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Species in the family or subfamily Gobiidae: [ 2013 ] records

abacopus, Glossogobius Jordan [D. S.] & Richardson [R. E.] 1909:200, Pl. 74 [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 4 (no. 4); ref. 2493] Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Holotype: FMNH 52210 [ex CM 357]. Paratypes: FMNH 59540 (1), CAS-SU 21258 (2). Type catalog: Henn 1928:97 [ref. 12305], Böhlke 1953:112 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:40 [ref. 12367], Ho & Shao 2011:57 [ref. 31432]. Type designated in Pl. 74. •Synonym of Glossogobius biocellatus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Ho & Shao 2011:57 [ref. 31432]). •Possible junior synonym of Psammogobius aglestes (Jordan & Seale 1905) -- (Endruweit 2024:81 [ref. 41040]). •Synonym of Psammogobius biocellatus (Valenciennes 1837) (Kottelat 2013:421 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:219 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Psammogobius biocellatus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

abax, Asterropteryx Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:40, Fig. 2 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 24 (no. 1244); ref. 2509] Misaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Sagami Sea, Japan. Holotype: CAS-SU 6445. Paratypes: CAS 43534 [ex CAS-SU 6445] (5); CAS-SU 6652 (6), 9784 (17); ?USNM 49917 (2). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:140-141 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:105 [ref. 12291]. Types: Shinohara & Williams 2006:563 [ref. 31656]. •Valid as Eviota abax (Jordan & Snyder 1901) -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:342 [ref. 7348], Yoshino & Shimada in Masuda et al. 1984:243 [ref. 6441], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1178 [ref. 25182], Shinohara et al. 2000:182 [ref. 25987], Nakabo 2002:1178 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:399, 660 [ref. 26218], Matsuura & Senou 2006:347 [ref. 28813], Greenfield & Randall 2010:271 [ref. 30765], Motomura et al. 2010:209 [ref. 31256], Hoese & Stewart 2012:66 [ref. 32113], Greenfield & Jewett 2014:58 [ref. 33326], Matsui et al. 2014:12 [ref. 33344], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:38 [ref. 34537] as abex, Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:41 [ref. 35011], Koeda et al. 2016:90 [ref. 35333], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Kwun et al. 2017:143 [ref. 37287], Kim et al. 2020:169 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:104 [ref. 37637], Parenti 2021:137 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota abax (Jordan & Snyder 1901). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: southern Korea and Japan. Habitat: marine.

abdurahmanovi, Benthophilus magistri Ragimov [D. B.] 1978:793 [703] [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 18 (no. 5); ref. 8998] East coast of Tyuleniy Island, northern Caspian Sea, depth 2.7 meters. Holotype: ZISP [= ZIN] 53657 [ex IZAB 132]. Paratypes: (orig. 99) ZISP 53658 [ex IZAB 132] (15). On p. 703 of English translation. •Synonym of Benthophilus magistri Iljin 1927, but a valid subspecies as described -- (Coad 1995:30 [ref. 23608], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:753 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:129 [ref. 23591]). •Synonym of Benthophilus magistri Iljin 1927 -- (Bogutskaya et al. 2001:47 [ref. 26178]). •Valid as Benthophilus abdurahmanovi Ragimov 1978 -- (Miller & Vasil'eva in Miller 2004:169 [ref. 27853], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:215 [ref. 28183], Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2004:132 [ref. 28099], Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:56 [ref. 29150], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487], Esmaeili et al. 2010:376 [ref. 33391], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:897 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:79 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:60 [ref. 36089], Parenti 2021:69 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Benthophilus abdurahmanovi Ragimov 1978. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Caspian Sea basin. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

abyssum, Trimma Allen [G. R.] 2015:30, Figs. 1-2 [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 14; ref. 33704] Off Pulau Siladen, approximately 1°38’N, 124°47’E, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, depth 107 meters. Holotype: WAM P.34327-001. Paratypes: WAM P.34327-002 (1). Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:28 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Trimma abyssus Allen 2015 -- (Parenti 2021:231 [ref. 38603]). •Valid as Trimma abyssum Allen 2015 -- (Winterbottom & Erdmann 2018:480 [ref. 36013], Winterbottom 2019:28 [ref. 37115]). Current status: Valid as Trimma abyssum Allen 2015. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: North Sulawesi (Indonesia). Habitat: marine.

acanthistius, Hoplopomus Regan [C. T.] 1908:242, Pl. 29 (fig. 3) [The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Second Series. Zoology v. 12 (pt 3); ref. 3634] Mulaku, Maldives, Indian Ocean, depth 27 fathoms. Syntypes: BMNH 1901.12.31.48-57 (4). •Synonym of Oplopomus oplopomus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Randall & Goren 1993:15 [ref. 21131], Parenti 2021:205 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:117 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Oplopomus oplopomus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

aceras, Enypnias Ginsburg [I.] 1939:61 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 29 (no. 2); ref. 12362] Lower chamber, Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal. Holotype: USNM 107298. Paratypes: USNM 81835 (1), 123184 (7, 1 c&s), 123185 (1). •Valid as Enypnias aceras Ginsburg 1939 -- (Hoese in Fischer et al. 1995:1134 [ref. 22829], Thomson et al. 2000:240 [ref. 25640], Rüber et al. 2003:1596 [ref. 26969], Van Tassell 2011:153 [ref. 31732]). •Valid as Gobiosoma acerus (Ginsberg 1939) -- (Tornabene & Van Tassell 2014:8 [ref. 33167], González-Murcia et al. 2019:293 [ref. 36544], Parenti 2021:270 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gobiosoma aceras (Ginsburg 1939). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: El Salvador south to Panama. Habitat: marine.

