672] Palm Island, northern Queensland, Australia. Holotype: QM I.10705 [ex DHMB 1782]. Paratypes: QM I.10704 (1). •Valid as Cryptocentrus bulbiceps (Whitley 1953) -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2004:168 [ref. 28074], Hoese & Larson 2006:1637 [ref. 29097], Parenti 2021:125 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Cryptocentrus bulbiceps (Whitley 1953). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.

bulejiensis, Monishia Hoda [S. M. S.] 1983:111, Fig. 1 [Biologia (Lahore) v. 29 (no. 1); ref. 8332] Buleji, Karachi coast, Pakistan. Holotype: ROM 37395. Paratypes: AMS I.36100-001 (1), CEMBP 203 (7), ROM 37711 (8). Also appeared as new in Hoda 1983:142 [ref. 8214]. •Valid as Coryogalops bulejiensis (Hoda 1983) -- (Goren 1985:3 [ref. 5179], Goren 1991:2 [ref. 19343], Randall 1995:331 [ref. 22896], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Kovačić et al. 2014:513 [ref. 33562], Kovačić et al. 2016:343 [ref. 34349], Parenti 2021:118 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:67 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Coryogalops bulejiensis (Hoda 1983). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: Oman and Pakistan. Habitat: marine.

bulmeri, Glossogobius Whitley [G. P.] 1959:318 [Australian Zoologist v. 12 (pt 4); ref. 4729] Kwan Stream, flowing into lower Lanim River, Sepik River drainage, New Guinea. Holotype (unique): AMS IB.3564. •Valid as Glossogobius bulmeri Whitley 1959 -- (Allen & Coates 1990:105 [ref. 25561], Hoese & Allen 1990:118 [ref. 19360], Allen 1991:179 [ref. 21090], Hoese & Allen 2015:214 [ref. 33880], Parenti 2021:161 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Glossogobius bulmeri Whitley 1959. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Papua New Guinea endemic. Habitat: freshwater.

bunagaya, Lentipes Maeda [K.] & Kobayashi [H.] in Maeda, Kobayashi, Palla, Shinzato, Koyanagi et al. 2021:18, Figs. 17-19, 23 [Systematics and Biodiversity v. 19 (no. 8); ref. 38708] Okinawa Island, Japan. Holotype: NSMT-P 136935. Paratype: URB P 48887 (1). •Valid as Lentipes bunagaya Maeda & Kobayashi 2021. Current status: Valid as Lentipes bunagaya Maeda & Kobayashi 2021. Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Okinawa Island, Japan and Taiwan. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

bungei, Chloea Schmidt [P. Yu.] 1931:119, Fig. 5 [Bulletin de l'Academie des Sciences, Leningrad (Ser. 7); ref. 16331] Port Shestakoff, Seikosin, North Korea. Syntypes: ZIN 23107 (3). •Valid as Gymnogobius bungei (Schmidt 1931) -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:379 [ref. 7348]). •Synonym of Gymnogobius mororanus (Jordan & Snyder 1901) -- (Stevenson 2002:293 [ref. 26489], Vasil'eva 2003:S46 [ref. 28444], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:223 [ref. 28183], Parin et al. 2014:487 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:190 [ref. 35257]). Current status: Synonym of Gymnogobius mororanus (Jordan & Snyder 1901). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

burmanicus, Brachyamblyopus Hora [S. L.] 1926:455, Fig. 2 [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 27 (pt 6); ref. 2207] A small pond opening into Rangoon River, about 3 miles below Rangoon, Myanmar. Syntypes: ZSI FF10746/1 (2). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:152 [ref. 20743]. See Das 2003:372 [ref. 27706]. •Questionably a synonym of Trypauchenopsis intermedia Volz 1903 -- (Shibukawa & Murdy 2012:527 [ref. 32199]). •Valid as Brachyamblyopus burmanicus Hora 1926 -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:982 [ref. 20764], Shrestha 2008:223 [ref. 29923], Kottelat 2013:432 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:60 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Brachyamblyopus burmanicus Hora 1926. Gobiidae: Amblyopinae. Distribution: Indo-Australian Archipelago and south-central Asia. Habitat: freshwater.

burmeisteri, Gobius Kessler [K. F.] 1877:26, Pl. 2 (fig. 5) [The Aralo-Caspian Expedition; ref. 2597] Poti, Black Sea, Georgia, Eurasia. Holotype (unique): ZIN (not found in 1996). •Synonym of Mesogobius gymnotrachelus (Kessler 1857) -- (Berg 1949:1098 [ref. 20662]). •Synonym of Neogobius gymnotrachelus (Kessler 1857) -- (Miller 1973:502 [ref. 6888], Kottelat 1997:178 [ref. 22952], Vasil'eva 1998:139 [ref. 23591], Pinchuk et al. 2003:265 [ref. 27349], Vasil'eva 2003:S50 [ref. 28444]). •Synonym of Ponticola gymnotrachelus (Kessler 1857) -- (Parin et al. 2014:498 [ref. 33547]). •Synonym of Babka gymnotrachelus (Kessler 1857) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30487], Parenti 2021:68 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Babka gymnotrachelus (Kessler 1857). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

burridgeae, Trimma Winterbottom [R.] 2016:28, Figs. 19-23, 31 [Zootaxa 4144 (no. 1); ref. 34613] Hatohobei State, South West Islands of Palau. Holotype: ROM 100153. Paratypes: ROM. Plus additional non-type material. Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:28, 31 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Trimma burridgeae Winterbottom 2016 -- (Viviani et al. 2016:4 [ref. 34831], Winterbottom 2017:568 [ref. 35329], Winterbottom & Erdmann 2018:480 [ref. 36013], Winterbottom 2019:28, 31 [ref. 37115]). Current status: Valid as Trimma burridgeae Winterbottom 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific Ocean: Palau; possibly Mariana Islands. Habitat: marine.

