Species that contain: Gobiesox and punctulatus [ 4 ] records

gyrinus, Gobiesox Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1898:2331 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 47; ref. 2445] South Africa. Appeared as name only in Jordan & Evermann 1896:491 [ref. 2442]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Gobiesox gyrinus Valenciennes 1837; apparently not replaced. •Synonym of Gobiesox punctulatus (Poey 1876) -- (Briggs 1955:106 [ref. 637]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Gobiesox punctulatus (Poey 1876). Gobiesocidae: Gobiesocinae. Habitat: marine.

haeres, Gobiesox Jordan [D. S.] & Bollman [C. H.] 1889:552 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 11 (no. 752); ref. 2432] Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas. Holotype (unique): USNM 41733. •Synonym of Gobiesox punctulatus (Poey 1876) -- (Briggs 1955:106 [ref. 637]). Current status: Synonym of Gobiesox punctulatus (Poey 1876). Gobiesocidae: Gobiesocinae. Habitat: marine.

punctulatus, Sicyases Poey [F.] 1876:166 [124] [Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, Madrid v. 5 (for 5 Apr. 1876); ref. 3510] Cuba. No types known. On p. 124 of separate. •Valid as Gobiesox punctulatus (Poey 1876) -- (Briggs 1955:104 [ref. 637], Johnson & Greenfield 1983:46 [ref. 28991], Robins & Ray 1986:86 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1991:201 [ref. 24472], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:167 [ref. 27754], McEachran 2003:1774 [ref. 27089], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:96 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:57 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:168 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:644 [ref. 28815], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:73 [ref. 33341], Conway et al. 2017:[9] [ref. 35287], Conway et al. 2017:547 [ref. 35580], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:76 [ref. 38844], Page et al. 2023:152 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Gobiesox punctulatus (Poey 1876). Gobiesocidae: Gobiesocinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

vittatus, Gobiesox Metzelaar [J.] 1922:140, Fig. 3 [Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde v. 22; ref. 5741] Caracas Bay, southwestern Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. Holotype: ZMA 104168. Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:64 [ref. 19236]. •Synonym of Gobiesox punctulatus (Poey 1876) -- (Briggs 1955:106 [ref. 637]). Current status: Synonym of Gobiesox punctulatus (Poey 1876). Gobiesocidae: Gobiesocinae. Habitat: marine.