Species that contain: Awaous and tajasica [ 5 ] records

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], Page et al. 2023:120 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Awaous banana (Valenciennes 1837). Oxudercidae: 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.

latus, Euctenogobius O'Shaughnessy [A. W. E.] 1875:146 [2] [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 15 (no. 86) (art. 19); ref. 18481] Bahia, Brazil. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1862.11.23.42. On p. 2 of separate. •Synonym of Awaous tajasica (Lichtenstein 1822) -- (Watson 1996:13 [ref. 22211], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:658 [ref. 27061], Lasso-Alcalá & Lasso 2008:130 [ref. 30588]). Current status: Synonym of Awaous tajasica (Lichtenstein 1822). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

mexicanus, Gobius Günther [A.] 1861:61 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] Mexico (fresh water streams of Atlantic slope). Syntypes: BMNH 1856.4.17.41-42 (2). •Synonym of Awaous tajasica (Lichtenstein 1822) -- (Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:438 [ref. 24550]). •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). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

tajasica, Gobius Lichtenstein [M. H. C.] 1822:273 [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1820-1821; ref. 17529] Brazil. Syntypes: ZMB 2036 (1). Original not seen. As taiasica in Valenciennes 1837:122 [ref. 1006]. Neotype [ANSP 84175] selected by Watson 1996:13 [ref. 22211] but a syntype or holotype may exist at ZMB. •Valid as Awaous tajasica (Lichtenstein 1822) -- (Lee et al. 1980:786 [ref. 22416], Robins & Ray 1986:242 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:162 [ref. 23239], Bussing 1987:233 [ref. 22927], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:74 [ref. 22290], Watson 1996:13 [ref. 22211], Torelli et al. 1997:70 [ref. 24612], Bussing 1998:397 [ref. 24179], Ruiz-Campos et al. 1999:131 [ref. 24154], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:438 [ref. 24550], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:658 [ref. 27061], Moura et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:98 [ref. 27192], Miller 2006:395 [ref. 28615], Scharpf 2009:13 [ref. 30400], Van Tassell 2011:142 [ref. 31732], Di Dario et al. 2013:263 [ref. 37503], Catelani et al. 2014:932 [ref. 37496], Melo et al. 2016:377 [ref. 35317], Costa et al. 2017:46 [ref. 35684], Ribeiro et al. 2019:6 [ref. 36717], Al-Jufaili et al. 2021:[3] [ref. 38743], McMahan et al. 2021:[5] [ref. 38383], Koerber et al. 2022:66 [ref. 39235], Carvalho-Filho 2023:235 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Awaous tajasica (Lichtenstein 1822). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: Piauí south to Santa Catarina (Brazil) endemic. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

travassosi, Suiboga Pinto [S. Y.] 1960:2, Figs. 1-3 [Boletim do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro, Zoologia, Nova Série No. 218; ref. 3479] Rio Pituaçu, Salvador city, Bahia, Brazil. Holotype (unique): MNRJ 6.196. •Synonym of Awaous tajasica (Lichtenstein 1822) -- (Watson 1996:13 [ref. 22211], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:658 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Awaous tajasica (Lichtenstein 1822). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.