burtoni, Gobius O'Shaughnessy [A. W. E.] 1875:144 [1] [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 15 (no. 86) (art. 19); ref. 18481] Fernando Póo Island [Bioco Island], Equatorial Guinea, Gulf of Guinea. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1863.4.16.9. On p. 1 of separate. •Synonym of Bathygobius soporator (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Maugé 1986:362 [ref. 6218]). •Valid as Bathygobius burtoni (O'Shaughnessy 1875) -- (Miller & Smith 1989:295 [ref. 25535], Miller 1990:925 [ref. 19376], Afonso et al. 1999:79 [ref. 25466], Wirtz et al. 2007:20, 39 [ref. 30263], Schliewen 2011:214 [ref. 31738], Félix et al. 2016:D [4] [ref. 34346], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2839 [ref. 34618], Rodríguez-Rey et al. 2017:11 [ref. 35433], Reiner 2019:257 [ref. 38139], Parenti 2021:99 [ref. 38603], Fermon et al. 2022:223 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Bathygobius burtoni (O'Shaughnessy 1875). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Ghana south to Gabon, including Bioko (Equatorial Guinea), and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: brackish, marine.

buscki, Sicydium Evermann [B. W.] & Clark [H. W.] 1906:854, Fig. 3 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 30 (no. 1478); ref. 15656] Small brook in San Francisco Mts., Santo Domingo [Dominican Republic], West Indies. Holotype (unique): USNM 53276. •Valid as Sicydium buscki Evermann & Clark 1906 -- (Watson 2000:6 [ref. 24994], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1795 [ref. 27111], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:662 [ref. 27061], Van Tassell 2011:145 [ref. 31732], de Lucena et al.2013:142 [ref. 32517], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:80 [ref. 33341], Rodríguez-Barrera et al. 2020:45 [ref. 37800]). Current status: Valid as Sicydium buscki Evermann & Clark 1906. Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: (amphidromous). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

bussoni, Schismatogobius Keith [P.], Hubert [N.], Limmon [G.] & Darhuddin [H.] in Keith, Lord, Darhuddin, Limmon, Sukmono, Hadiaty & Hubert 2017:203, Figs. 2, 5 [Cybium v. 41 (no. 2); ref. 35442] Wai Kalauli, Ambon, Moluccas. Holotype: MZB 23798. Paratypes: MNHN, MZB. •Valid as Schismatogobius bussoni Keith, Hubert, Limmon & Darhuddin 2017 -- (Keith et al. 2018:196 [ref. 36051]). Current status: Valid as Schismatogobius bussoni Keith, Hubert, Limmon & Darhuddin 2017. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Ceram and Ambon, Moluccas, Indonesia. Habitat: freshwater.

bustamantaei, Lentipes Boulenger [G. A.] (ex Greeff) 1916:46 [Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa v. 4; ref. 585] São Tomé Island, Rio do Ouro, Gulf of Guinea. Syntypes: BMNH 1914.12.28.3-12 (now 6). Based on Sicydium bustamantei Greeff 1884; name changed to bustamantaei by Boulenger. Boulenger made his description from new specimens, not from Greeff specimens. Lentipes bustamantaei is available. Boulenger used "ae" to replace Greeff's "é". •Valid, but genus may change -- (Nishimoto & Fitzsimons 1986:811 [ref. 6319]). •Synonym of Sicydium bustamantei Greeff 1884 -- (Pezold et al. 2006:972 [ref. 28916], Jenkins et al. 2008:171 [ref. 29883] as bustamantaei, Wirtz et al. 2007:21 [ref. 30263]). •The marine larva of Sicydium bustamantei Greeff 1884 -- (pers. comm. from N. Bailly on Boden, Keith, Busson and Capuli, 25 Feb. 2012). Current status: Synonym of Sicydium bustamantei Greeff 1884. Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

bustamantei, Gobius Greeff [R.] 1882:37 [Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft zur Beförderung der Gesamten Naturwissenschaften zu Marburg 1882 (pt. 2) (no. 2); ref. 21732] São Tomé Island, Gulf of Guinea. Syntypes: NMH 12295-96 (3); ZMB 12009 (1); ZMH 8108-10 (1, 1, 1). Type catalog: Wilkens & Dohse 1993:420 [ref. 21161]. Original as Bustamentéi on p. 37, Bustamantéi on p. 38 (correct), named for Dr. de Bustamante. See Greeff 1884 [ref. 28781]. •Valid as Chonophorus bustamantei (Greeff 1882) -- (Maugé 1986:364 [ref. 6218]). •Synonym of Awaous lateristriga Duméril 1858 or 1861 -- (Watson 1996:10 [ref. 22211]). •Valid as Awaous bustamantei (Greeff 1882) -- (Harrison 1993:213 [ref. 22083], Harrison et al. 2007:521 [ref. 30083], Schliewen 2011:210 [ref. 31738], Félix et al. 2016:D [4] [ref. 34346]). Current status: Valid as Awaous bustamantei (Greeff 1882). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: West-central Africa: Gulf of Guinea islands [apparently not Cameroon]. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

bustamantei, Sicydium Greeff [R.] 1884:50 [Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft zur Beförderung der Gesamten Naturwissenschaften zu Marburg 1884 (pt. 2); ref. 28781] Säo Tomé Island, Gulf of Guinea. Syntypes: ZMH 19295 [ex 8381] (1), H 19296 [ex 8382] (1). Lectotype designation not researched; listed in Pezold et al. 2006:967 [ref. 28916], but that designation is Invalid. Greeff 1884 recognized that Gobius bustamantei Greeff 1882 consisted of two species; he retained the larger specimens as Gobius bustamanei and the smaller specimens were given the name Sicydium bustamantei. •Valid as Sicydium bustamantei Greeff 1884 -- (Maugé 1986:383 [ref. 6218] dated 1882, Pezold et al. 2006:972 [ref. 28916], Wirtz et al. 2007:40 [ref. 30263] dated 1882, Harrison et al. 2007:511 [ref. 30083], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2842 [ref. 34618] as bustamentei, Reiner 2019:266 [ref. 38139], Fermon et al. 2022:221 [ref. 39448] with question). Current status: Valid as Sicydium bustamantei Greeff 1884. Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Cameroon south to Gabon, including Bioko (Equatorial Guinea,) and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

byblisia, Knipowitschia Ahnelt [H.] 2011:23, Figs. 1-2 [Zootaxa No. 3114; ref. 31650] Lake Köycegiz, 36°55'N, 28°40'E, southwest Turkey. Holotype: ZMH 2175. Paratypes: ZMH 25903 (14). •Valid as Knipowitschia byblisia Ahnelt 2011 -- (Ahnelt 2016:9195 [ref. 34845], Çiçek et al. 2016:116 [ref. 35152], Çiçek et al. 2018:25 [ref. 36267], Thacker et al. 2018:[8] [ref. 36082], Çiçek et al. 2020:256 [ref. 37644], Çiçek et al. 2023:429 [ref. 40625], Kovačić et al. 2023:221 [ref. 40561], Çiçek et al. 2024:317 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Knipowitschia byblisia Ahnelt 2011. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Asia Minor: Köyceğiz Gölü (Mediterranean tributary), Muğla Province (Turkey). Habitat: freshwater.

bynoensis, Gobius Richardson [J.] 1844:1, Pl. 1 (figs. 1-2) [Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror v. 2 (2); ref. 3740] Coasts of Western Australia [actual Bynoe Harbour, Northern Territory]. Holotype (unique): BMNH 2012.11.8.5 (lost). Holotype lost (James Maclaine, personal communication, Feb. 2019). •Valid as Amblygobius bynoensis (Richardson 1844) -- (Larson & Williams 1997:367 [ref. 23967], Kuiter 1997:344 [ref. 25488], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:635 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3594 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:56 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Adrim et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27715] with distribution change, Hoese & Larson 2006:1621 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2013:189 [ref. 32988], Parenti 2021:88 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Amblygobius bynoensis (Richardson 1844). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Sea and Indonesia east to Philippines, south to Western Australia. Habitat: marine.

cableae, Eleotrica Ginsburg [I.] 1933:11, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 82 (no. 2961); ref. 1800] San Cristóbal Island [Chatham Island], Galápagos Islands. Holotype: USNM 65517. Additional material: (2) mentioned but not studied. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:132 [ref. 2676]. •Valid as Eleotrica cableae Ginsburg 1933 -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:263 [ref. 22193], Birdsong & Robins 1995:682 [ref. 21667], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:548 [ref. 24023], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:194 [ref. 30957], Van Tassell 2011:153 [ref. 31732], Tornabene et al. 2016:13 [ref. 34435]). Current status: Valid as Eleotrica cableae Ginsburg 1933. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Galápagos Islands. Habitat: marine.

cacabet, Illana Smith [H. M.] & Seale [A.] 1906:80, Fig. [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 19; ref. 4059] Rio Grande, Mindanao, Philippines. Holotype: USNM 55622. Paratypes: BSMP 10603 [ex 4258] (1) destroyed, USNM 126396 [ex USBF 1484 and 4242] (3). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:129, 191 [ref. 2676]. •Synonym of Illana bicirrhosus (Weber 1894) -- (Wu in Pan et al. 1991:467 [ref. 23876]). •Synonym of Glossogobius bicirrhosus (Weber 1894) -- (Kottelat 2013:407 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:160 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Glossogobius bicirrhosus (Weber 1894). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

caeculus, Amblyopus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:165 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Tranquebar [Tharangambadi], India. Holotype (unique): ZMB uncat. (lost). Unnecessary replacement name for or misspelling of Cepola coecula Bloch & Schneider 1801. Chabanaud 1937:406 [ref. 15780] treats Amblyopus caeculus as independent species description with holotype and paratype in MNHN. •Questionably In the synonymy of Taenioides anguillaris (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Chabanaud 1937:406 [ref. 15780]). •In the synonymy of Taenioides anguillaris (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Parenti 2021:62 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Taenioides anguillaris (Linnaeus 1758). Gobiidae: Amblyopinae.

caeruleomaculatus, Boleophthalmus McCulloch [A. R.] & Waite [E. R.] 1918:79, Pl. 8 (fig. 1) [Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) v. 1 (no. 1); ref. 15100] Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia. Holotype: SAMA F590. Paratypes: AMS I.14325 (1); SAMA F591 (3). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:172 [ref. 2676] (specimens seen), Glover 1976:175 [ref. 19449]. •Valid as Boleophthalmus caeruleomaculatus McCulloch & Waite 1918 -- (Murdy 1989:16 [ref. 13628], Allen 1997:222 [ref. 23977], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3602 [ref. 26293], Allen et al. 2008:177 [ref. 30265], Takita et al. 2011:195 [ref. 31704], Murdy 2011:104 [ref. 31728], Polgar et al. 2013:319 [ref. 32496], Larson et al. 2013:192 [ref. 32988], Murdy & Jaafar 2017:13 [ref. 35561]). Current status: Valid as Boleophthalmus caeruleomaculatus McCulloch & Waite 1918. Gobiidae: Oxudercinae. Distribution: Northern Australia and southern Papua New Guinea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

