Species that contain: Aulopareia and unicolor [ 5 ] records

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.

chlorostigmatoides, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1849:26 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [6]; ref. 319] Madura Straits near Surabaya and Kammal, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: RMNH 6168 (some or all of 12 and holotype of Gobius phaiomelas). Appeared without distinguishing features in list in Bleeker 1849:5 [ref. 320]. •Synonym of Aulopareia unicolor (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kottelat et al. 1993:142 [ref. 23448]). •Valid as Acentrogobius chlorostigmatoides (Bleeker 1849) -- (Zheng 1989:347 [ref. 21202], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:478 [ref. 23876], Rainboth 1996:197 [ref. 22772], Thu & Thao 2023:642 [ref. 40499] as chlosotigmatoides). •Valid as Creisson chlorostigmatoides (Bleeker 1849) -- (Chen et al. 1996:2 [ref. 22533]). •Synonym of Aulopareia unicolor (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kottelat et al. 1993:142 [ref. 23448], Kottelat 2013:400 [ref. 32989], Larson & Jaafar 2022:508 [ref. 39363], Parenti 2021:97 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Aulopareia unicolor (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish.

masoni, Gobius Day [F.] 1873:107 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873 (pt 1) (art. 4) (for 21 Jan. 1873); ref. 14185] Mumbai, India. Syntypes and/or Day specimens: AMS B.8089 (1, syntype); NMW 33926 (1); RMNH 1883 (1); ZSI A.218 (1), 80 (1, lost). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:161 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:299 [ref. 25110]. Reasons for loss of ZSI type specimens during WWII see Chopra 1947:349-350 [ref. 33077]. •Valid as Aulopareia masoni (Kottelat 2013:400 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Acentrogobius masoni (Day 1873) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:926 [ref. 20764], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Suresh et al. 2018:281 [ref. 36495], Parenti 2021:80 [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: brackish.

phaiomelas, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1849:28 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [6]; ref. 319] Madura Straits near Surabaya and Kammal, Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6168 [with other specimens]. Appeared without distinguishing features in list in Bleeker 1849:5 [ref. 320]. •Synonym of Aulopareia unicolor (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kottelat 2013:400 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:97 [ref. 38603], Larson & Jaafar 2022:505 [ref. 39363]). Current status: Synonym of Aulopareia unicolor (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish.

unicolor, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:88 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: MNHN A-1120 (1); RMNH 1919 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:40 [ref. 19958]. Type information: Roberts 1993:43 [ref. 21799], Larson & Jaafar 2022:511 [ref. 39363]. •Valid as Aulopareia unicolor (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Roberts 1993:43 [ref. 21799], Kottelat et al. 1993:142 [ref. 23448], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:635 [ref. 25122], Larson & Murdy 2001:3595 [ref. 26293], Larson et al. 2008:146 [ref. 29532], Kottelat 2013:400 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:190 [ref. 34464], Prokofiev 2016:643 [ref. 35020], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:257 [ref. 36460], Kovačić 2020:76 [ref. 37932], Kovačić et al. 2021:38 [ref. 39014], Parenti 2021:97 [ref. 38603], Taki et al. 2021:437 [ref. 39830], Kovačić et al. 2022: 42 [ref. 39303], Larson 2022:47 [ref. 39971], Larson & Jaafar 2022:508 [ref. 39363], Kovačić et al. 2023:132 [ref. 40094]). Current status: Valid as Aulopareia unicolor (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Iran east to Indonesia, north to southern China. Invasive in eastern Mediterranean Sea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.