Species that contain: Awaous and lateristriga [ 3 ] records

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). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: West-central Africa: Gulf of Guinea islands [apparently not Cameroon]. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

guineensis, Gobius aeneofuscus var. Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1876:248 [Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1876 (for 27 Apr. 1876); ref. 10019] Cameroon River, West Africa. Holotype (unique): ZMB 9334. •Synonym of Chonophorus lateristriga (Duméril 1861) -- (Maugé 1986:364 [ref. 6218], Lévêque et al. 1989:123 [ref. 26480] dated 1877, Miller 1990:928 [ref. 19376], Paugy et al. 1990:343 [ref. 26477] dated 1877, Lévèque et al. 1991:146 [ref. 31367], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:809 [ref. 21590]). •Synonym of Awaous lateristriga (Duméril 1861) -- (Watson 1996:10 [ref. 22211]). Current status: Synonym of Awaous lateristriga (Duméril 1861). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

lateristriga, Gobius Duméril [A. H. A.] 1861:247, Pl. 21 (figs 1-1a) [Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 10 [for 1858]; ref. 1149] Gabon. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-6228-1. Paralectotypes: MNHN 0000-6228-2 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:35 [ref. 19958]. Lectotype selected by Watson 1996:10 [ref. 22211]. •Valid as Chonophorus lateristriga (Duméril 1861) -- (Maugé 1986:364 [ref. 6218], Lévêque et al. 1989:123 [ref. 26480], Paugy & Bénech 1989:304 [ref. 26478], Miller 1990:928 [ref. 19376], Paugy et al. 1990:343 [ref. 26477], Lévèque et al. 1991:146 [ref. 31367], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:809 [ref. 21590], Afonso et al. 1999:86 [ref. 25466]). •Valid as Awaous lateristriga (Duméril 1861) -- (Watson 1996:10 [ref. 22211], Harrison et al. 2007:519 [ref. 30083], Wirtz et al. 2007:39 [ref. 30263], Schliewen 2011:210 [ref. 31738], Félix et al. 2016:D [4] [ref. 34346], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2841 [ref. 34618], Pezold et al. 2016:107 [ref. 34870], Almeida & Alves 2019:270 [ref. 37509], Reiner 2019:263 [ref. 38139], Skelton 2019:237 [ref. 36564], Fermon et al. 2022:222 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Awaous lateristriga (Duméril 1861). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to Angola, including Bioko (Equatorial Guinea), and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.