Species that contain: Pseudogobius and melanosticta [ 4 ] records

adyari, Vaimosa Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1945:402 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 35 (no. 12); ref. 2141] Adyar River, Madras, southern India. Holotype: CAS-SU 39864. Paratypes: CAS-SU 39865 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:118 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Pseudogobius gastrospinos (Bleeker 1853) -- (Huang et al. 2013:95 [ref. 33734]). •Synonym of Pseudogobius melanosticta (Day 1876) (often seen as melanostictus) -- (Larson 2001:203 [ref. 25522], Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32989], Chen et al. 2014:130 [ref. 33159], Larson & Hammer 2021:47 [ref. 38276]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudogobius melanosticta (Day 1876). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish.

chilkensis, Gobius Jenkins [J. T.] 1910:137, Pl. 6 (fig. 2) [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 5 (pt 2) (art. 12); ref. 14478] Lake Chilka, Gopkuda Island, India. Syntypes: (12). •Synonym of Stigmatogobius javanicus (Bleeker 1856) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:947 [ref. 20764]). •Species inquirenda in Pseudogobius -- (Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32989]). •Possibly a synonym of Pseudogobius melanosticta (Day 1876) -- (Larson & Hammer 2021:47 [ref. 38276]). Current status: Uncertain as Pseudogobius melanosticta (Day 1876). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

melanosticta, Gobius Day [F.] 1876:290, Pl. 63 (fig. 2) [The fishes of India Part 2; ref. 1081] Backwaters of Madras, India. Lectotype: MNHN A.0018. Parelectotypes and/or Day specimens: AMS B.8202 (1, syntype); BMNH 1889.2.1.3388-3397 (11); MZUF 4704 (1); NMW 84081.1 (1); RMNH 1886 (1); ZSI 187 (1, figured specimen, lost), 291-220 (2, lost). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:162 [ref. 23762], Bauchot et al. 1991:36 [ref. 19958], Ferraris et al. 2000:299 [ref. 25110]. Reasons for loss of ZSI type specimens during WWII see Chopra 1947:349-350 [ref. 33077]. Lectotype selected by Larson & Hammer 2021:52 [ref. 38276]. •Synonym of Stigmatogobius javanicus (Bleeker 1856) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:947 [ref. 20764]). •Synonym of Pseudogobius gastrospilostus (Bleeker 1853) -- (Huang et al. 2013:95 [ref. 33734]). •Valid as Pseudogobius melanosticta (Day 1876) (often seen as melanostictus) -- (Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Larson 2001:203 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3601 [ref. 26293], Larson et al. 2008:144 [ref. 29532], Chen et al. 2013:130 [ref. 33159], Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32989], Chen et al. 2014:130 [ref. 33159], Larson & Hammer 2021:47 [ref. 38276], Taki et al. 2021:455 [ref. 39830], Furuhashi & Motomura 2023:1 [ref. 40838], Jamandre 2023:169 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Pseudogobius melanosticta (Day 1876). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India east to Vanuatu, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: brackish.

serangoonensis, Vaimosa Herre [A. W. C. T.] in Herre & Myers 1937:40, Pl. 2 [Bulletin of the Raffles Museum No. 13; ref. 2123] Creek at Serangoon, Singapore. Holotype: CAS-SU 30984. Paratypes: CAS-SU 16967 (2). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:153 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:119 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Pseudogobius gastrospinos (Bleeker 1853) -- (Huang et al. 2013:95 [ref. 33734]). •Synonym of Pseudogobius melanosticta (Day 1876) (often seen as melanostictus) -- (Larson 2001:203 [ref. 25522], Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32989], Chen et al. 2014:130 [ref. 33159], Larson & Hammer 2021:47 [ref. 38276]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudogobius melanosticta (Day 1876). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish.