Species that contain: Gobiopsis and macrostoma [ 4 ] records

asanai, Barbatogobius Koumans [F. P.] 1941:242 [Memoirs of the Indian Museum v. 13 (pt 3); ref. 2677] Kosamba Creek near Bulsan, Gujarat, western India. Holotype: ZSI F5283/2. Paratypes: (2) ?RMNH 17000 [ex ZSI] (1), ZSI F5532/2 (2). •Synonym of Gobiopsis macrostoma Steindachner 1861 -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:937 [ref. 20764], Rainboth 1996:201 [ref. 22772], Parenti 2021:173 [ref. 38603]). •Synonym of Gobiopsis macrostomus Steindachner 1861 -- (Kottelat 2013:409 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Gobiopsis macrostomus Steindachner 1861. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

macrostoma, Gobius Günther [A.] 1861:44 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] Australia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1953.12.31.6. Günther regarded Gobiopsis macrostomus Steindachner 1860 to predate his Gobius macrostoma when he considered them secondary homonyms, so Günther replaced his macrostoma with Gobius microphthalmus in the same work (Günther 1861:550 [ref. 1964]). The original spelling was macrostoma, implying a noun in apposition. However, the replacement name is not congeneric, and both macrostoma species have been treated as valid. •Treated as valid as Redigobius macrostoma (Günther 1861) [sometimes as macrostomus] -- (Kuiter 1993:357 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:805 [ref. 22532], Larson & Hoese in McDowall 1996:223 [ref. 22909], Kuiter 1997:346 [ref. 25488], Johnson 1999:749 [ref. 25471], Larson 2001:208 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3601 [ref. 26293] as macrostomus, Allen et al. 2002:284 [ref. 25930], Hoese & Larson 2006:1681 [ref. 29097], Hoese & Larson 2008:770 [ref. 30660], Larson 2010:161 [ref. 30783], Larson 2011:237 [ref. 31740], Kuiter 2018:90 [ref. 36369]). Current status: Valid as Redigobius macrostoma (Günther 1861). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, southwestern Pacific: southern Queensland (Australia) to South Australia, including Tasmania. Habitat: brackish, marine.

macrostomus, Gobiopsis Steindachner [F.] (ex Heckel) 1861:291, Pl. 1 (fig. 6) [Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften v. 42 (for 1860); ref. 4205] Mumbai, India. Syntypes: NMW 29594-96 (1, 1, 1). Appeared as Gobiopsis macrostomus m. = Gobius macrostomus Heckel (manusc.)"; Steindachner apparently responsible for description (m = mihi). The gender of Gobiopsis is masculine; Kottelat (2013) suggests that this is correct (macrostomus, i.e., an indeclinable noun), rather than a mistake (macrostoma). •Valid as Gobiopsis macrostoma Steindachner 1861 -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:937 [ref. 20764], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:486 [ref. 23876], Zhu 1995:183 [ref. 25213], Rainboth 1996:201 [ref. 22772], Larson & Williams 1997:368 [ref. 23967], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Ataur Rahman 2003:327 [ref. 31338], Hoese & Larson 2006:1658 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:149 [ref. 29532], Shibukawa 2010:97 [ref. 30809], Allen & Erdmann 2012:977 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:199 [ref. 32988], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 14 [ref. 38321], Parenti 2021:173 [ref. 38603], Taki et al. 2021:438 [ref. 39830]). •Valid as Gobiopsis macrostomus Steindachner 1861 -- (Kottelat 2013:409 [ref. 32989], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:261 [ref. 36460], Larson 2022:101 [ref. 39971], Endruweit 2024:83 [ref. 41040] with author as Heckel). Current status: Valid as Gobiopsis macrostomus Steindachner 1861. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: India, eastern Andaman Sea, Gulf of Thailand, Vietnam; northern Australia. Habitat: brackish, marine.

planifrons, Gobius Day [F.] 1873:108 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873 (pt 1) (art. 4) (for 21 Jan. 1873); ref. 14185] Mumbai, India. Holotype (unique): ZSI 97. Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:162 [ref. 23762]. •Valid as Pogonogobius planifrons (Day 1873) -- (Ataur Rahman 1989:301 [ref. 24860]). •Synonym of Gobiopsis macrostoma Steindachner 1861 -- (Rainboth 1996:201 [ref. 22772], Ataur Rahman 2003:327 [ref. 31338], Parenti 2021:173 [ref. 38603]). •Synonym of Gobiopsis macrostomus Steindachner 1862 -- (Kottelat 2013:409 [ref. 32989], Larson 2022:101 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Gobiopsis macrostomus Steindachner 1861. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.