Species that contain: Gnatholepis and cauerensis and cauerensis [ 9 ] records

australis, Gnatholepis cauerensis Randall [J. E.] & Greenfield [D. W.] 2001:7, Pl. II B. [Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology No. 69; ref. 25675] Haurei Bay, Rapa, Tubuai Islands, South.Pacific. Holotype (unique): BPBM 17276. Plus other material. •Synonym of Gnatholepis cauerensis Bleeker 1853, but a valid subspecies as described -- (Randall 2005:536 [ref. 28239]). •Valid as Gnatholepis australis Randall & Greenfield 2001 -- (Randall 2009:181 [ref. 30557]). •Synonym of Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker 1853) -- (Larson & Buckle 2012:5 [ref. 32272]). Current status: Synonym of Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker 1853). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: South Pacific: southeastern Oceania (if valid). Habitat: brackish, marine.

capistratus, Gobius Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1855:443 [Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1855; ref. 3449] Ibo, Mozambique, 12°S. Syntypes: ZMB 2103 (2). Also described as new in Peters 1855:251 [ref. 13448]. •Synonym of Acentrogobius cauerensis (Bleeker 1853) = Gnatholepis anjerensis (Bleeker 185) -- (Dor 1984:237 and footnote [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker 1853) -- (Maugé 1986:369 [ref. 6218]). •Synonym of Gnatholepis anjerensis (Bleeker 1851) -- (Randall & Greenfield 2001:3 [ref. 25675], Greenfield & Randall 2004:524 [ref. 28175], Randall & Greenfield 2007:304 [ref. 29292], Larson & Buckle 2012:5, 22 [ref. 32272], Kottelat 2013:409 [ref. 32989], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:2 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Synonym of Gnatholepis anjerensis (Bleeker 1851). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: marine.

cauerensis, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1853:269 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 12580] Cauer, a village on the southwestern coast of Sumatra, 4°44'S, 103°15'E [Bengkulu, Indonesia, eastern Indian Ocean]. Holotype (unique): RMNH 4523 (1 of 2). •Valid as Acentrogobius cauerensis (Bleeker 1853) -- (Goren 1979:18 [ref. 1852]). •Synonym of Gnatholepis anjerensis (Bleeker 1851) -- (Randall 1995:336 [ref. 22896]). •Valid as Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker 1853) [sometimes as subspecies cauerensis] -- (Randall & Greenfield 2001:6 [ref. 25675], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Lobel & Lobel 2004:76 [ref. 27576], Heemstra et al. 2004:3329 [ref. 27945], Greenfield & Randall 2004:526 [ref. 28175], Randall 2005:536 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1654 [ref. 29097], Randall & Greenfield 2007:308 [ref. 29292], Randall 2007:405 [ref. 30952], Larson et al. 2008:141 [ref. 29532], Randall 2009:181 [ref. 30557], Motomura et al. 2010:213 [ref. 31256], Larson & Buckle 2012:29 [ref. 32272], Koeda et al. 2016:16 [ref. 35354]). •Valid as Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker 1853) -- (Goren 1981:98 [ref. 8597], Maugé 1986:369 [ref. 6218], Myers 1999:255 [ref. 23965], Randall 1999:26 [ref. 25829], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:411 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:19 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:120 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3601 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:58 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:27 [ref. 27624], Rocha et al. 2005:3921 [ref. 29293] with comments, Fricke et al. 2009:101 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:975 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:270 [ref. 32706], Smith-Vanis & Jelks 2014:78 [ref. 33341], Fricke et al. 2014:167 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988], Motomura et al. 2015:30 [ref. 34709], Prokofiev 2016:646 [ref. 35020] as aff. cauerensis, Koeda et al. 2016:92 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:332 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:16 [ref. 36883], Brown et al. 2019:163 [ref. 36444], Fricke et al. 2019:285 [ref. 36673], Hoschke et al. 2019:160 [ref. 36626], Zajonz et al. 2019:95 [ref. 36871] as cf. cauerensis, Larson 2022:160 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker 1853). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Amirantes (Seychelles), Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Wake Atoll, Marshal Islands, Line Islands (Kiribati) and Gambier Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), Sydney (New South Wales, Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia), New Caledonia, Tonga, and Pitcairn Island; southern central Atlantic: Saint Helena. Atlantic Ocean immigrant. Habitat: brackish, marine.

