Species that contain: Istigobius and ornatus [ 13 ] records

calderae, Gobius Evermann [B. W.] & Seale [A.] 1906:511, Fig. 3 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 31 (no. 1491); ref. 15657] Caldera Bay, Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippines. Holotype: USNM 55625 [not 53625]. Paratypes: (3) MCZ 36018 (1). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:128 [ref. 2676]. •Synonym of Istigobius ornatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Murdy & Hoese 1985:9 [ref. 5237], Kottelat 2013:411 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:188 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Istigobius ornatus (Rüppell 1830). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

campbelli, Ctenogobius Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:62, Fig. 8 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 24 (no. 1244); ref. 2509] Wakanoura, Kii Province, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, Inland Sea. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 6450. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:141 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:110 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Gobius ornatus Rüppell 1830, but a valid subspecies -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:356 [ref. 7348]). •Valid as Istigobius campbelli (Jordan & Snyder 1901) -- (Murdy & McEachran 1982:645 [ref. 8437], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:252 [ref. 6441], Murdy & Hoese 1985:18 [ref. 5237], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1213 [ref. 25182], Sakai et al. 2001:112 [ref. 25693], Shimizu 2001:41 [ref. 25799], Nakabo 2002:1213 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:399, 661 [ref. 26218], Matsui et al. 2014:10 [ref. 33344], Kwun et al. 2017:143 [ref. 37287], Kim et al. 2020:169 [ref. 39118] as cambelli, Sonoyama et al. 2020:105 [ref. 37637], Parenti 2021:187 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Istigobius campbelli (Jordan & Snyder 1901). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Korea and Japan. Habitat: marine.

ehrenbergii, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:63 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Shipped from Alexandria, Egypt (probably originating from Red Sea?). Syntypes: MNHN 0000-1398 (2). •Valid as Gobius ehrenbergii Valenciennes 1837 -- (Miller 1973:514 [ref. 6888]). •Synonym of Istigobius ornatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Murdy & Hoese 1985:9 [ref. 5237], Kottelat 2013:411 [ref. 32989], Larson 2022:111 [ref. 39971], Parenti 2021:188 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Istigobius ornatus (Rüppell 1830). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

elegans, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:58 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Java, Indonesia; Vanikoro, Santa Cruz Islands; New Guinea; Mumbai, India. Syntypes: MNHN A-1401 (1, primary specimen) Java, A.1398 (1) Mumbai, A-1399 (2) New Guinea; RMNH 1873 (1) Java, 1851 (5). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:31 [ref. 19958] as holotype and paratypes. •Synonym of Istigobius ornatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Murdy & Hoese 1985:9 [ref. 5237], Maugé 1986:374 [ref. 6218], Kottelat 2013:411 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:188 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:111 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Istigobius ornatus (Rüppell 1830). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

interstinctus, Gobius Richardson [J.] 1844:3, Pl. 5 (figs. 3-6) [Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror v. 2 (2); ref. 3740] Northwestern coast of Australia. Syntypes: (many) BMNH 1844.9.13.40 (1), 1845.9.19.621-622 (2), 1978.1.19.1 (1). •Synonym of Istigobius ornatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Murdy & Hoese 1985:9 [ref. 5237], Hoese & Larson 2006:1661 [ref. 29097], Kottelat 2013:411 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:188 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Istigobius ornatus (Rüppell 1830). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

maritimus, Sicyopterus Fourmanoir [P.] 1955:205, Not Fig. 1 [Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar. Série A, Biologie Animale v. 9; ref. 12271] Domoni, Anjouan Island, Comoro Islands. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:61 [ref. 19958] who state Fourmanoir's Fig. 1 is not this species. •Synonym of Istigobius ornatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Maugé 1986:374 [ref. 6218]). •Synonym of Sicyopterus lagocephalus (Pallas 1770) -- (Larson 2022:179 [ref. 39971] with question). Current status: Synonym of Sicyopterus lagocephalus (Pallas 1770). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