acicularis, Gobiodon Harold [A. S.] & Winterbottom [R.] 1995:688, Figs. 1-2 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 108 (no. 4); ref. 21923] Off Babelthuap Island, coral-enclosed area north of Arakataoch Stream, Belau (Palau), western Pacific. Holotype: CAS 81525. Paratypes: CAS 81515 (5), 81522 (6), 82377 (5); ROM 1603CS (2, c&s), 69038 (2). •Valid as Gobiodon acicularis Harold & Winterbottom 1995 -- (Harold & Winterbottom 1999:56 [ref. 23701], Myers 1999:255 [ref. 23965], Munday et al. 1999:54 [ref. 24284], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:350 [ref. 28867], Hoese & Larson 2006:1655 [ref. 29097], Harold et al. 2008:120 [ref. 29450], Dimara et al. 2010:621 [ref. 31108], Suzuku et al. 2012:63 [ref. 32027], Allen & Erdmann 2012:896 [ref. 31980]. Shibukawa et al. 2013:144 [ref. 32951], Allen 2021:18 [ref. 38272], Parenti 2021:167 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gobiodon acicularis Harold & Winterbottom 1995. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea to Solomon Islands, Palau and Australia. Habitat: marine.

aculeatus, Benthophilus Baer [K. E.] in Lukina 1984:168 [Caspian expedition of K. M. Baer in 1853-1857; ref. 29151] Bight at Novopetrovsk, Mangyshlak, Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan. No types known. Original not seen; see Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:56 [ref. 29150]. •Synonym of Benthophilus leobergius Berg 1949 -- (Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:60 [ref. 29150] with question, Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:227 [ref. 37983], Parenti 2021:70 [ref. 38603], Çiçek et al. 2024:301 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Synonym of Benthophilus leobergius Berg 1949. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

adamsi, Varicus Gilmore [R. G.], Van Tassell [J. L.] & Tornabene [L.] in Tornabene, Van Tassell, Gilmore, Robertson, Young & Baldwin 2016:31, Figs. 23-26 [Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society v. 177 (no. 4); ref. 34435] Sand Point, San Salvador, Bahamas, 23.957833N, -74.57066W, depth 435.1 meters. Holotype: USNM 427226. Paratypes: USNM. •Valid as Varicus adamsi Gilmore, Van Tassell & Tornabene 2016 -- (Tornabene et al. 2016:151 [ref. 34485], Tornabene & Baldwin 2019:200 [ref. 36806], Parenti 2021:282 [ref. 38603], Fuentes et al. 2023:168 [ref. 40497]). Current status: Valid as Varicus adamsi Gilmore, Van Tassell & Tornabene 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bahamas; Trinidad and Tobago. Habitat: marine.

adamsoni, Monishia Goren [M.] 1985:3, Figs. 1a, 2, 4a [Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) No. 360; ref. 5179] Small cove 4.8 kilometers west of nuclear power plant, Sind, Pakistan, depth 2 meters. Holotype: LACM 38320-23. Paratypes: LACM 38310-26 (1), TAU [= SMNHTAU] 8800 (1), plus non-type material. •Valid as Coryogalops adamsoni (Goren 1985) -- (Goren 1991:3 [ref. 19343], Randall et al. 1994:243 [ref. 21645], Randall 1995:330 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:213 [ref. 23922], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Kovačić et al. 2014:513 [ref. 33562], Kovačić et al. 2016:344 [ref. 34349], Eagderi et al. 2019:61 [ref. 37020],, Parenti 2021:118 [ref. 38603] Larson 2022:66 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Coryogalops adamsoni (Goren 1985). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman east to Pakistan. Habitat: marine.

adonis, Myersina Shibukawa [K.] & Satapoomin [U.] 2006:30, Figs. 1-3 [Bulletin of the National Science Museum Series A (Zoology) v. 31; ref. 28710] Eastern coast of Libong Island, Trang Province, Andaman Sea, Thailand, eastern Indian Ocean. Holotype: PMBC 21030. Paratypes: AMS I.43770-001 (1); NSMT-P 65979 (, c&s), 65980 (1), 65987 (1); PMBC 20177 (1); ROM 79683 (1). Plus non-type material. •Valid as Myersina adonis Shibukawa & Satapoomin 2006 -- (Shibukawa 2009:280 [ref. 30449], Allen & Erdmann 2012:879 [ref. 31980], Greenfield & Randall 2018:98 [ref. 36091], Parenti 2021:200 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Myersina adonis Shibukawa & Satapoomin 2006. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: eastern Andaman Sea (Thailand), Singapore and Brunei. Habitat: marine.

aegyptius, Gobius lesueuri Chabanaud [P.] 1933:11, Fig. 7 [Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique (Monaco) No. 627; ref. 16475] Lake Timsah, Suez Canal. Holotype (unique): MNHN 1967-0955. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:35 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Silhouettea aegyptia (Chabanaud 1933) -- (Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1080 [ref. 13677], Miller 1988:253 [ref. 26483], Goren & Dor 1994:66 [ref. 25356], Golani 1998:97 [ref. 27567] as Silhouetta, Randall 2008:297 [ref. 29721], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:232 [ref. 28183], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[7] 245 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:160 [ref. 36273], Kovačić 2020:78 [ref. 37932], Kovačić et al. 2020:55 [ref. 37377], Golani 2021:77 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:43 [ref. 39014], Parenti 2021:222 [ref. 38603], Kovačić et al. 2022: 84 [ref. 39303], Larson 2022:133 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:23 [ref. 40247], Kovačić et al. 2023:132 [ref. 40094]). Current status: Valid as Silhouettea aegyptia (Chabanaud 1933). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northern Red Sea endemic; Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant). IUCN (2017): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

aeolosoma, Gobius Ogilby [J. D.] 1889:61 [Memoirs of the Australian Museum, Sydney No. 2 (art. no. 3); ref. 18489] Lord Howe Island. Syntypes: AMS I.1488 (1), I.1849 (1). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:161 [ref. 2676]. •Valid as Bathygobius aeolosoma (Ogilby 1889) -- (Francis 1993:167 [ref. 25479], Parenti 2021:98 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Bathygobius aeolosoma (Ogilby 1889). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Lord Howe Island (Australia) endemic. Habitat: marine.

