maculatus, Lepadogaster Guichenot [A.] 1850:109, Pl. 6 (fig. 4) [Histoire naturelle des reptiles et poissons; ref. 1940] Algeria, western Mediterranean Sea. Holotype: MNHN A-4961. •Synonym of Diplecogaster bimaculata (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (Briggs 1955:29 [ref. 637], Briggs 1973:652 [ref. 7222]). •Synonym of Apletodon dentatus (Facciolà 1887) -- (Hofrichter 1995:145 [ref. 30502]). Current status: Synonym of Apletodon dentatus (Facciolà 1887). Gobiesocidae: Lepadogastrinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.