caeruleomaculatus, Mars Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1933:22 [Copeia 1933 (no. 1); ref. 2106] Tide flats at Jolo, Sulu Islands, Philippines. Holotype: CAS-SU 25502. Paratypes: CAS-SU 16959 (5). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:147 [ref. 2676] as coeruleo-maculatus, Böhlke 1953:115 [ref. 12291]. Originally as caeruleo-maculatus. •Synonym of Cryptocentrus octofasciatus Regan 1908 -- (Allen 1997:216 [ref. 23977] as octafasciatus). •Valid as Cryptocentrus caeruleomaculatus (Herre 1933) -- (Yanagisawa 1978:278 [ref. 7028], Allen & Swainston 1988:134 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1997:530 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:239 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1226 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293], Sakai et al. 2001:110 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:1226 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:642 [ref. 27495], Hoese & Larson 2004:168 [ref. 28074], Randall et al. 2005:128 [ref. 28745], Hoese & Larson 2006:1637 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:147 [ref. 29532], Shibukawa 2009:267 [ref. 30449], Motomura et al. 2010:208 [ref. 31256], Allen & Randall 2011:559 [ref. 31615], Allen & Erdmann 2012:869 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:194 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:161 [ref. 33932], Allen 2015:72 [ref. 33923], Koeda et al. 2016:90 [ref. 35333], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:258 [ref. 36460], Hoese 2019:31 [ref. 36472], Parenti 2021:125 [ref. 38603], Fujiwara et al. 2022:91 [ref. 39094], Larson 2022:71 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Cryptocentrus caeruleomaculatus (Herre 1933). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Sea east to Solomon Islands, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to Western Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

caeruleopunctatus, Gobius Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1830:134 [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Lectotype: SMF 1936. Paralectotypes and Rüppell spec.: BMNH 1860.11.19.68-69 (2); NMW 29156-57 (1, 1); RMNH 1860 (1?), 1900 (1), 1901 (1?); SMF 4771-72 (2). Lectotype established by Dor 1984:242 [ref. 29757] if not designated earlier. •Valid as Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Goren 1979:28 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:242 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:64 [ref. 25356], Hoese & Larson 2004:169 [ref. 28074], Randall 2005:527 [ref. 28239], Hoese et al. 2011:168 [ref. 31450], Freinschlag & Patzner 2012:42 [ref. 31789], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[6] 244 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:150 [ref. 36273], Kovačić 2020:76 [ref. 37932], Golani 2021:73 [ref. 38303], Goren & Stern 2021:12 [ref. 38671], Kovačić et al. 2021:39 [ref. 39014], Parenti 2021:125 [ref. 38603], Ergüden et al. 2022:289 [ref. 39399], Kovačić et al. 2022: 47 [ref. 39303], Larson 2022:72 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:9 [ref. 40247], Kovačić et al. 2023:132 [ref. 40094]). Current status: Valid as Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus (Rüppell 1830). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden. Eastern Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant). Habitat: marine.

caeruleus, Gobius Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1800:537, 560 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 2; ref. 2709] Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. No types preserved. Based on manuscript description by Commerson (Philibert Commerson, 1727-1773, French explorer and naturalist). Bauchot et al. 1991:55 [ref. 19958] indicated that two spellings were used: coeruleus on p. 537 and caeruleus on p. 560 and selected coeruleus, but CAS copy has only caeruleus. No types at MNHN: Bauchot et al. 1991:55 [ref. 19958]. Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:194, 232 (vol. 7) [ref. 30473]. •Valid as Sicyopterus caeruleus (Lacepède 1800) -- (Maugé 1986:384 [ref. 6218], Fricke 1999:521 [ref. 24106], Buden et al. 2001:6 [ref. 25496]). •Possibly the same as Sicyopterus laticeps (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Sparks & Nelson 2004:4 [ref. 27700] with author as Commerson). •Synonym of Sicyopterus lagocephalus (Pallas 1770) -- (Watson et al. 2000:13 [ref. 25138], Keith et al. 2015:102 [ref. 34328], Larson 2022:179 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Sicyopterus lagocephalus (Pallas 1770). Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

caeruleus, Stiphodon Parenti [L. R.] & Maciolek [J. A.] 1993:966, Figs. 5C, 13-14 [Bulletin of Marine Science v. 53 (no. 3); ref. 21279] 4th tributary of Nanpil-Kiepw River, Ponape, eastern Caroline Islands. Holotype: CAS 67350. Paratypes: BPBM 35017 [ex CAS 67316] (8); CAS 67316 (74, 4 c&s), 67318 (32), 67320-21 (5, 20), 67327-28 (31, 15), 67330-33 (21, 19, 3, 24), 67336 (4), 67344-49 (6), 67351-54 (4), 67355-57 (3), 67443 (16), 67449 (10), 77368 [ex CAS 67491] (1); ROM 64672 [ex CAS 67316] (4); USNM 223007 (28), 322471 [ex CAS 67316] (8). •Valid as Stiphodon caeruleus Parenti & Maciolek 1993 -- (Watson 1996:114 [ref. 22688], Larson & Murdy 2001:3603 [ref. 26293], Chabarria et al. 2014:23 [ref. 33324], Keith et al. 2015:186 [ref. 34328]). Current status: Valid as Stiphodon caeruleus Parenti & Maciolek 1993. Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Distribution: Micronesia [amphidromous]. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

caesiura, Trimma Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:391, Fig. 83 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51772 [not 31772]. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:124 [ref. 2676]. •Valid as Trimma caesiura Jordan & Seale 1906 -- (Yoshino & Shimada in Masuda et al. 1984:245 [ref. 6441], Myers 1999:260 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1176 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:121 [ref. 25868], Larson & Murdy 2001:3600 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1176 [ref. 26193], Winterbottom & Villa 2003:19 [ref. 26965], Myers & Donaldson 2003:645 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:552 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1688 [ref. 29097], Hagiwara & Winterbottom 2007:164 [ref. 29103], Motomura et al. 2010:220 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:935 [ref. 31980], Winterbottom 2014:214 [ref. 33327], Winterbottom et al. 2014:382 [ref. 33402], Winterbottom & Hoese 2015:19, 41 [ref. 33709], Suzuki et al. 2015:67 [ref. 33746], Allen 2019:45 [ref. 36486], Winterbottom 2019:9 [ref. 37115]). Current status: Valid as Trimma caesiura Jordan & Seale 1906. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Palau and Papua New Guinea east to Marshall Islands, Samoa and Niue, north to Japan, south to Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia), New Caledonia and Fiji. Habitat: marine.