aestuarius, Acentrogobius Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:202, Fig. 18 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 13; ref. 4122] Inhambane, Mozambique. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 215. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 871 (1). •Valid as Istiogobius aestuarius (Smith 1959) -- (Goren 1981:98 [ref. 8597]). •Synonym of Istigobius spence (Smith 1947) -- (Murdy & Hoese 1985:27 [ref. 5237], Hoese 1986:794 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:375 [ref. 6218], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:351 [ref. 28867], Fricke et al. 2018:334 [ref. 35805], Parenti 2021:189 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:112 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Istigobius spence (Smith 1947). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

aethiopicum, Leptocerdale Chabanaud [P.] 1927:230 [1] [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 1) v. 33 (no. 3); ref. 15781] Malimba Bay, Kwele-Kwele Island, in Douala Bay, Cameroon. Holotype (unique): MNHN 1927-0285. Type catalog: Bauchot 1967:38 [ref. 20734], Bauchot et al. 1991:47 [ref. 19958]. A second specimen described and figured in Chabanaud 1928:280-285 [ref. 17982]. •Valid as Microdesmus aethiopicus (Chabanaud 1927) -- (Dawson 1990:960 [ref. 17542], Harrison et al. 2007:545 [ref. 30083], Schliewen 2011:219 [ref. 31738], Thacker in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2845 [ref. 34618], Skelton 2019:228 [ref. 36564], Parenti 2021:383 [ref. 38603], Fermon et al. 2022:225 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Microdesmus aethiopicus (Chabanaud 1927). Gobiidae: Microdesminae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Cameroon south to northern Angola, including Bioko (Equatorial Guinea). Habitat: brackish, marine.

aethon, Sueviota Peinemann [V. N.], Pombo-Ayora [L.] & Tornabene [L.] in Peinemann, Pombo-Ayora, Tornabene & Berumen 2024:18, Figs. 1-4 [ZooKeys No. 2012; ref. 41563] Shark Reef, central Red Sea, Thuwal, Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia, 22.4283°N, 38.9932°E. Holotype: UW 203365. Paratypes: CAS, UW. •Valid as Sueviota aethon Peinemann, Pombo-Ayora & Tornabene 2024. Current status: Valid as Sueviota aethon Peinemann, Pombo-Ayora & Tornabene 2024. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea endemic. Habitat: marine.

afelei, Eviota Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:387, Fig. 77 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Pago Pago, American Samoa. Lectotype: CAS-SU 8715. Paralectotypes: CAS 43542 [ex CAS-SU 8715] (6), USNM 51763 (3) Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:106 [ref. 12291]. Lectotype selected by Lachner & Karnella 1980:95 [ref. 6916]. •Valid as Eviota afelei Jordan & Seale 1906 -- (Yoshino & Shimada in Masuda et al. 1984:244 [ref. 6441], Kuiter 1993:355 [ref. 23929], Myers 1999:253 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1184 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1184 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:644 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:76 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:27 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:529 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1642 [ref. 29097], Greenfield & Suzuki 2011:66 [ref. 31244], Allen & Erdmann 2012:912 [ref. 31980], Tornabene et al. 2013:378 [ref. 32884], Greenfield et al. 2014:484 [ref. 33193], Suzuki & Greenfield 2014:35 [ref. 33412], Suzuki et al. 2015:399 [ref. 33946], Greenfield & Randall 2016:34, 35 [ref. 34356], Greenfield & Jewett 2016:76 [ref. 34495], Tornabene & Greenfield 2016:6 [ref. 34518], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:71, 73 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Parenti 2021:137 [ref. 38603], Fujiwara et al. 2022:91 [ref. 39094]). Current status: Valid as Eviota afelei Jordan & Seale 1906. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Timor Sea and Papua New Guinea east to Tuamotu Archipelago, north to southern Japan. Habitat: marine.

affinis, Gobius Eichwald [C. E. von] 1831:75 [Zoologia specialis quam expositis animalibus tum vivis Pars posterior [3]; ref. 5562] Balkhan Bay, Caspian Sea. No types known. Also appeared as new in Eichward 1838:104 [ref. 34622]. •Synonym of Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas 1814), but a valid subspecies affinis Eichwald 1831 -- (Berg 1949:1085 [ref. 20662], Mitrofanov & Dukravec 1989:276 [ref. 37748]). •Synonym of Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas 1814) -- (Miller 1973:503 [ref. 6888], Coad 1995:31 [ref. 23608], Kottelat 1997:179 [ref. 22952], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:756 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:141 [ref. 23591], Charlebois et al. 1998:1 [ref. 24500], Pinchuk et al. 2003:293 [ref. 27349], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:231 [ref. 28183], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487], Esmaeili et al. 2010:377 [ref. 33391], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:899 [ref. 34062], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:237 [ref. 37983], Parenti 2021:73 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas 1814). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

affinis, Microdesmus Meek [S. E.] & Hildebrand [S. F.] 1928:955, Pl. 98 (fig. 1) [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 15 (publ. 249); ref. 2964] Chame Point, (Pacific) Panama. Holotype (unique): USNM 84300. Holotype illustrated in Reid 1936:65, fig. 11a [ref. 13738]. •Valid as Microdesmus affinis Meek & Hildebrand 1928 -- (Nelson et al. 2004:173 [ref. 27807], Van Tassell 2011:146 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:179 [ref. 32708], Parenti 2021:383 [ref. 38603], Page et al. 2023:125 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:327 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Microdesmus affinis Meek & Hildebrand 1928. Gobiidae: Microdesminae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California (Mexico) south to Ecuador. IUCN (2010): Data Deficient. Habitat: brackish, marine.

