mexicanus, Barbulifer Hoese [D. F.] & Larson [H. K.] 1985:337, Figs. 2, 5 [Copeia 1985 (no. 2); ref. 6787] Los Frailes, Baja California, Mexico. Holotype: SIO 61-248. Paratypes: AMS I.20273-001 [ex SIO 61-248] (2, 1 c&s), LACM 31774-10 (3), SIO 61-248 (22, 2 c&s), SIO 62-58 (4). •Valid as Barbulifer mexicanus Hoese & Larson 1985 -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:258 [ref. 22193], Hoese in Fischer et al. 1995:1134 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:160 [ref. 24545], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:422 [ref. 24550], Thomson et al. 2000:239 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:169 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:161 [ref. 37547], Joyeux et al. 2009:65 [ref. 30108], Van Tassell 2011:151 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:174 [ref. 32708], Love et al. 2021:204 [ref. 39279]). Current status: Valid as Barbulifer mexicanus Hoese & Larson 1985. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) and Islas Tres Marias (Nayarit, Mexico). Habitat: marine.