caffer, Gobius Günther [A.] 1874:453 [5] [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 14 (no. 84) (art. 55); ref. 5753] Port Elizabeth, South Africa, western Indian Ocean. Syntypes: (2) BMNH 1871.4.21.17. •Valid as Caffrogobius caffer (Günther 1874) -- (Hoese 1986:783 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:362 [ref. 6218], Randall 1995:795 [ref. 22357], Goren 1996:7 [ref. 24415], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:395 [ref. 28072], Schliewen 2011:214 [ref. 31738], Parenti 2021:109 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Caffrogobius caffer (Günther 1874). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic and southwestern Indian Ocean: southern Africa. Habitat: marine.

cagayanensis, Vaimosa Aurich [H.] 1938:169, Fig. 22 [Internationale Revue der Gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie, Leipzig v. 38 (no. 1/2); ref. 152] Singuan and Sulu Lakes, Cagayan Sulu, Philippines. Lectotype: ZMH H420 (Ladiges), ZMH 420a (Larson). Paralectotypes: ZMH H420 (2). Type catalog: Ladiges et al. 1958:166 [ref. 19181], Wilkens & Dohse 1993:408 [ref. 21161]. Lectotype (largest specimen) isolated and designated by Ladiges et al. 1958:166 [ref. 19181], also designated by Larson 2001:102 [ref. 25522]. •Valid as Mugilogobius cagayanensis (Aurich 1938) -- (Larson 2001:97 [ref. 25522], Kottelat 2013:413 [ref. 32989], Jamandre 2023:168 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Mugilogobius cagayanensis (Aurich 1938). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Philippines. Habitat: freshwater.

caguitae, Sicydium Evermann [B. W.] & Marsh [M. C.] 1899:355 [United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner v. 25 (for 1899) Appendix 7; ref. 1283] Río de Caguita at Caguas, Puerto Rico. Holotype (unique): USNM 49364. •Mention -- (Bussing 1996:823 [ref. 22890]). •Valid as Sicydium caguitae Evermann & March 1899 -- (Murdy & Hoese 2003:1795 [ref. 27111]). •Synonym of Sicydium plumieri (Bloch 1786) -- (Watson 2000:14 [ref. 24994], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:662 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Sicydium plumieri (Bloch 1786). Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

calamianensis, Ctenogobius Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1934:83 [Notes on fishes in the Zoological Museum of Stanford University. 1. The fishes of the Herre Philippine expedition of 1931.; ref. 2108] Tide pool on an islet in Culion harbor, Calamianes, Philippines. Holotype: CAS-SU 26388. Paratypes: CAS-SU 16960 (1). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:148 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:110 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Acentrogobius calamianensis (Herre 1934) -- (Pezold 2022:68 [ref. 39351]). Current status: Uncertain as Acentrogobius calamianensis (Herre 1934). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Calamianes, Philippines. Habitat: brackish, marine.

calderae, Gobius Evermann [B. W.] & Seale [A.] 1906:511, Fig. 3 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 31 (no. 1491); ref. 15657] Caldera Bay, Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippines. Holotype: USNM 55625 [not 53625]. Paratypes: (3) MCZ 36018 (1). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:128 [ref. 2676]. •Synonym of Istigobius ornatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Murdy & Hoese 1985:9 [ref. 5237], Kottelat 2013:411 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:188 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Istigobius ornatus (Rüppell 1830). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

caledonicus, Gobius Sauvage [H.-E.] 1880:46 [7] [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 4; ref. 3887] New Caledonia. Syntypes: MNHN A-1324 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:28 [ref. 19958]. On p. 7 of separate. •Synonym of Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Akihito & Meguro 1980:221 [ref. 6920], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:349 [ref. 28867], Kottelat 2013:402 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:101 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell 1830). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

californiensis, Typhlogobius Steindachner [F.] 1879:142 [24] [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 80 (nos 1-2); ref. 4229] False Bay, San Diego, California, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): ?NMW 31175. On p. 24 of separate in 1879, main volume in 1880. •Valid as Typhlogobius californiensis Steindachner 1879 -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:265 [ref. 9277], Ahnelt & Scattolin 2003:11 [ref. 26776], Nelson et al. 2004:173 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:163 [ref. 37547], Proudlove 2006:269 [ref. 28992], Van Tassell 2011:145 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:179 [ref. 32708], Kells et al. 2016:308 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:91 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:207 [ref. 39279]). Current status: Valid as Typhlogobius californiensis Steindachner 1879. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: central California (U.S.A.) south to Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico). Habitat: marine.

callidus, Gobius Smith [J. L. B.] 1937:197 [Annals of the Natal Museum v. 8 (pt 2); ref. 6553] Bushman's River, Alicedale, Cape Province, South Africa. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 305 [ex AMG]. Replacement name for Gobius gulosus Smith 1936, preoccupied by Gobius gulosus Girard 1858. •Valid as Glossogobius callidus (Smith 1937) -- (Hoese 1986:790 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:368 [ref. 6218], Skelton 1993:365 [ref. 24071], Skelton 2001:365 [ref. 27406], Schliewen 2011:217 [ref. 31738], Marshall 2011:266 [ref. 31755], Kramer et al. 2016:unnumbered p. [ref. 34331], Fricke et al. 2018:331 [ref. 35805], Parenti 2021:161 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:92 [ref. 39971]). Replacement Name. Current status: Valid as Glossogobius callidus (Smith 1937). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic, southwestern Indian Ocean: Namibia south to Cape of Goof Hope (South Africa), then north to East Africa (Malawi, Mozambique), east to Aldabra (Seychelles) and Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

calliochromus, Sicyopterus Keith [P.], Allen [G. R.] & Lord [C.] in Keith, Allen, Lord & Hadiaty 2012:314, Figs. 13-15 [Cybium v. 35 (no. 4) (for 2011); ref. 31972] Tirawiwa River, 132 km from mouth, 3°02.792'S, 136°22.858'E, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia. Holotype: MZB 20009. Paratypes: MNHN 2011-0042 (3), WAM P31447-004 (5). •Valid as Sicyopterus calliochromus Keith, Allen & Lord 2012 -- (Keith et al. 2015:244 [ref. 34172], Keith et al. 2015:84 [ref. 34328]). Current status: Valid as Sicyopterus calliochromus Keith, Allen & Lord 2012. Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Distribution: Tirawiwa River, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