africana, Gobius caninus var. Playfair [R. L.] in Playfair & Günther 1867:71, Pl. 9 (fig. 1) [The fishes of Zanzibar; ref. 3490] Zanzibar, Tanzania; East Indian Archipelago; China. Holotype: BMNH 1867.3.7.503. •Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Maugé 1986:387 [ref. 6218], Parenti 2021:257 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:155 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

africanus, Fusigobius neophytus Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:208, Pl. 11 (fig. F) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 13; ref. 4122] Ibo, Mozambique. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 187 [?not 882]. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 880 (16), 881-883 (1, 1, 1), 899-901 (1, 1, 2). •Synonym of Fusigobius neophytus (Günther 1877), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Goren 1979:39 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:245 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Fusigobius neophytus (Günther 1877) -- (Hoese & Reader 1985:7 [ref. 8155], Hoese 1986:789 [ref. 5670], Francis 1993:167 [ref. 25479]). •In the synonymy of Fusigobius duospilus Hoese & Reader 1985 -- (Larson 2022:88 [ref. 39971], in part). •Synonym of Coryphopterus neophytus (Günther 1877) -- (Greenfield & Randall 2004:518 [ref. 28175], Golani & Fricke 2018:154 [ref. 36273], Parenti 2021:158 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:90 [ref. 39971], Chen et al. 2024:23 [ref. 41736]). Current status: Synonym of Fusigobius neophytus (Günther 1877). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

africanus, Microdesmus Dawson [C. E.] 1979:204, Fig. 1 [Copeia 1979 (no. 2); ref. 6947] Banana (Banane), Kinshasa [Léopoldville], Congo River estuary, Democratic Republic of Congo. Holotype: AMNH 29404. Paratypes: GCRL 16026 (1, c&s). •Valid as Microdesmus africanus Dawson 1979 -- (Dawson 1990:960 [ref. 17542], Schliewen 2011:219 [ref. 31738], Thacker in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2845 [ref. 34618], Parenti 2021:383 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Microdesmus africanus Dawson 1979. Gobiidae: Microdesminae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Congo River estuary. Habitat: brackish, marine.

aglestes, Glossogobius Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1905:798, Fig. 16 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 28 (no. 1407); ref. 2495] Southern Negros, Philippines. Holotype (unique): USNM 51948. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:123 [ref. 2676]. •Possibly valid -- (Endruweit 2024:81 [ref. 41040]). •Synonym of Psammogobius biocellatus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kottelat 2013:421 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:219 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Psammogobius biocellatus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

agrena, Priolepis Winterbottom [R.] & Burridge [M.] 1993:2057, Figs. 1-3 [Canadian Journal of Zoology v. 71; ref. 21406] West side of Sumilon Island, 0.75 kilometers northeast of sand spit at southwestern tip, 9°26'12"N, 123°23'06"E, Philippines, depth 15-26 meters. Holotype: ROM 53204. Paratypes: AMS I.20779-165 (1), I.21918-041 (1). •Valid as Priolepis agrena Winterbottom & Burridge 1993 -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Allen & Erdmann 2012:928 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:171 [ref. 33932], Parenti 2021:214 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Priolepis agrena Winterbottom & Burridge 1993. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines and northern Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.

agrena, Trimma Winterbottom [R.] & Chen [I-S.] 2004:103, Fig. 1 [Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. No. 11; ref. 27714] Sumilon Island, southern side of island about 0.75 kilometers northeast of sand spit, 9°26'10"N, 123°23'06"E, Bohol Strait, Cebu, Philippines, depth 3-10.7 meters. Holotype: ROM 53126. Paratypes: ROM 1153CS (1?), 1157CS (1?), 49216 (6), 74054 (6); USNM 210234 (23). Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:55 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Trimma agrena Winterbottom & Chen 2004 -- (Hagiwara & Winterbottom 2007:164 [ref. 29103], Winterbottom & Zur 2007:24 [ref. 29376], Allen & Erdmann 2012:934 [ref. 31980], Winterbottom & Hoese 2015:30, 81 [ref. 33709], Fricke et al. 2019:290 [ref. 36673], Winterbottom 2019:55 [ref. 37115], Parenti 2021:231 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Trimma agrena Winterbottom & Chen 2004. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Malaysia and Indonesia east to New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Philippines. Habitat: marine.

agulhensis, Gobius Barnard [K. H.] 1927:71 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 20 (no. 115) (art. 8); ref. 193] False Bay, St. Sebastian Bay, Mossel Bay, and off East London, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, depth 20-40 fathoms [37-73 meters]. Syntypes: BMNH 1927.12.6.50-51 [ex SAM] (2); SAM 17349-51 (4, 10, 1), 17453-54 (2, 2). Also appeared as new in Barnard 1927:821 [ref. 194]. •Valid as Caffrogobius agulhensis (Barnard 1927) -- (Hoese 1986:783 [ref. 5670], Randall 1995:795 [ref. 22357], Goren 1996:5 [ref. 24415], Schliewen 2011:214 [ref. 31738], Parenti 2021:109 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:58 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Caffrogobius agulhensis (Barnard 1927). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: Western Cape, eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) north to southern Mozambique. Habitat: marine.

ailina, Priolepis Winterbottom [R.] & Burridge [M.] 1993:495, Figs. 1-3 [Canadian Journal of Zoology v. 71; ref. 20895] Off northwestern coast of Moorea, 17°31'00"S, 149°55'35"W, Society Islands, depth 18-24 meters. Holotype: ROM 60046. Paratypes: ROM 60044-45 (1, 1), 60047-48 (2, 1), 62680 (4), 1421CS (1, c&s). •Valid as Priolepis ailina Winterbottom & Burridge 1993 -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Randall 2005:547 [ref. 28239], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988], Parenti 2021:214 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Priolepis ailina Winterbottom & Burridge 1993. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: South Pacific: Society Islands and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.

