Species that contain: Gobiosoma and etheostoma [ 2 ] records

etheostoma, Aboma Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] in Jordan 1895:497, Pl. 50 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2) v. 5; ref. 2394] Astillero at Mazatlán, Sinaloa, western Mexico. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 3459. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:107 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Gobiosoma etheostoma (Jordan & Starks 1895) -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:265 [ref. 22193], Hoese in Fischer et al. 1995:1135 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:171 [ref. 24545], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:434 [ref. 24550], Thomson et al. 2000:232 [ref. 25640]). •Valid as Aboma etheostoma Jordan & Starks 1895 -- (Rüber et al. 2003:1596 [ref. 26969], Nelson et al. 2004:169 [ref. 27807], Van Tassell 2011:151 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:174 [ref. 32708], Angulo et al. 2013:1007 [ref. 33194], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:92 [ref. 35859], González-Murcia et al. 2019:293 [ref. 36544], Parenti 2021:259 [ref. 38603], Page et al. 2023:120 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Aboma etheostoma Jordan & Starks 1895. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Sonora (Mexico) south to Colombia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

polyporosum, Gobiosoma (Austrogobius) Dawson [C. E.] 1969:510, Figs. 1-2 [Copeia 1969 (no. 3); ref. 7809] Farfan Point, (Pacific) Panama, about 8°56'N, 79°34'W, depth 0-8 feet. Holotype: USNM 203573. Paratypes: ANSP 112183 (1); GCRL 3017 (2), 3018 (1, c&s); UF 224451-52 [ex UMML 24451-52] (1, 1); USNM 203574 (3). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:109 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Aboma etheostoma Jordan & Starks 1895 -- (Parenti 2021:259 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Aboma etheostoma Jordan & Starks 1895. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.