Species that contain: Mahidolia and mystacina [ 7 ] records

buchanani, Waitea Rao [V. V.] 1972:130, Fig. 1 [Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society v. 69 (pt 1) (for Apr. 1972); ref. 7656] Godavari River estuary, Andhra Pradesh, India. Holotype (unique): ZMAU. See Das 2003:374 [ref. 27706]. •Synonym of Mahidolia mystacina (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:938 [ref. 20764], Kottelat 2013:412 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Mahidolia mystacina (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

duque, Mahidolia Smith [J. L. B.] 1947:812 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 11) v. 13 (no. 108) (art. 77); ref. 4073] Inhaca Island, Delagoa Bay, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 262. •Synonym of Waitea mystacina (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Maugé 1986:386 [ref. 6218]). •Synonym of Mahidolia mystacina (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Hoese 1986:794 [ref. 5670], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:351 [ref. 28867], Larson et al. 2013:201 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:412 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2018:335 [ref. 35805], Allen & Erdmann 2019:86 [ref. 36640], Larson 2022:115 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Mahidolia mystacina (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

fasciatus, Oligolepis Wu [H.-L.] & Lin [Sh.-D.] 1983:83 [English p. 85], Fig. 1 [Journal of Fisheries of China v. 7 (no. 1); ref. 21321] Jimei, Xiamen, Fujian [= Fukien], China. Holotype: SFC HB2-16. Paratypes: Third Inst. Oceanogr. Xiamen 038 (1), D9-19 (1), H2-20 (1). •Synonym of Mahidolia mystacina (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kottelat 2013:412 [ref. 32989], Allen & Erdmann 2019:86 [ref. 36640]). Current status: Synonym of Mahidolia mystacina (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

maxillaris, Gobius Macleay [W.] 1878:357, Pl. 9 (fig. 2) [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 2 (pt 4); ref. 17573] Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS I.16395-001 [ex MAMU F999]. •Questionably a synonym of Mahidolia mystacina (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Larson & Williams 1997:369 [ref. 23967]). •Synonym of Redigobius dewaali (Weber 1897) -- (Larson 2001:207 [ref. 25522] as dewaalii, Larson 2010:146 [ref. 30783]). •Synonym of Mahidolia mystacina (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Larson et al. 2013:201 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:412 [ref. 32989], Allen & Erdmann 2019:86 [ref. 36640]). Current status: Synonym of Mahidolia mystacina (Valenciennes 1837). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

mystacinus, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:124 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-2967. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:36 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Waitea mystacina (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Maugé 1986:386 [ref. 6218], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:297 [ref. 24014]). •Valid as Mahidoria [sic] mystacina (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:262 [ref. 6441]). •Valid as Mahidolia mystacina (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Yanagisawa 1978:310 [ref. 7028], Hoese 1986:794 [ref. 5670], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:938 [ref. 20764], Rainboth 1996:202 [ref. 22772], Chen et al. 1997:131 [ref. 22867], Larson & Williams 1997:369 [ref. 23967], Kuiter 1997:348 [ref. 25488], Myers 1999:241 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1235 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:412 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:120 [ref. 25868], Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Sakai et al. 2001:113 [ref. 25693], Satapoomin & Winterbottom 2002:62 [ref. 26168], Nakabo 2002:1235 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:643 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:187 [ref. 27510], Randall 2005:542 [ref. 28239], Randall et al. 2005:129 [ref. 28745], Hoese & Larson 2006:1664 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:150 [ref. 29532], Shibukawa 2009:279 [ref. 30449], Allen & Erdmann 2012:879 [ref. 31980], Kottelat 2013:412 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:169 [ref. 33932], Prokofiev 2016:646 [ref. 35020], Motomura et al. 2017:198 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:335 [ref. 35805], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:261 [ref. 36460], Allen & Erdmann 2019:87 [ref. 36640], Fricke et al. 2019:287 [ref. 36673], Larson 2022:115 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:19 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Mahidolia mystacina (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa and Madagascar east to Micronesia and Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: brackish, marine.

normani, Mahidolia Smith [H. M.] & Koumans [F. P.] in Smith 1932:256, Pl. 23 (top) [Journal of the Siam Society, Natural History Supplement v. 8 (no. 4); ref. 4050] Estuary of Chantabun River at Lem Sing, southeastern Thailand. Holotype: KUMF 180. Paratypes: (7) BMNH 1920.3.8.72 (1), KUMF, RMNH 12452 (1). •Synonym of Waitea mystacina (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Maugé 1986:386 [ref. 6218]). •Synonym of Mahidolia mystacina (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Yanagisawa 1978:310 [ref. 7028], Hoese & Larson 2006:1664 [ref. 29097], Kottelat 2013:412 [ref. 32989], Allen & Erdmann 2019:86 [ref. 36640]). Current status: Synonym of Mahidolia mystacina (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

parvida, Waitea Tanaka [S.] 1915:567 [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 27 (no. 325); ref. 4324] Nagasaki fish market, Japan. Syntypes: ZUMT 6367 (2) [3.5 cm spec. is described one -- possible holotype]. •Synonym of Mahidolia mystacina (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Yanagisawa 1978:310 [ref. 7028], Kottelat 2013:412 [ref. 32989], Allen & Erdmann 2019:86 [ref. 36640]). Current status: Synonym of Mahidolia mystacina (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.