calliurus, Gnatholepis Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1905:796, Fig. 14 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 28 (no. 1407); ref. 2495] Negros, Philippines. Holotype: USNM 51944 (1 of 3). Paratypes: (4) CAS-SU 9129 (1), USNM 51944 (2 of 3). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:123 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:112 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Gnatholepis baliurus (Valenciennes 1837), but genus undetermined -- (Randall & Greenfield 2001:1 [ref. 25675]). •Synonym of Arcygobius baliurus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Larson & Wright 2003:131 [ref. 27481], Larson & Buckle 2012:5 [ref. 32272], Kottelat 2013:399 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:94 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Arcygobius baliurus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

calliurus, Scartelaos Swainson [W.] 1839:280 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Ganges estuaries, India, Holotype: whereabouts unknown. Available to Hamilton 1822, pl. 5 (fig. 10). •Synonym of Pseudapocryptes elongatus (Cuvier 1816) -- (Kottelat 2013:421 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudapocryptes elongatus (Cuvier 1816). Gobiidae: Oxudercinae. Habitat: brackish.

callopareia, Amblyeleotris Polunin [N. V. C.] & Lubbock [R.] 1979:241, Fig. 2 [Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology v. 36 (no. 4); ref. 8796] 50-100 meters seaward east of South Island, Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, depth 26 meters. Holotype: BMNH 1978.2.28.1. Paratypes: AMS I.20689-001 (1), USNM 218980 (1). •Valid as Amblyeleotris callopareia Polunin & Lubbock 1979 -- (Mohlmann & Munday 1999:62 [ref. 24273], Aonuma et al. 2000:117 [ref. 24522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3594 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1618 [ref. 29097], Chen et al. 2006:2563 [ref. 29024], Parenti 2021:83 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Amblyeleotris callopareia Polunin & Lubbock 1979. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.

callopterus, Cryptocentrus Smith [H. M.] 1945:552, Pl. 9 (fig. B) [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 188; ref. 4056] Estuary of Chantabun River [Chantaburi River], southeastern Thailand. Holotype: USNM 119572. Paratypes: USNM 119573-76 (4, 1, 1, 2). Type catalog: Vilasri et al. 2018:63 [ref. 36451]. •Valid as Cryptocentrus callopterus Smith 1945 -- (Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122], Kottelat 2013:405 [ref. 32989], Vilasri et al. 2018:63 [ref. 36451], Parenti 2021:125 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Cryptocentrus callopterus Smith 1945. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Gulf of Thailand (Thailand). Habitat: brackish, marine.

calvatus, Amblygobius Allen [G. R.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2016:13, Figs. 1A, 2-4 [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 24; ref. 35073] Big Lagoon, Miniloc Island, off El Nido, northern Palawan, Philippines, 11°09.226'N, 119°19.300'E, depth 18-20 meters. Holotype: WAM P.32885-002. Paratypes: USNM, WAM. •Valid as Amblygobius calvatus Allen & Erdmann 2016 -- (Parenti 2021:88 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Amblygobius calvatus Allen & Erdmann 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Palawan (Philippines). Habitat: marine.

cameliae, Knipowitschia Nalbant [T. T.] & Oţel [V.] 1995:51, Figs. 1-2 [Ocrotirea naturii si a mediului înconjurator. Bucuresti v. 39 (no. 1-2); ref. 24162] Small lake in the sand spit between Lake Goloviţa and Black Sea, 1 kilometer north of Portiţa Lighthouse, Portiţa, Dobrogea, Romania, depth 0.5-1 meters. Holotype: IBTS 4587. Paratypes: (121) IBTS 4586 (30), 4588 (6); ICDD uncat. (54); MGAB uncat. (51), ZFMK 22151-52 (5). Type catalog: Herder et al. 2010:131 [ref. 31087]. •Valid as Knipowitschia cameliae Nalbant & Oţel 1995 -- (Miller in Miller 2004:338 [ref. 27853], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:568 [ref. 29996], Vasil'eva 2007:173 [ref. 30517], Freyhof 2011:283 [ref. 31742], Parin et al. 2014:489 [ref. 33547]). •Synonym of Knipowitschia caucasica (Berg 1916) -- (Iftime & Oţel 2021:199 [ref. 38427]). Current status: Synonym of Knipowitschia caucasica (Berg 1916). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

caminatus, Lioteres (Lioteres) Smith [J. L. B.] 1958:156, Fig. 11 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 11; ref. 4118] Shimoni, Kenya, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 230. Paratypes: AMS I.19419-001 (3); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 10975-76 (22, 14), 10977-80 (1, 1, 1, 4). •Valid as Hetereleotris caminata (Smith 1958) -- (Hoese 1986:792 [ref. 5670], Hoese 1986:9 [ref. 5996], Hoese & Larson 2005:15 [ref. 28571], Shibukawa 2010:90 [ref. 30808], Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2014:480 [ref. 33169], Kovačić et al. 2014:123 [ref. 33446], Kovačić et al. 2019:504 [ref. 36728], Parenti 2021:185 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:106 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Hetereleotris caminata (Smith 1958). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya). Habitat: marine.

campbelli, Ctenogobius Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:62, Fig. 8 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 24 (no. 1244); ref. 2509] Wakanoura, Kii Province, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, Inland Sea. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 6450. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:141 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:110 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Gobius ornatus Rüppell 1830, but a valid subspecies -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:356 [ref. 7348]). •Valid as Istigobius campbelli (Jordan & Snyder 1901) -- (Murdy & McEachran 1982:645 [ref. 8437], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:252 [ref. 6441], Murdy & Hoese 1985:18 [ref. 5237], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1213 [ref. 25182], Sakai et al. 2001:112 [ref. 25693], Shimizu 2001:41 [ref. 25799], Nakabo 2002:1213 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:399, 661 [ref. 26218], Matsui et al. 2014:10 [ref. 33344], Kwun et al. 2017:143 [ref. 37287], Kim et al. 2020:169 [ref. 39118] as cambelli, Sonoyama et al. 2020:105 [ref. 37637], Parenti 2021:187 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Istigobius campbelli (Jordan & Snyder 1901). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Korea and Japan. Habitat: marine.