hawaiiensis, Gnatholepis cauerensis Randall [J. E.] & Greenfield [D. W.] 2001:10, Pl. IIC, D [Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology No. 69; ref. 25675] Pukukea, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands, depth 20 meters. Holotype (unique): BPBM 37847. Plus other material. •Synonym of Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker 1853), but a valid subspecies hawaiiensis Randall & Greenfield 2001 as described -- (Greenfield & Randall 2004:526 [ref. 28175], Randall 2005:536 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:476 [ref. 28379]). •Valid as Gnatholepis hawaiiensis Randall & Greenfield 2001 -- (Randall 2009:181 [ref. 30557]). •Synonym of Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker 1853) -- (Larson & Buckle 2012:5 [ref. 32272]). Current status: Synonym of Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker 1853). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: marine.

inconsequens, Gnatholepis Whitley [G. P.] 1958:44 [Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales v. for 1956-57; ref. 4728] Heron Island, Capricorn Group, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS IB.3916. •Probably a synonym of Gnatholepis scapulostigma Herre 1953 -- (Randall et al. 1990:402 [ref. 15987]). •Valid as Gnatholepis inconsequens Whitley 1958 -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:134 [ref. 25477], Francis 1993:167 [ref. 25479], Larson & Murdy 2001:3601 [ref. 26293]). •Synonym of Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker 1853), subspecies cauerensis -- (Randall & Greenfield 2001:6 [ref. 25675], Greenfield & Randall 2004:526 [ref. 28175] by inference, Randall & Greenfield 2007:304 [ref. 29292]). •Synonym of Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker 1853) -- (Larson & Buckle 2012:5 [ref. 32272]). Current status: Synonym of Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker 1853). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

ophthalmotaenia, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1854:46 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 7 (no. 1); ref. 16938] Nova Selma [Home Island, Cocos-Keeling Islands, eastern Indian Ocean]. Syntypes: RMNH 4526 (4 of 10). •Synonym of Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker 1853) -- (Maugé 1986:369 [ref. 6218]). •Synonym of Gnatholepis anjerensis (Bleeker 1851) -- (Randall & Greenfield 2001:3 [ref. 25675], Greenfield & Randall 2004:524 [ref. 28175], Randall & Greenfield 2007:304 [ref. 29292]). •Valid as Gnatholepis ophthalmotaenia (Bleeker 1854) -- (Allen & Adrim 2003:58 [ref. 26830], Larson & Buckle 2012:43 [ref. 32272], Kottelat 2013:409 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:167 [ref. 33932], Akaike et al. 2021:28 [ref. 38809]). Current status: Valid as Gnatholepis ophthalmotaenia (Bleeker 1854). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Cocos-Keeling Islands east to Philippines and Papua New Guinea, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Lapan), south to Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Habitat: marine.

pascuensis, Gnatholepis cauerensis Randall [J. E.] & Greenfield [D. W.] 2001:11, Pl. II E [Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology No. 69; ref. 25675] Tahai, Easter Island [Chile, southeastern Pacific]. Holotype (unique): BPBM 32850. Plus other material. •Synonym of Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker 1853), but a valid subspecies pascuensis Randall & Greenfield 2001(as described) -- (Randall 2005:19 [ref. 28161], Randall 2005:536 [ref. 28239] as cauerensis). •Valid as Gnatholepis pascuensis Randall & Greenfield 2001 -- (Randall 2009:179 [ref. 30558], Larson & Buckle 2012:5, 49 [ref. 32272]). Current status: Valid as Gnatholepis pascuensis Randall & Greenfield 2001. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Southeastern Pacific: Easter Island. Habitat: marine.

