Species that contain: Gobiesox and strumosus [ 6 ] records

barbatulus, Gobiesox Starks [E. C.] 1913:73, Pl. 14 [Leland Stanford Jr. University Publications, University Series; ref. 4197] Tide pools at Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Holotype: CAS-SU 22210. Paratypes: (3) AMNH 3858 (1), CAS-SU 22521 (orig. 3). Type specimen established in Pl. 14. •Synonym of Gobiesox strumosus Cope 1870 -- (Briggs 1955:115 [ref. 637]). •Mention as Gobiesox barbatulus with Cope as author -- (Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:310 [ref. 25013]). •Valid as Gobiesox barbatulus Starks 1913 -- (Johnson & Greenfield 1983:43 [ref. 28991], Cervigón 1991:200 [ref. 24472], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:469 [ref. 24550], McEachran 2003:1774 [ref. 27089], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:96 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:57 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:167 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:173 [ref. 32708], Conway et al. 2017:[9] [ref. 35287], Ribeiro et al. 2019:6 [ref. 36717], Carvalho-Filho 2023:86 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Gobiesox barbatulus Starks 1913. Gobiesocidae: Gobiesocinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Belize to southern Brazil, including southernm Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.

fimbriata, Cotylis Müller [J.] & Troschel [F. H.] 1849:18 [Horae Ichthyologicae No. 3; ref. 3073] Red Sea? [error]. Syntypes: (2) ZMB 2171 (1). See Goren & Dor 1994:13 [ref. 25356]. Type locality probably in error (Dor 1985:54 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Cotylis fimbriata Müller & Troschel 1849 -- (Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:61 [ref. 35264] locality in error). •Perhaps the same as Gobiesox strumosus Cope 1870 with a locality as w. Atlantic -- (Briggs 1955:115 [ref. 637]). Gobiesocidae: Gobiesocinae. Habitat: marine.

sanctimartini, Gobiesox Metzelaar [J.] 1919:151, Fig. 48 [Report on the fishes; ref. 2982] Simsonsbay Lagoon, St. Martin Island, West Indies. Holotype: ZMA 104846. Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:63 [ref. 19236]. Species originally spelled sancti martini. •Synonym of Gobiesox strumosus Cope 1870 -- (Briggs 1955:115 [ref. 637]). Current status: Synonym of Gobiesox strumosus Cope 1870. Gobiesocidae: Gobiesocinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

strumosus, Gobiesox Cope [E. D.] 1870:121 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 22; ref. 18030] Hilton Head, South Carolina, U.S.A. Syntypes: ANSP 10349-61 (13), CAS-SU 17410 [ex ANSP 10362] (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:104 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Gobiesox strumosus Cope 1870 -- (Briggs 1955:115 [ref. 637], Johnson & Greenfield 1983:44 [ref. 28991], Robins & Ray 1986:86 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:81 [ref. 23239], Murdy et al. 1997:107 [ref. 23144], Aguilera 1998:53 [ref. 24221], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:310 [ref. 25013], Schwartz 2000:14 [ref. 24409], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:167 [ref. 27754], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:468 [ref. 24550], McEachran 2003:1774 [ref. 27089], Nelson et al. 2004:168 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:645 [ref. 28815], García-Hernández et al. 2009:93 [ref. 37265], Matamoros et al. 2009:11 [ref. 31241], Page et al. 2013:173 [ref. 32708], Conway et al. 2017:[9] [ref. 35287], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:345 [ref. 36407], Spier et al. 2018:8 [ref. 36103], Carvalho-Filho 2023:87 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Gobiesox strumosus Cope 1870. Gobiesocidae: Gobiesocinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: including Gulf of Mexico. Habitat: brackish, marine.

virgatulus, Gobiesox Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1882:293 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 5 (no. 282); ref. 2472] Pensacola Bay, Florida, U.S.A. Syntypes: USNM 30861 (orig. 3, now 2). Non-types: CAS-SU 441 (1), 1669 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:147 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Gobiesox strumosus Cope 1870 -- (Briggs 1955:115 [ref. 637]). Current status: Synonym of Gobiesox strumosus Cope 1870. Gobiesocidae: Gobiesocinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

yuma, Gobiesox Nichols [J. T.] 1917:876, Fig. 1 [Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History v. 37 (art. 37); ref. 15123] About 12 miles south of Sanibel Light, Estero Bay, western Florida, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): AMNH 5737. •Synonym of Gobiesox strumosus Cope 1870 -- (Briggs 1955:115 [ref. 637]). Current status: Synonym of Gobiesox strumosus Cope 1870. Gobiesocidae: Gobiesocinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.