campbellianus, Glossogobius Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1907:542, Fig. 2 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 33 (no. 1575); ref. 10647] Bogor, Java, Indonesia. Holotype: USNM 61051. Paratypes: CAS-SU 22498 [not CAS-SU 20160 as published] (1). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:126, 146 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:112 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Pseudogobiopsis campbellianus (Jordan & Seale 1907) -- (Kottelat et al. 1993:150 [ref. 23448]). •Synonym of Eugnathogobius oligactis (Bleeker 1875) -- (Larson 2001:69 [ref. 25522]). •See Ng & Tan 1999:364 [ref. 24159]. •Synonym of Pseudogobiopsis oligactis (Bleeker 1875) -- (Larson 2009:157 [ref. 30125] dated 1908, Kottelat 2013:421 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudogobiopsis oligactis (Bleeker 1875). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater.

campylostomus, Boleophthalmus Richardson [J.] 1846:209 [Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]; ref. 3742] Canton, China. No types known. Type information: Whitehead & Joysey 1967:155 [ref. 19798], Whitehead 1970:217 [ref. 11606]. Description based on illustration by Reeves (James Maclaine, personal communication, Feb. 2019). •Synonym of Scartelaos histophorus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Murdy 1989:51 [ref. 13628], Kottelat 2013:426 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Scartelaos histophorus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Oxudercinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

cana, Trimma Winterbottom [R.] 2004:8, Figs. 1-3, 4A-B, 5A [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 9 (no. 1); ref. 28043] Tonga Point, 9°12'17"N, 123°27'14"E, Siquijor Island, Mindanao Sea, Philippines, depth 9-21.5 meters. Holotype: ROM 73776. Paratypes: AMS I.27373-002 (1), I.21918-029 (3), I.21927-011 (1); ROM 49215 (2), 53070-73 (1, 1, 4, 5), 53076 (3, now 2), 1148CS (3, c&s); USNM 264713 (1), 313337 (1), 313351 (6), 313528 (6), 313538 (4), 313545 (1). Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:44 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Trimma cana Winterbottom 2004 -- (Hagiwara & Winterbottom 2007:164 [ref. 29103], Allen & Erdmann 2012:936 [ref. 31980], Allen 2015:46 [ref. 33704], Winterbottom & Hoese 2015:11[ref. 33709], Winterbottom et al. 2015:210 [ref. 33849], Viviani et al. 2016:8 [ref. 34831], Winterbottom 2019:44 [ref. 37115]). Current status: Valid as Trimma cana Winterbottom 2004. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia east to Marshall Islands and Fiji, north to Philippines. Habitat: marine.

canalae, Gobius Sauvage [H.-E.] 1881:102 [2] [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 5; ref. 18664] Canala, New Caledonia. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-3703. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:28 [ref. 19958]. On p. 2 of separate. •Synonym of Exyrias puntang (Bleeker 1851) -- (Murdy 1985:10 [ref. 19200], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:350 [ref. 28867], Kottelat 2013:407 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:154 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Exyrias puntang (Bleeker 1851). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

canalis, Gobiopsis Lachner [E. A.] & McKinney [J. F.] 1978:15, Pl. 9a, b [Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 262; ref. 6603] East of Hindarabi, Iran, Persian Gulf, 26°41'N, 53°46'E, depth 13 meters. Holotype: ZMUC P781424. Paratypes: CAS-SU 40079 (1). •Valid as Gobiopsis canalis Lachner & McKinney 1978 -- (Randall 1995:337 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:213 [ref. 23922], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Shibukawa 2010:97 [ref. 30809], Eagderi et al. 2019:64 [ref. 37020], Jawad et al. 2020:29 [ref. 37895], Parenti 2021:173 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:100 [ref. 39971], Patra et al. 2023:[2] [ref. 40613]). Current status: Valid as Gobiopsis canalis Lachner & McKinney 1978. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf and Oman east to India. IUCN (2019): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

canariensis, Vanneaugobius Van Tassell [J. L.], Miller [P. J.] & Brito [A.] 1988:555, Figs. 5-7 [Journal of Natural History v. 22 (no. 2); ref. 16289] Arguineguin, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Holotype: AMNH 57164. Paratypes: AMNH 57165-70 (1, 5, 2, 1, 2, 2); ZMUC uncat (8 or 5). •Valid as Vanneaugobius canariensis Van Tassell, Miller & Brito 1988 -- (Miller 1990:948 [ref. 19376], Brito & Miller 2001:274 [ref. 25096], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:188 [ref. 31737], Wirtz et al. 2013:134 [ref. 32972], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2841 [ref. 34618], Carneiro et al. 2019:184 [ref. 37250], Carballo et al. 2021:126 [ref. 39250]). Current status: Valid as Vanneaugobius canariensis Van Tassell, Miller & Brito 1988. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Madeira, Cape Verde Islands and Canary Islands. Habitat: marine.