scapulostigma, Gnatholepis Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1953:193 [Philippine Journal of Science v. 82 (no. 2); ref. 11047] Engebi Island, Eniwetok [Enewetak] Atoll, Marshall Islands, western Pacific. Holotype (unique): not researched. •Synonym of Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker 1853) -- (Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Randall 2007:406 [ref. 30952], Randall 2009:181 [ref. 30557]). •Valid as Gnatholepis scapulostigma Herre 1953 -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:252 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:402 [ref. 15987], Randall & Goren 1993:13 [ref. 21131], Kuiter 1993:347 [ref. 23929], Allen 1997:216 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:402 [ref. 25919], Fricke 1999:513 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:93 [ref. 37268], Brito & Miller 2001:258 [ref. 25096], Nakabo 2000:1212 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:411 [ref. 25191], Larson & Murdy 2001:3601 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1212 [ref. 26193], Rocha et al. 2005:3921 [ref. 29293]). •Synonym of Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker 1853), subspecies cauerensis -- (Randall & Greenfield 2001:6 [ref. 25675], Greenfield & Randall 2004:526 [ref. 28175] by inference, Randall & Greenfield 2007:306 [ref. 29292], Motomura et al. 2010:213 [ref. 31256], Larson & Buckle 2012:5 [ref. 32272]). Current status: Synonym of Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker 1853). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

thompsoni, Gnatholepis Jordan [D. S.] 1904:541, Pl. 1 (fig. 2) [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 (1902); ref. 2400] Bush Key, Tortugas Archipelago, Florida, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 8364. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:113 [ref. 12291]. Published 19 Jan. 1904 in volume for 1902. •Synonym of Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker 1853) -- (Rocha 2005:3921 [ref. 29293], Randall & Greenfield 2007:304 [ref. 29292], Randall 2007:406 [ref. 30952], Page et al. 2013:177 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Collette 2013:182 [ref. 32953]). •Valid as Gnatholepis thompsoni Jordan 1904 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:246 [ref. 23100], Edwards & Glass 1987:659 [ref. 9166], Miller 1990:931 [ref. 19376], Cervigón 1994:171 [ref. 24488], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:316 [ref. 25013], Schwartz 1999:284 [ref. 25307], Afonso et al. 1999:79 [ref. 25466], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:167 [ref. 27754], Brito & Miller 2001:255 [ref. 25096], Gasparini & Floeter 2001:1646 [ref. 25634], Rocha & Rosa 2001:992 [ref. 25909], Randall & Greenfield 2001:1 [ref. 25675], Thacker & Cole 2002:840 [ref. 26548], Collette et al. 2003:122 [ref. 26784], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1795 [ref. 27111], Moura et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:99 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:62 [ref. 27621] dated 1902, Ross & Rhode 2004:309 [ref. 27789] dated to 1902, Araújo & Freitas 2002:2 [ref. 27803], Nelson et al. 2004:171 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:703 [ref. 28815], Rocha et al. 2005:3921 [ref. 29293], Wirtz et al. 2007:39 [ref. 30263], Van Tassell 2011:144 [ref. 31732], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:186 [ref. 31737], Larson & Buckle 2012:5, 50 [ref. 32272], Wirtz et al. 2013:132 [ref. 32972], Wirtz et al. 2014:10 [ref. 33516], Pinheiro et al. 2015:30 [ref. 34324], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2841 [ref. 34618], Robertson et al. 2016:148 [ref. 34961], Carneiro et al. 2019:179 [ref. 37250], Reiner 2019:264 [ref. 38139] as thomsoni, Robertson et al. 2020:155 [ref. 38098], Carballo et al. 2021:102 [ref. 39250], Carvalho-Filho in Marceniuk et al. 2021:242 [ref. 38945], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:75 [ref. 38844], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:72 [ref. 39585], Carvalho-Filho 2023:237 [ref. 40480], Hoff et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40463], Martínez-Servín et al. 2023:113 [ref. 40726], Page et al. 2023:122 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Gnatholepis thompsoni Jordan 1904. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda and Florida (U.S.A.) south to São Paulo (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; eastern Atlantic: including Madeira (Portugal), Canary Islands (Spain), São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: marine.