aimoriensis, Pinnichthys Van Tassell [J. L.] & Tornabene [L.] in Tornabene, Van Tassell, Gilmore, Robertson, Young & Baldwin 2016:18, Figs. 10-12 [Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society v. 177 (no. 4); ref. 34435] Plataforma Peroá, Espírito Santo, Brazil, -39.264W, -19.577S, depth 70 meters. Holotype: CIUFES 2414. Paratypes: AMNH. •Valid as Pinnichthys aimoriensis Van Tassell & Tornabene 2016 -- (Robertson et al. 2020:155 [ref. 38098], Parenti 2021:277 [ref. 38603], Fuentes et al. 2023:172 [ref. 40497]). Current status: Valid as Pinnichthys aimoriensis Van Tassell & Tornabene 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: eastern Caribbean off Sint Eustatius, southern Caribbean off Bonaire and margin of the continental shelf of Brazil off Espírito Santo. Habitat: marine.

aithiops, Priolepis Winterbottom [R.] & Burridge [M.] 1992:1936, Figs. 2-3 [Canadian Journal of Zoology v. 70; ref. 20878] 11 kilometers east of Maumere off São Wisata Resort, Flores, Indonesia, depth 15-17 meters. Holotype: BPBM 34123. Paratypes: ROM 63319 (1). •Valid as Priolepis aithiops Winterbottom & Burridge 1992 -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:60 [ref. 26830] as aithops, Nogawa & Endo 2007:159 [ref. 29104], Allen & Erdmann 2012:928 [ref. 31980], Allen et al. 2018:36 [ref. 36193], Koeda et al. 2021:[6] [ref. 38416], Parenti 2021:214 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Priolepis aithiops Winterbottom & Burridge 1992. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Flores and Batanta Island/West Papua (Indonesia). Habitat: marine.

akihito, Exyrias Allen [G. R.] & Randall [J. E.] 2005:231, Figs. 1-6 [Raffles Bulletin of Zoology v. 53 (no. 2); ref. 28537] Amitori Bay, Iriomote Island, Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, depth 28 meters. Holotype: NSMT-P 71648. Paratypes: Many lots at AMS, BLIH, BPBM, and WAM. Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:44 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Exyrias akihito Allen & Randall 2005 -- (Randall 2008:300 [ref. 29721], Allen & Erdmann 2012:968 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:164 [ref. 33932], Parenti 2021:153 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Exyrias akihito Allen & Randall 2005. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia east to Philippines and Papua New Guinea, north to Yaeyama Islands (Japan), south to Great Barrier Reef (Quensland, Australia). Habitat: marine.

akihito, Platygobiopsis Springer [V. G.] & Randall [J. E.] 1992:353, Figs. 1-3 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 38 (no. 4); ref. 19514] Maumere Bay off São Wisata Resort, Flores, Indonesia, depth 15-17 meters. Holotype: USNM 309181. Paratypes: AMS I.31467-001 (1); BMNH 1991.5.7.1 (1); BPBM 32817 (2); CAS 76005 (1); NSMT-P 34720 (1); NTM S.13009-001 (1); ROM 61628 (1); USNM 309197 (2, 1 c&s), 316643 (1). •Valid as Platygobiopsis akihito Springer & Randall 1992 -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Okiyama 2008:85 [ref. 29577], Prokofiev 2008:853 [ref. 29937], Shibukawa 2010:97 [ref. 30809], Allen & Erdmann 2012:985 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2020:17 [ref. 37261], Parenti 2021:210 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Platygobiopsis akihito Springer & Randall 1992. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: Flores (Indonesia) endemic. Habitat: marine.

akihitoi, Priolepis Hoese [D. F.] & Larson [H. K.] 2010:377, Figs. 1, 5a, 5b [Ichthyological Research v. 57; ref. 31045] Futo, Ito City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, depth 25 meters. Holotype: NSMT-P 69916. Paratypes: AMS, BMNH 2005.1.25.1 (1), BLIH, BPBM, NSMT, QM, ROM, YCM. Plus non-type material. •Valid as Priolepis akihitoi Hoese & Larson 2010 -- (Allen et al. 2018:36 [ref. 36193], Koeda et al. 2021:[6] [ref. 38416], Parenti 2021:214 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Priolepis akihitoi Hoese & Larson 2010. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: southern Japan; Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland (Australia); New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

alasanicus, Ponticola Epitashvili [G.], Japoshvili [B.] & Mumladze [L.] 2023:8, Figs. 2-4 [Biodiversity Journal v. 11: e101095; ref. 40224] Tsitsmatiant Psha, right tributary of the Alazani River, near the Telavi-Eniseli connecting bridge, Western Caspian Sea basin, Kakheti Region, Georgia, 41.988808N, 45.577726E. Holotype: HID-ISU SCCBO130-22. Paratypes: HID-ISU (5). Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Ponticola alasanicus Epitashvili, Japoshvili & Mumladze 2023. Current status: Valid as Ponticola alasanicus Epitashvili, Japoshvili & Mumladze 2023. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Alazani River drainage, South Caucasus Region, Georgia. Habitat: freshwater.

