Species that contain: Paragobiodon and echinocephalus [ 4 ] records

amiciensis, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:135 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Tongatabou [Tongatapu], Tonga, and New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. Lectotype: MNHN B-2986. Paralectotypes: MNHN 0000-2966 (9), A-1347 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:25-26 [ref. 19958]. Lectotype established by Maugé 1986:379 [ref. 6218]. •Synonym of Paragobiodon echinocephalus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Maugé 1986:379 [ref. 6218], Fricke et al. 2018:337 [ref. 35805], Larson 2022:119 [ref. 39971], Parenti 2021:207 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Paragobiodon echinocephalus (Rüppell 1830). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

echinocephalus, Gobius Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1830:136, Pl. 34 (fig. 3) [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Syntypes or possible types: BMNH 1860.12.3.2-3 (2); SMF 1722 (6); ZMB 2087-89 (1, 1, 1), 6553 (1), 15589 (1). Also in Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:134 [ref. 1006]. •Valid as Paragobiodon echinocephalus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Dor 1984:249 [ref. 29757], Yoshino & Yamamoto in Masuda et al. 1984:266 [ref. 6441], Maugé 1986:379 [ref. 6218], Hoese 1986:798 [ref. 5670], Allen & Swainston 1988:136 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:405 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:65 [ref. 25356], Allen 1997:218 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:369 [ref. 23967], Randall et al. 1997:405 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:257 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:518 [ref. 24106], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:639 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1185 [ref. 25182], Randall & Earle 2000:19 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:121 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1185 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:645 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:544 [ref. 28239], Herler & Hilgers 2005:123 [ref. 28528], Hoese & Larson 2006:1671 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:150 [ref. 29532], Fricke et al. 2009:102 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:216 [ref. 31256], Suzuki & Randall 2011:155 [ref. 31616], Allen & Erdmann 2012:902 [ref. 31980]. Larson et al. 2013:203 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:169 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988] dated 1828, Prokofiev 2016:652 [ref. 35020], Fricke et al. 2018:337 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:158 [ref. 36273], Parenti 2021:207 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:119 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:21 [ref. 40247], Sato et al. 2023:15 [ref. 40019]). Current status: Valid as Paragobiodon echinocephalus (Rüppell 1830). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Tuamotu Archipelago and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island (Australia), and Tonga. Habitat: marine.

gobiodon, Gobius Day [F.] 1870:516 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869 (pt 3) (art. 7) (for 11 Nov. 1869); ref. 18819] Andaman Islands or adjacent islands. Syntypes: ZSI 216 (7, lost). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:161 [ref. 23762]. Reasons for loss of ZSI type specimens during WWII see Chopra 1947:349-350 [ref. 33077]. •Synonym of Paragobiodon echinocephalus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Parenti 2021:207 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Paragobiodon echinocephalus (Rüppell 1830). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

melanosoma, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1853:703 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 3 (no. 5); ref. 16833] Wahai, Ceram, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 4546. The name melanosoma is apparently a noun, so melanosoma is correct. •Synonym of Paragobiodon echinocephalus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Maugé 1986:380 [ref. 6218]). •Valid as Eleotris melanosoma (Bleeker 1853) in Eleotridae -- (Wu in Pan et al. 1991:431 [ref. 23876]). •Valid as Paragobiodon melanosomus (Bleeker 1853) -- (Yoshino & Yamamoto in Masuda et al. 1984:266 [ref. 6441], Myers 1999:257 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:639 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1185 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1185 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830] as melanosoma, Hoese & Larson 2006:1671 [ref. 29097] as melanosoma, Allen & Erdmann 2012:902 [ref. 31980] as melanosomus, Larson et al. 2013:204 [ref. 32988] dated 1852, Fricke et al. 2014:170 [ref. 33932], Parenti 2021:207 [ref. 38603], Wada et al. 2021:49 [ref. 38521]). Current status: Valid as Paragobiodon melanosoma (Bleeker 1853). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia east to Marshall and Solomon islands, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.