Species that contain: Acentrogobius and madraspatensis [ 4 ] records

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.

grammatogaster, Ctenogobius Bleeker [P.] 1875:124 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 10; ref. 12599] Singapore. Syntypes: RMNH 4494 (3). •Synonym of Acentrogobius madraspatensis (Day 1868) -- (Larson et al. 2008:145 [ref. 29532], Kottelat 2013:397 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:80 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Acentrogobius madraspatensis (Day 1868). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

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

notophthalmus, Ctenogobius Bleeker [P.] 1875:126 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 10; ref. 12599] Singapore; Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (3) RMNH 4999 (3 of 4). •Valid as Ctenogobius notophthalmus Bleeker 1875 -- (Wu & Ni in Kuang et al. 1986:294 [ref. 26639]). •Synonym of Acentrogobius madraspatensis (Day 1868) -- (Larson et al. 2008:145 [ref. 29532], Kottelat 2013:397 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:80 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Acentrogobius madraspatensis (Day 1868). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.