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.