strumosus, Gobiesox Cope [E. D.] 1870:121 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 22; ref. 18030] Hilton Head, South Carolina, U.S.A. Syntypes: ANSP 10349-61 (13), CAS-SU 17410 [ex ANSP 10362] (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:104 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Gobiesox strumosus Cope 1870 -- (Briggs 1955:115 [ref. 637], Johnson & Greenfield 1983:44 [ref. 28991], Robins & Ray 1986:86 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:81 [ref. 23239], Murdy et al. 1997:107 [ref. 23144], Aguilera 1998:53 [ref. 24221], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:310 [ref. 25013], Schwartz 2000:14 [ref. 24409], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:167 [ref. 27754], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:468 [ref. 24550], McEachran 2003:1774 [ref. 27089], Nelson et al. 2004:168 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:645 [ref. 28815], García-Hernández et al. 2009:93 [ref. 37265], Matamoros et al. 2009:11 [ref. 31241], Page et al. 2013:173 [ref. 32708], Conway et al. 2017:[9] [ref. 35287], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:345 [ref. 36407], Spier et al. 2018:8 [ref. 36103], Carvalho-Filho 2023:87 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Gobiesox strumosus Cope 1870. Gobiesocidae: Gobiesocinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: including Gulf of Mexico. Habitat: brackish, marine.