Species that contain: Istigobius and decoratus [ 2 ] records

decoratus, Rhinogobius Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1927:181, Pl. 13 (fig. 3) [Monographs, Bureau of Science Manila Monogr. 23; ref. 2104] West side Apo Island, Philippines [Bohol Sea, western Pacific], 9°04'25"N, 123°16'05"E, depth 0-20 feet. Neotype: USNM 254289. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:186 [ref. 2676]. Original syntypes: BSMP 13056 (1), 26881-82 (1, 1) destroyed but seen by Koumans. Neotype designated by Murdy & Hoese 1985:30 [ref. 5237]. •Valid as Istigobius decoratus (Herre 1927) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:252 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:793 [ref. 5670], Allen & Swainston 1988:136 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:404 [ref. 15987], Randall & Goren 1993:15 [ref. 21131], Kuiter 1993:345 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:167 [ref. 25479], Randall et al. 1994:248 [ref. 21645], Goren & Dor 1994:65 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:338 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:218 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:215 [ref. 23922], Randall et al. 1997:404 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:256 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:516 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:749 [ref. 25471], Allen 2000:93 [ref. 37268], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1213 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:412 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:239, 248 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:120 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1213 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:644 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27715], Heemstra et al. 2004:3329 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:538 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1660 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:149 [ref. 29532], Fricke et al. 2009:102 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:214 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:979 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:200 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:167 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:92 [ref. 35333], Suzuki et al. 2017:80 [ref. 35202], Fricke et al. 2018:334 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:157 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:17 [ref. 36883], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:124 [ref. 40104], Eagderi et al. 2019:64 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:285 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:96 [ref. 36871], Akaike et al. 2021:28 [ref. 38809], Parenti 2021:187 [ref. 38603], Wada in Motomura et al. 2021:72 [ref. 38121], Larson 2022:111 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:18 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Istigobius decoratus (Herre 1927). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Rotuma (Fiji) and Tonga, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to northern Australia, Lord Howe Island (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

spence, Gobius Smith [J. L. B.] 1947:809 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 11) v. 13 (no. 108) (art. 77); ref. 4073] Delagoa Bay, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Syntypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 190 (4). •Valid as Acentrogobius spence (Smith 1947) -- (Goren 1979:22 [ref. 1852]). •Valid as Acentrogobius spence = Istigobius decoratus Herre 1927 -- (Dor 1984:238 and footnote [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Istigobius spence (Smith 1947) -- (Murdy & Hoese 1985:27 [ref. 5237], Hoese 1986:794 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:375 [ref. 6218], Myers 1999:257 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Hoese & Larson 2006:1662 [ref. 29097], Allen & Erdmann 2012:981 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:201 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:168 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2018:334 [ref. 35805], Hoese & Erdmann 2018:71 [ref. 35978], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:261 [ref. 36460], Parenti 2021:189 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:112 [ref. 39971], Allen & Erdmann 2024:1354 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Istigobius spence (Smith 1947). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles and Madagascar east to Micronesia, north to northern Vietnam and Philippines, south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: brackish, marine.