Species that contain: Acentrogobius and nebulosus [ 4 ] records

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.

decaryi, Gobius criniger var. Pellegrin [J.] 1932:295, Fig. 3 [Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France v. 57 (no. 4); ref. 16390] Marsh west of Fort Dauphin, Madagascar. Syntypes: MNHN 1932-0111 to 0115 (14). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:30 [ref. 19958]. •Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Maugé 1986:387 [ref. 6218]). •Probably in genus Acentrogobius -- (Larson & Wright 2003:130 [ref. 27481]). •Questionably a synonym of Acentrogobius viridipunctatus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kottelat 2013:398 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Acentrogobius decaryi (Pellegrin 1932) -- (Jawad et al. 2016:1 [ref. 34964], Fricke et al. 2018:323 [ref. 35805], Parenti 2021:79 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:33 [ref. 39965]). Current status: Valid as Acentrogobius decaryi (Pellegrin 1932). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: Madagascar endemic. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

nebulosus, Gobius Forsskål [P. S.] in Niebuhr 1775:24, x [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. No types known. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:53 [ref. 30182]. •Valid as Acentrogobius nebulosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3594 [ref. 26293], Larson et al. 2008:145 [ref. 29532], Allen & Erdmann 2012:954 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:209 [ref. 32988], Miesen et al. 2016:95 [ref. 34492], Allen 2017:108 [ref. 35601]). •Valid as Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Goren 1979:56 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:252 [ref. 29757], Maugé 1986:387 [ref. 6218], Hoese 1986:807 [ref. 5670], Allen & Swainston 1988:138 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:412 [ref. 15987], Kottelat et al. 1993:154 [ref. 23448], Goren & Dor 1994:67 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:345 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:218 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:369 [ref. 23967], Kuiter 1997:352 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:412 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:261 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:61 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S120 [ref. 27377], Tan & Lim 2004:111 [ref. 27716], Adrim et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27715], Hoese & Larson 2006:1696 [ref. 29097], Fricke 2008:53 [ref. 30182], Shibukawa 2009:290 [ref. 30449], Kottelat 2013:432 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:194 [ref. 34464], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:429 [ref. 33460], Prokofiev 2016:651 [ref. 35020], Motomura et al. 2017:200 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:345 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:164 [ref. 36273], Roy et al. 2019:296 [ref. 36920], Psomadakis et al. 2020:551 [ref. 37272], Akaike et al. 2021:30 [ref. 38809], Larson 2022:155 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:26 [ref. 40247], Jamandre 2023:170 [ref. 40455], Vadher et al. 2024:24944 [ref. 40956]). Current status: Valid as Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa and Madagascar east to Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

petersii, Gobius Steindachner [F.] 1866:781, Pl. 18 (fig. 7) [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 16; ref. 18789] Zanzibar, Tanzania, eastern Africa. Syntypes: NMW 30323-24 (2). •Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Maugé 1986:387 [ref. 6218]). •Synonym of Acentrogobius nebulosus (Forsskäl 1775) -- (Allen 2015:7 [ref. 33699]). Current status: Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.