albescens, Gobius Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1800:557, 558 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 2; ref. 2709] Not available, name cited in the synonymy of Gobius jozo Linnaeus 1758. •Not available -- (Parenti 2021:446 [ref. 38603]). Nomen Nudum. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

albescens, Gobius jozo var. Canestrini [G.] 1862:129 [Archivio per la Zoologia, l'Anatomia e la Fisiologia v. 1 (no. 2) (for 1861); ref. 17322] Described as a "Varietas." Treated by Kottelat 1997:177 [ref. 22952] as infrasubspecific and not available; from Gulf of Genoa, Italy. •Not available -- (Parenti 2021:446 [ref. 38603]). •In the synonymy of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758 -- (Miller 1973:483 [ref. 6888], Kottelat 1997:177 [ref. 22952]). Infrasubspecific. Current status: Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

albicaudatum, Trimma Wada [H.], Takase [W.] & Senou [H.] 2022:[3], Figs. 1-5 [Ichthyological Research v. 70 (no. 3); ref. 39808] Izu Oceanic Park in Jogasaki Coast, east coast of Izu Peninsula, Sagami Bay, Shizuoka Prefecture, Honshu, Japan, depth 60 meters. Holotype (unique): KPM-NI 50326. •Valid as Trimma albicaudatum Wada, Takase & Senou 2022. Current status: Valid as Trimma albicaudatum Wada, Takase & Senou 2022. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Sagami Bay, Honshu, Japan and Mactan Island, Visayas, the Philippines. Habitat: marine.

albidorsus, Mars Yanagisawa [Y.] 1978:282, Pl. 1 (fig. f); Figs. 7, 11a [Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory v. 24 (nos 4/6); ref. 7028] Sonai, Iriomote Island, Nansei Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, depth 1 meter. Holotype: SMBL 299 [not seen at FAKU]. Paratypes: SMBL 300 (1) [not seen at FAKU]. Type catalog: Harada 1991:222 [ref. 20030]. •Valid as Cryptocentrus albidorsus (Yanagisawa 1978) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:257 [ref. 6441], Myers 1999:239 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1226 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1226 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Hoese & Larson 2004:168 [ref. 28074], Motomura et al. 2010:208 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:869 [ref. 31980], Parenti 2021:125 [ref. 38603], Chen & Yang 2024:175 [ref. 41741]). Current status: Valid as Cryptocentrus albidorsus (Yanagisawa 1978). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines east to Palau, Taiwan north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.

albilosus, Asterropteryx Koumans [F. P.] (ex Ogilby) 1940:176 [Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden) v. 22; ref. 2676] Ogilby name mentioned as "Name not published?" Not available, not treated as a valid taxon when proposed and no description. •Not available -- (Parenti 2021:445 [ref. 38603]). Nomen Nudum. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

albimaculatus, Gobius Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1830:135 [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Lectotype: SMF 1733. Paralectotypes: ?BMNH 1860.11.9.66-67 (2), SMF 4844-45 (2). Lectotype established by Dor 1984:239 [ref. 29757] if not designated earlier. •Valid as Amblygobius albimaculatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Goren 1979:24 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:239 [ref. 29757], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:255 [ref. 6441], Maugé 1986:359 [ref. 6218], Hoese 1986:778 [ref. 5670], Goren & Dor 1994:62 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:327 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:213 [ref. 23922], Myers 1999:242 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:497 [ref. 24106], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:241 [ref. 25480], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Heemstra et al. 2004:3328 [ref. 27945], Fricke et al. 2018:324 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:15 [ref. 36883], Eagderi et al. 2019:58 [ref. 37020], Parenti 2021:88 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:40 [ref. 39965], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:4 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Amblygobius albimaculatus (Rüppell 1830). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Philippines (possibly Gambier Islands), north to southern Japan, south to Queensland (Australia). Habitat: brackish, marine.

albipunctatus, Callogobius Akihito & Ikeda [Y.] 2021:98, Figs. 1-3 [Ichthyological Research v. 69 (no. 1); ref. 38331] Agonoura, Zamami-jima Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Holotype: NSMT P132735. Paratypes: (24) AMS, BLIP, MNHN, NSMT, SAIAB, USNM. •Valid as Callogobius albipunctatus Akihito & Ikeda 2021 -- (Parenti 2021:111 [ref. 38603], Delventhal & Mooi 2023:461 [ref. 40434]). Current status: Valid as Callogobius albipunctatus Akihito & Ikeda 2021. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Ryukyu Islands (Japan) endemic. Habitat: marine.

albius, Cristatogobius Chen [T.-R.] 1959:209, Fig. 1 [Quarterly Journal of the Taiwan Museum (Taipei) v. 12 (nos 3-4); ref. 11954] Tong-kang, southeastern Taiwan. Holotype (unique): TFRI 3929. Type catalog: Ho & Shao 2011:56 [ref. 31432]. •Synonym of Cristatogobius nonatoae (Ablan 1940) -- (Zhu 1995:180 [ref. 25213], Akihito & Meguro 2000:257 [ref. 24803], Kottelat 2013:404 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Cristatogobius albius Chen 1959 -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293], Ho & Shao 2011:56 [ref. 31432], Parenti 2021:122 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Cristatogobius albius Chen 1959. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: China and Taiwan. Habitat: marine.

albofasciatus, Gobiodon Sawada [Y.] & Arai [R.] 1972:416, fig'd [Bulletin of the National Science Museum (Tokyo) v. 15 (no. 3); ref. 7643] Kabira, Ishigaki Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype: NSMT-P 17491. Paratypes: NSMT-P 17492 (1, 1). •Synonym of Gobiodon spilophthalmus Fower 1944 -- (Hoese & Larson 2006:1657 [ref. 29097]). •Questionably valid as Gobiodon albofasciatus Sawada & Arai 1972 -- (Harold et al. 2008:120 [ref. 29450]). •Synonym of Gobiodon heterospilos Bleeker 1856 -- (Shibukawa et al. 2013:141 [ref. 32951]). •Valid as Gobiodon albofasciatus Sawada & Arai 1972 -- (Yoshino & Yamamoto in Masuda et al. 1984:265 [ref. 6441], Harold & Winterbottom 1995:687 [ref. 21923], Harold & Winterbottom 1999:56 [ref. 23701], Munday et al. 1999:56 [ref. 24284] with question, Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1186 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1186 [ref. 26193], Larson et al. 2008:149 [ref. 29532], Herler et al. 2013:327 [ref. 32889], Parenti 2021:167 [ref. 38603]), Current status: Valid as Gobiodon albofasciatus Sawada & Arai 1972. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine.