candidianus, Ctenogobius Regan [C. T.] 1908:153 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 1 (no. 2) (art. 24); ref. 14338] Lake Candidius, Taiwan. Syntypes: (10) BMNH 1908.5.27.29-33 (5), SMNS 4380 (5 of 13). Type catalog: Ho & Shao 2011:56 [ref. 31432]. •Synonym of Rhinogobius similis Gill 1859 -- (Okada 1961:659 [ref. 6363] as candidius). •Synonym of Rhinogobius brunneus (Temminck & Schlegel 1845) -- (Vasil'eva 1998:146 [ref. 23591] as candidius). •Valid as Rhinogobius candidianus (Regan 1908) -- (Chen & Shao 1996:206 [ref. 22202], Ho & Shao 2011:56 [ref. 31432], Zhang et al. 2016:201 [ref. 34477], Takahashi & Okazaki 2017:[3] [ref. 35171], Suzuki et al. 2017:80 [ref. 35202], Chen et al. 2022:40 [ref. 39617]). Current status: Valid as Rhinogobius candidianus (Regan 1908). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Taiwan. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

candy, Lentipes Watson [R. E.] & Allen [G. R.] 1999:117 [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 3 (no. 3); ref. 24140] This species still "in press" and unavailable in Jan. 2000 (R. E. Watson, pers. comm.); from Caroline Islands. •Listed as valid as Lentipes candy Watson -- (Watson & Allen 1999:117 [ref. 24140]). •Nomen nudum and unavailable -- (Jenkins et al. 2008:171 [ref. 29883]). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Lentipes. Gobiidae: Sicydiinae.

canestrinii, Gobius Ninni [A. P.] 1883:276 [3], Pl. 15 (figs. 1-5) [Atti della Società Veneto-Trentina di Scienze Naturali. v. 8 (no. 2); ref. 18476] Venice lagoon, Italy [Venice, Italy; Jadro River near Split, Dalmatia, Croatia]. Lectotype: NMW 29943. Paralectotypes: (11) MZUF 5577-83 (7); NMW 28817-18 (1, 1), 29944-45 (2). Type catalog: Vanni 1991:227 [ref. 20099]. On p. 3 of separate. Lectotype selected by Ahnelt et al. 2021:46 [ref. 38522]. •Valid as Pomatoschistus canestrinii (Ninni 1883) -- (Miller 1973:507 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1069 [ref. 13677], Kottelat 1997:180 [ref. 22952], McKay & Miller 1997:1464 [ref. 24951], Pinchuk & Miller in Miller 2004:284 [ref. 27853], Huyse et al. 2004:327 [ref. 27956], Miller & Sanda 2008:262 [ref. 29469], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:586 [ref. 29996], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:66 [ref. 36649], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:187 [ref. 31737]as canestrini [sic], Freyhof 2011:284, 285 [ref. 31742], Ćaleta et al. 2015:78 [ref. 34877], Engin & Innal 2017:6 [ref. 35516], Lorenzoni et al. 2019:253 [ref. 37108], Ahnelt et al. 2021:47 [ref. 38522]). •Valid as Ninnigobius canestrinii (Ninni 1883) -- (Geiger et al. 2014:Table S2 [ref. 37408], Thacker et al. 2018:[8] [ref. 36082], Ćaleta et al. 2019:182 [ref. 37026], Kovačić 2020:78 [ref. 37932], Kovačić et al. 2020:25 [ref. 37519], Tutman et al. 2020:7 [ref. 38008], Kovačić et al. 2021:42 [ref. 39014]). Current status: Valid as Ninnigobius canestrinii (Ninni 1883). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Southern Europe: Adriatic basin (Italy and possibly west Croatia). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

caniculus, Gobius Amaoka [K.] & Fujii [R.] 1999:163 [Preliminary taxonomic and historical studies on Prof. Ludwig Döderlein's collection of Japanese animals; ref. 26515] Yedo, Japan. Name only listed in association with museum specimen (ZMB 12082), and no description given. Same specimen identified as Acentrogobius pflaumii (Bleeker 1853). Nomen Nudum. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

caninoides, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1852:274 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 3 (no. 2); ref. 16825] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (3) RMNH 4544 (2 or 3 of 6). Original as caninoïdes. •Valid as Oplopomus caninoides (Bleeker 1852) -- (Randall & Goren 1993:15 [ref. 21131], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:297 [ref. 24014], Larson & Williams 1997:369 [ref. 23967], Iwata et al. 1998:117 [ref. 23379], Suzuki et al. 1999:4 [ref. 24395], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:639 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1195 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1195 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Randall 2005:543 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1668 [ref. 29097], Shibukawa 2009:280 [ref. 30449], Allen & Erdmann 2012:983 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:202 [ref. 32988], Prokofiev 2016:648 [ref. 35020], Motomura et al. 2017:199 [ref. 35490], Larson 2022:117 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Oplopomus caninoides (Bleeker 1852). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Persian Gulf, Madagascar and Maldives east to Solomon Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

caninus, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:86 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: MNHN A-1369 (1), 7193 to 7194 (1, 1); RMNH 1867 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:28 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Gobius caninus Valenciennes 1837 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:356 [ref. 7348]). •Valid as Acentrogobius caninus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Maugé 1986:358 [ref. 6218], Wu & Ni in Kuang et al. 1986:286 [ref. 26639] with authors as Cuvier & Valenciennes, Ataur Rahman 1989:309 [ref. 24860], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:476 [ref. 23876], Kottelat et al. 1993:141 [ref. 23448], Randall 1995:795 [ref. 22357], Rainboth 1996:197 [ref. 22772], Larson & Williams 1997:367 [ref. 23967], Yoshigou & Yoshino 1999:4 [ref. 24397], Johnson 1999:748 [ref. 25471], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:635 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1243 [ref. 25182], Kottelat 2001:60 [ref. 25482], Sakai et al. 2001:108 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3594 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1243 [ref. 26193], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Ataur Rahman 2003:336 [ref. 31338], Hoese & Larson 2006:1616 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:145 [ref. 29532], Shibukawa 2009:258 [ref. 30449], Allen & Erdmann 2012:953 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:188 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:189 [ref. 34464], Allen 2015:7 [ref. 33699], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2015:78 [ref. 34319], Prokofiev 2016:636 [ref. 35020], Allen 2017:108 [ref. 35601], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:254 [ref. 36460], Parenti 2021:78 [ref. 38603], Taki et al. 2021:435 [ref. 39830], Thu & Thao 2023:640 [ref. 40499]). Current status: Valid as Acentrogobius caninus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Sri Lanka east to Caroline Islands and Fiji, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: brackish, marine.