curacao, Gobius Metzelaar [J.] 1919:136, Fig. 38 [Report on the fishes; ref. 2982] Curaçao and Bonaire islands. Syntypes: BMNH 1920.1.8.5-7 (3), CAS-SU 23311 (2), ZMA 111890 (25). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:113 [ref. 12291], Nijssen et al. 1982:98 [ref. 19236]. •Valid as Bathygobius curacao (Metzelaar 1919) -- (Robins & Ray 1986:242 [ref. 23100], Miller & Smith 1989:315 [ref. 25535], Garzón-Ferreira & Acero P. 1992:25 [ref. 39338], Cervigón 1994:154 [ref. 24488], Aguilera 1998:52 [ref. 24221], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:425 [ref. 24550], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:314 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:167 [ref. 27754], Thacker & Cole 2002:840 [ref. 26548], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1792 [ref. 27111], Smith et al. 2003:59 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:169 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:670 [ref. 28815], Tornabene et al. 2010:149 [ref. 30990], Van Tassell 2011:140 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:175 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Collette 2013:180 [ref. 32953], Rodríguez-Rey et al. 2017:11 [ref. 35433], Parenti 2021:100 [ref. 38603], Page et al. 2023:120 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Bathygobius curacao (Metzelaar 1919). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Cape Canaveral (Florida, U.S.A.) and Bermuda south to Trinidad and Tobago, including southern Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2019): Least concern. Habitat: marine.