albolineata, Eviota Jewett [S. L.] & Lachner [E. A.] 1983:783, Figs. 1-2 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 96 (no. 4); ref. 5368] Patch reef south of Tapueraha Pass, Tahiti, Society Islands [French Polynesia, South Pacific], depth 0-3 meters. Holotype: USNM 227140. Paratypes: AMNH 43020 (2), 43022-28 (1, 2, 13, 1, 1, 5, 1), 43033 (1), 43034 (orig. 45, now 20); AMS I.24025-001 (6), I.24026-001 (5); ANSP 151994 (6); BPBM 29191-92 (1, 5); CAS 48471 (4), 52829-30 (4, 5); USNM 227165-67 (5, 11, 7). •Valid as Eviota albolineata Jewett & Lachner 1983 -- (Hoese 1986:787 [ref. 5670], Sunobe & Shimada 1989:479 [ref. 22497], Randall & Goren 1993:9 [ref. 21131], Francis 1993:167 [ref. 25479], Randall 1997:4 [ref. 24375], Myers 1999:253 [ref. 23962], Fricke 1999:507 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:26 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:93 [ref. 37268], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1179 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1179 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:58 [ref. 26830] as albolineatus, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:644 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:180 [ref. 27510], Heemstra et al. 2004:3328 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:529 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1643 [ref. 29097], Greenfield & Randall 2010:286 [ref. 30765], Hoese & Stewart 2012:66 [ref. 32113], Tornabene et al. 2013:2 [ref. 32884], Greenfield & Jewett 2014:58 [ref. 33326], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:45 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Parenti 2021:137 [ref. 38603], Erdmann et al. 2023:43 [ref. 40267]). Current status: Valid as Eviota albolineata Jewett & Lachner 1983. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: South Pacific: Society Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia) and Line Islands. Habitat: marine.

albolineatus, Gobiodon Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:219, Fig. 38 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 13; ref. 4122] Assumption Island, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 185. Paratypes: (3) SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 877 (2). •Valid as Gobiodon albolineatus Smith 1959 -- (Herler et al. 2013:327 [ref. 32889], Parenti 2021:168 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:95 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Gobiodon albolineatus Smith 1959. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles; Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory); northern Australia east to Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.

albopunctatus, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:57 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-1044. Paralectotypes: MNHN 0000-1400 (1), 0000-1401 (1), A-1342 (2), 1986-0607 [ex MNHN 0000-1400] (1), 1986-0614 [ex MNHN 0000-1044] (1), 1986-1062 [ex. MNHN 0000-1044] (1) Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:25 [ref. 19958]. Lectotype selected by Goren 1988:38 [ref. 6612]. •Synonym of Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Dor 1984:240 [ref. 29757], Maugé 1986:361 [ref. 6218]). •Valid as Bathygobius albopunctatus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Hoese 1986:780 [ref. 5670], Goren 1988 [ref. 6612], Larson & Murdy 2001:3595 [ref. 26293]). •Synonym of Bathygobius coalitus (Bennett 1832) -- (Fricke 1999:500 [ref. 24106], Randall 2005:520 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:471 [ref. 28379], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:349 [ref. 28867], Randall 2007:395 [ref. 30952], Kottelat 2013:401 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:99 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:49 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Bathygobius coalitus (Bennett 1832). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

albosignatus, Gobius Kessler [K. F.] 1874:230 [40] [Trudy St.-Peterburgskogo Obscestva Estestvoispytatelej = Travaux de la Société des Naturalistes de St. Pétersbourg. v. 5; ref. 18397] Crimea, Ukraine. Holotype (unique): ZIN 2104. •Synonym of Gobius paganellus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Miller 1973:487 [ref. 6888], Miller 1990:937 [ref. 19376], Vasil'eva 2003:S45 [ref. 28444], Parin et al. 2014:483 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:180 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius paganellus Linnaeus 1758. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

albus, Gobius Parnell [R.] 1831-37:248, Pl. 29 [Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh v. 7 (art. 2) (for 1831-1837); ref. 18519] Firth of Forth, Scotland. No types known. Date uncertain, sometimes given as 1838. •Synonym of Aphia minuta (Risso 1810) -- (Miller 1973:489 [ref. 6888], Parin et al. 2015:476 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:93 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Aphia minuta (Risso 1810). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

albus, Gobius Gistel [J.] 1848:107, Pl. 18 (fig. 7) [Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs; ref. 1822] 1°Homonym. Gobiidae.

albus, Sicyodon Fourmanoir [P.] 1966:957, Fig. 1 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2) v. 37 (no. 6, 1965); ref. 1355] Nha-Trang market, Vietnam. Holotype: MNHN 1965-0708. Paratypes: (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:45 [ref. 19958]. •Synonym of Lobulogobius omanensis Koumans 1944 -- (Randall 1995:339 [ref. 22896], Parenti 2021:192 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Lobulogobius omanensis Koumans 1944. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

alepidoptus, Gobius Bosc [L. A. G.] in Lacepède 1800:555 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 2; ref. 2709] No types known. Appeared as "Gobius alepidoptus, corpus nudo,...."in account of Gobius bosc; regarded as nonbinominal and not available. Gobiidae.

