oceanicus, Gobius Pallas [P. S.] (ex Gronovius) 1770:4 [Spicilegia Zoologica v. 1 (fasc. 8); ref. 12293] Locality unknown [western Atlantic]. Neotype locality: Mindi River, Mindi, Canal Zone, Panama. Neotype: USNM 81879. Neotype designated by Pezold 2004:292 [ref. 27686]. •Valid as Ctenogobius oceanicus (Pallas 1770) -- (Schwartz 1999:286 [ref. 25307]). •Valid as Gobionellus oceanicus (Pallas 1770) -- (Maugé 1986:372 [ref. 6218], Robins & Ray 1986:247 [ref. 23100], Pezold & Grady 1989 [ref. 13579], Miller 1990:950 [ref. 19376], Boschung 1992:163 [ref. 23239], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:811 [ref. 21590], Cervigón 1994:178 [ref. 24488], González Bencomo et al. 1997:159 [ref. 24960], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:442 [ref. 24550], Marín 2000:78 [ref. 26252], Camargo & Isaac 2001:142 [ref. 27639], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1795 [ref. 27111], Moura et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:99 [ref. 27192], Pezold 2004:292 [ref. 27686], Ross & Rhode 2004:310 [ref. 27789], Nelson et al. 2004:171 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:705 [ref. 28815], García-Hernández et al. 2009:94 [ref. 37265], Matamoros et al. 2009:25 [ref. 31241], Van Tassell 2011:144 [ref. 31732], Di Dario et al. 2013:263 [ref. 37503], Page et al. 2013:177 [ref. 32708], Catelani et al. 2014:932 [ref. 37496], Smith-Vanis & Jelks 2014:78 [ref. 33341], Nión et al. 2016:52 [ref. 35565], Marceniuk et al. 2017:42 [ref. 35324], Costa et al. 2017:46 [ref. 35684], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:345 [ref. 36407], Robins et al. 2018:436 [ref. 35886], Ribeiro et al. 2019:6 [ref. 36717], Angulo 2021:7 [ref. 38913], Carvalho-Filho in Marceniuk et al. 2021:245 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:239 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Gobionellus oceanicus (Pallas 1770). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Virginia (U.S.A.) south to Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.