Species that contain: Bathygobius and cyclopterus [ 7 ] records

crassiceps, Mapo Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:403, Fig. 92 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51777 (1 of 5). Paratypes: CAS-SU 8706 (1), USNM 51777 (4 of 5). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:125 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:115 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Bathygobius crassiceps (Jordan & Seale 1906) -- (Shao et al. 2008:261 [ref. 29952]). •Synonym of Bathygobius cyclopterus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Akihito & Meguro 1980:228 [ref. 6920], Randall 2005:520 [ref. 28239], Kottelat 2013:401 [ref. 32989], Larson 2022:50 [ref. 39971], Parenti 2021:100 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Bathygobius cyclopterus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

cyclopterus, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:59 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Carteret Harbour, Lambom Island, near Cape Saint-George, southern New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific, ca. 4°48'S, 152°51'E. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-1355. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:30-31 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Bathygobius cyclopterus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Goren 1978:269 [ref. 8929], Goren 1979:26 [ref. 1852], Akihito & Meguro 1980:228 [ref. 6920], Dor 1984:240 [ref. 29757], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:273 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:781 [ref. 5670], Miller & Smith 1989:315 [ref. 25535], Randall & Goren 1993:6 [ref. 21131], Kottelat et al. 1993:142 [ref. 23448], Goren & Dor 1994:63 [ref. 25356], Myers 1999:245 [ref. 23965], Chu 1999:70 [ref. 24097], Fricke 1999:502 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:92 [ref. 37268], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:635 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1219 [ref. 25182], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:242 [ref. 25480], Sakai et al. 2001:109 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3595 [ref. 26293], Miller & Stefanni 2001:151 [ref. 26034], Nakabo 2002:1219 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Randall 2005:520 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1627 [ref. 29097], Fricke et al. 2009:100 [ref. 30213], Shibukawa 2009:264 [ref. 30449], Motomura et al. 2010:205 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:961 [ref. 31980], Kottelat 2013:401 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:159 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:89 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:327 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:148 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:274 [ref. 36673], Kovačić et al. 2021:87 [ref. 39014], Parenti 2021:100 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:50 [ref. 39971], Mochizuki et al. 2022:25 [ref. 39612], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:5 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Bathygobius cyclopterus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion) east to Mariana Islands and Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: brackish, marine.

laoe, Bathygobius Roxas [H. A.] & Ablan [G. L.] 1940:306, Pl. 4 [Philippine Journal of Science v. 73 (no. 3); ref. 13218] Dagupan, Pangasinan Province, Luzon Island, Philippines. Holotype (unique): BSMP 31948 (destroyed in WWII). •Synonym of Bathygobius cyclopterus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kottelat 2013:401 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:101 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Bathygobius cyclopterus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

mearnsi, Mapo Evermann [B. W.] & Seale [A.] 1906:510, Fig. 2 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 31 (no. 1491); ref. 15657] Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippines. Holotype: USNM 55624 (1 of 3). Paratypes: Bur. Fish. 1495 (1). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:128 [ref. 2676]. •Synonym of Bathygobius cyclopterus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Akihito & Meguro 1980:228 [ref. 6920], Kottelat 2013:401 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:101 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Bathygobius cyclopterus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

nox, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1851:248 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 1 (no. 3); ref. 16890] Sumatra, Indonesia. Syntypes: (7) RMNH 4532 (1 or more of 4). •Synonym of Bathygobius cyclopterus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Akihito & Meguro 1980:228 [ref. 6920], Kottelat 2013:401 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:100 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Bathygobius cyclopterus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

variabilis, Gobius Steindachner [F.] 1901:430, Pl. 18 (figs. 4, 4a, 4b) [Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft v. 25; ref. 14769] Ternate, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: SMF 885 (2), 1679 (4). As Gobius variabilis in text, but as Gobius varius in caption to Pl. 18 on p. 464; first reviser Kottelat 2013:401 [ref. 32989] selecting variabilis. •Synonym of Bathygobius cyclopterus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Akihito & Meguro 1980:228 [ref. 6920], Kottelat 2013:401 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:100 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Bathygobius cyclopterus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

varius, Gobius Steindachner [F.] 1901:Pl. 18 (figs. 4, 4a, 4b) [Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft v. 25; ref. 14769] See account of Gobius variabilis Steindachner 1901. •Synonym of Bathygobius cyclopterus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Parenti 2021:100 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Bathygobius cyclopterus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.