Species that contain: Mugilogobius and mertoni [ 6 ] records

durbanensis, Gobius Barnard [K. H.] 1927:70 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 20 (no. 115) (art. 8); ref. 193] Durban Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): SAM 17356. Also appeared as new in Barnard 1927:815 [ref. 194]. •Valid as Mugilogobius durbanensis (Barnard 1927) -- (Hoese 1986:795 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:376 [ref. 6218], Huang et al. 2016:13 [ref. 34500] with question). •Synonym of Mugilogobius mertoni (Weber 1911) -- (Larson 2001:143 [ref. 25522], Kottelat 2013:413 [ref. 32989], Huang et al. 2013:101 [ref. 33734], Larson 2022:162 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Mugilogobius mertoni (Weber 1911). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

inhacae, Stigmatogobius Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:198, Pl. 9 (fig. G) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 13; ref. 4122] Inhaca, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 207. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 7247 (5). •Valid as Mugilogobius inhacae (Smith 1959) -- (Hoese 1986:795 [ref. 5670]). •Synonym of Mugilogobius mertoni (Weber 1911) -- (Larson 2001:143 [ref. 25522], Larson 2005:348 [ref. 28521] as inhaca, Kottelat 2013:414 [ref. 32989], Huang et al. 2013:101 [ref. 33734], Huang et al. 2016:2 [ref. 34500], Larson 2022:162 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Mugilogobius mertoni (Weber 1911). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

layia, Vaimosa Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1953:769 [Philippine Journal of Science v. 82 (no. 1); ref. 11046] Layia, Batangas Province, Luzon Island, Philippines. Holotype: USNM 202503 [ex UW 18959]. Paratypes: USNM 202573 [ex UW 7554] (3). Type catalog: Meldrim & Wadley 1968:873 [ref. 31181]. Appeared without distinguishing features in Herre 1953:769 [ref. 5594]. •Synonym of Mugilogobius mertoni (Weber 1911) -- (Larson 2001:143 [ref. 25522], Kottelat 2013:414 [ref. 32989], Huang et al. 2013:101 [ref. 33734], Miesen et al. 2016:94 [ref. 34492], Huang et al. 2016:2 [ref. 34500]). Current status: Synonym of Mugilogobius mertoni (Weber 1911). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

mertoni, Gobius Weber [M.] 1911:37, Figs. 5-6 [Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Frankfurt-a.-M. v. 34 (no. 1); ref. 14827] Aru Island, Aru Islands, Maluku, Indonesia. Lectotype: SMF 6699. Paralectotypes: (several) SMF 6692 (1), 6693-96 (4), 6697-98 (2); ZMA 112660 (1). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:99 [ref. 19236]. Lectotype selected by Larson 2001:149 [ref. 25522]. •Synonym in part of Mugilogobius platystomus (Günther 1872) -- (Larson 2001:164 [ref. 25522]). •Valid as Mugilogobius mertoni (Weber 1911) -- (Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Larson 2001:143 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3601 [ref. 26293], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Heemstra et al. 2004:3329 [ref. 27945], Hoese & Larson 2006:1665 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:142 [ref. 29532], Larson et al. 2013:201 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:413 [ref. 32989], Huang et al. 2013:101 [ref. 33734], Fricke et al. 2014:169 [ref. 33932], Miesen et al. 2016:94 [ref. 34492], Huang et al. 2016:14 [ref. 34500], Labatos 2017:4 [ref. 36239], Sulaiman et al. 2018:46 [ref. 35802], Fricke et al. 2018:335 [ref. 35805], Larson 2022:162 [ref. 39971], Jamandre 2023:168 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Mugilogobius mertoni (Weber 1911). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Gulf of Aden, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Rodrigues) east to Philippines and Papua New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

mindora, Tamanka Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1945:75 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 58; ref. 13145] Mangrove swamp at Hacienda Waterous, Mangarin, Mindoro, Philippines. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 39885. Additional material: (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:117 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Mugilogobius mertoni (Weber 1911) -- (Larson 2001:143 [ref. 25522], Kottelat 2013:413 [ref. 32989], Huang et al. 2013:101 [ref. 33734], Miesen et al. 2016:94 [ref. 34492], Huang et al. 2016:2 [ref. 34500]). Current status: Synonym of Mugilogobius mertoni (Weber 1911). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

samberanoensis, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1867:417 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 2; ref. 14040] Samberano River, Madagascar. Syntypes: (2). As sambiranoensis and samberanensis in literature. •Questionably a synonym of Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Maugé 1986:361 [ref. 6218]). •See Fricke 1999:497 [ref. 24106]. •Belongs to the genus Redigobius -- (D. Hoese/H.K. Larson data). •Synonym of Mugilogobius fuscus (Herre 1940) -- (Larson 2022:161 [ref. 39971] with question). •Synonym of Mugilogobius mertoni (Weber 1911) -- (Larson 2022:162 [ref. 39971] with qustion). •Valid as Redigobius samberanoensis (Bleeker 1867) -- (Fricke et al. 2018:339 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Redigobius samberanoensis (Bleeker 1867). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.