ornatus, Gobius Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1830:135 [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Lectotype: SMF 1738. Paralectotypes: ?BMNH 1860.12.3.10 [from Rüppell] (1), SMF 4918-19 (2). Lectotype established by Dor 1984:238 [ref. 29757] if not designated earlier. •Valid as Acentrogobius ornatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Goren 1979:21 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:238 [ref. 29757], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:296 [ref. 24014]). •Valid as Istigobius ornatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:253 [ref. 6441], Murdy & Hoese 1985:9 [ref. 5237] with holotype and paratypes, Murdy 1985:124 [ref. 21599], Hoese 1986:793 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:374 [ref. 6218], Allen & Swainston 1988:136 [ref. 25477], Kottelat et al. 1993:146 [ref. 23448], Goren & Dor 1994:65 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:339 [ref. 22896], Rainboth 1996:202 [ref. 22772], Allen 1997:218 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:369 [ref. 23967], Kuiter 1997:352 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:534 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:257 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1212 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:120 [ref. 25868], Sakai et al. 2001:113 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:1214 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:644 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:186 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:539 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1661 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:149 [ref. 29532], Ghanbarifardi & Malek 2009:[4] 498 [ref. 37937], Shibukawa 2009:278 [ref. 30449], Motomura et al. 2010:215 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:980 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:201 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:411 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:168 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:92 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:334 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:157 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:65 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:286 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:96 [ref. 36871], Parenti 2021:188 [ref. 38603], Wada in Motomura et al. 2021:73 [ref. 38121], Koreeda et al. 2022:31 [ref. 39102], Larson 2022:111 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:18 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Istigobius ornatus (Rüppell 1830). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Society Islands and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: brackish, marine.

ornatus, Gobius Day [F.] 1871:691 [15] [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1870 (pt 3); ref. 1078] Andaman Islands. No types known. On p. 15 of separate. Not treated by Whitehead & Talwar 1976 [ref. 23762]. Objectively invalid; apparently independent of and preoccupied by Gobius ornatus (Rüppell 1830). •Synonym of Istigobius ornatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Murdy & Hoese 1985:9 [ref. 5237], Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Kottelat 2013:411 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:188 [ref. 38603]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Istigobius ornatus (Rüppell 1830). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

periophthalmoides, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1851:249 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 1 (no. 3); ref. 16890] Western Sumatra, Indonesia. Syntypes: (33) ?NMW 21092-93 (2), RMNH 6171 (some of 64). •Synonym of Istigobius ornatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Murdy & Hoese 1985:9 [ref. 5237], Kottelat 2013:411 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:188 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Istigobius ornatus (Rüppell 1830). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

stephensoni, Gobius (Istigobius) Whitley [G. P.] 1932:301 [Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29: scientific reports. v. 4 (no. 9); ref. 4676] Murray Island, Queensland, Australia. Holotype: AMS I.11704. Paratypes: AMS I.11705-11720 (40), IA.4350 (8). Holotype figured by McCulloch & Ogilby 1919:227, Pl. 33 (fig. 2) [ref. 15219]. •Synonym of Istigobius ornatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Murdy & Hoese 1985:9 [ref. 5237], Hoese & Larson 2006:1661 [ref. 29097], Kottelat 2013:411 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:188 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Istigobius ornatus (Rüppell 1830). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

thurstoni, Gobius Day [F.] 1888:793 [The fishes of India Suppl.; ref. 1082] Madras, India. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1889.2.1.3445. Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:162 [ref. 23762]. •Synonym of Istigobius ornatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Murdy & Hoese 1985:9 [ref. 5237], Kottelat 2013:411 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:188 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Istigobius ornatus (Rüppell 1830). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

ventralis, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] (ex Ehrenberg) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:113 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Holotype (unique): MNHN (not found). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:60 [ref. 19958]. •Synonym of Acentrogobius ornatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Goren 1979:21 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:238 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Istigobius ornatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Murdy & Hoese 1985:9 [ref. 5237], Maugé 1986:374 [ref. 6218], Golani & Fricke 2018:157 [ref. 36273], Parenti 2021:188 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Istigobius ornatus (Rüppell 1830). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

venustulus, Gobius Fowler [H. W.] 1904:551, Pl. 27 (lower fig.) [Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Second series. v. 12 (pt 4); ref. 1367] Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia. Holotype: ANSP 27799 (in jar with paratype). Paratypes: ANSP 27800 (1). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:134 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1984:111 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Istigobius ornatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Murdy & Hoese 1985:9 [ref. 5237], Parenti 2021:188 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Istigobius ornatus (Rüppell 1830). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.