alepidotus, Gobius Schneider [J. G.] in Bloch & Schneider 1801:547 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] "Americanum septentrionale". No types known. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Gobius alepidotus Bosc 1800. •Synonym of Gobiosoma bosc (Lacepède 1800) -- (Parenti 2021:270 [ref. 38603]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Gobiosoma bosc (Lacepède 1800). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

alepis, Psilotris Ginsburg [I.] 1953:22 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 43 (no. 1); ref. 1806] St. Croix Island, Virgin Islands, West Indies. Holotype (unique): USNM 123231. •Valid as Psilotris alepis Ginsburg 1953 -- (Greenfield et al. 1993:183 [ref. 20313], Greenfield 1993:773 [ref. 21015], Cervigón 1994:208 [ref. 24488], Smith & Baldwin 1999:438 [ref. 24419], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1794 [ref. 27111], Nelson et al. 2004:173 [ref. 27807], Van Tassell 2011:155 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:178 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:79 [ref. 33341], Tornabene et al. 2016:13 [ref. 34435], Tornabene & Baldwin 2019:200 [ref. 36806], Parenti 2021:278 [ref. 38603], Page et al. 2023:124 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:324 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Psilotris alepis Ginsburg 1953. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bahamas south ton Panama and Netherlands Antilles, including southern Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

alfiei, Gobiosoma Joyeux [J.-C.] & Macieira [R. M.] in Van Tassell, Joyeux, Macieira & Tornabene 2015:462, Figs. 6-8 [Zootaxa 4007 (no. 4); ref. 33949] Tidepool at Praia dos Castelhanos, Anchieta, Espírito Santo, Brazil, 20°50'S, 40°37'W, depth shallow. Holotype: CIUFES 3114. Paratypes: AMNH, CIUFES, UF, UFRB, ZUEC. Plus additional non-type specimens. •Valid as Gobiosoma alfiei Joyeux & Macieira 2015 -- (Carvalho-Filho 2023:240 [ref. 40480], Parenti 2021:270 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gobiosoma alfiei Joyeux & Macieira 2015. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: Ceará south to Espírito Santo (Brazil) endemic. Habitat: marine.

algarbiensis, Gobius de Brito Capello [F.] 1880:23 [Catalogo dos peixes de Portugal; ref. 27866] Seas of Lisboa, Setubal and Lagos, Portugal. Syntypes: whereabouts unknown. Appeared first as Gobius sp. ? in Brito Capello 1869:224 [ref. 17966]. •Synonym of Gobius cobitis Pallas 1814 -- (Miller 1973:485 [ref. 6888], Miller 1990:934 [ref. 19376], Kottelat 1997:176 [ref. 22952], Parenti 2021:176 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius cobitis Pallas 1814. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

algida, Eviota Greenfield [D. W.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2014:29, Figs. 1-4 [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 13; ref. 33581] Gamat Bay, Nasa Penida, Indonesia, 8°42.042'S, 115°28.107'E, depth 32 meters. Holotype: CAS 237612. Paratypes: CAS, ROM, MZB, USNM. Photograph from another Indonesia locality. •Valid as Eviota algida Greenfield & Erdmann 2014 -- (Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:56 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Greenfield & Erdmann 2021:32 [ref. 38434], Parenti 2021:137 [ref. 38603], Greenfield et al. 2022:43 [ref. 39807]). Current status: Valid as Eviota algida Greenfield & Erdmann 2014. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Bali (Indonesia); plus photographic records in Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

aliciae, Aboma Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1936:10, Pl. 7 [Bulletin of the Raffles Museum No. 12; ref. 10994] Singapore harbor. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 30952. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:152 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:107 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Papillogobius reichei (Bleeker 1849) -- (Kottelat 2013:417 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Favonigobius aliciae (Herre 1936) -- (Rainboth 1996:199 [ref. 22772], Larson et al. 2008:149 [ref. 29532]). •Synonym of Favonigobius reichei (Bleeker 1854) -- (Taki et al. 2021:433 [ref. 39830], Parenti 2021:155 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Favonigobius reichei (Bleeker 1854). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

alleni, Tomiyamichthys Iwata [A.], Ohnishi [N.] & Hirata [T.] 2000:771, Figs. 1-2 [Copeia 2000 (no. 3); ref. 24584] Otsuki-cho, Hata-gun, Kochi Prefecture, Kashiwajima Island, Japan, 32°45'N, 132°38'E. Holotype: NSMT-P 52627. Paratypes: AMS I.37856-001 (1), BLIH 1992474-75 (1, 1), BMNH 1997.4.22.1 (1), BPBM 32098 (1), FAKU 65768, ZUMT 59946 (1). •Valid as Tomiyamichthys alleni Iwata, Ohnishi & Hirata 2000 -- (Nakabo 2000:1222 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1222 [ref. 26193], Randall & Chen 2007:655 [ref. 29392], Allen & Erdmann 2012:883 [ref. 31980], Allen 2015:79 [ref. 33923], Hoese et al. 2016:583 [ref. 34210], Allen et al. 2018:45 [ref. 36213], Parenti 2021:228 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Tomiyamichthys alleni Iwata, Ohnishi & Hirata 2000. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia, Fiji and southern Japan. Habitat: marine.

alleni, Valenciennea Hoese [D. F.] & Larson [H. K.] 1994:13, Pls. 1A, 5A [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 23; ref. 12483] Haggerstone Island, Queensland, Australia, depth 2-5 meters. Holotype: AMS I.20937-001. Paratypes: AMS I.19460-047 (2), I.19461-065 (1), I.20937-002 (1), IB.3039 (1), IB.3041 (1); BPBM 32004 (1); CAS 54461 (1); NTM S.10015-028 (4), S.10016-006 (9), S.11735-002 (1); S.10814-039 (1); QM I.10224 (1); USNM 258667 (1); WAM P.25168-001 (1), P.26667-008 (1). Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:46 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Valenciennea alleni Hoese & Larson 1994 -- (Allen 1997:220 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:369 [ref. 23967], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3600 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1692 [ref. 29097], Suzuki et al. 2016:2 [ref. 34434], Parenti 2021:248 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Valenciennea alleni Hoese & Larson 1994. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, southwestern Pacific: Shark Bay (Western Australia) north to Northern Territory (Australia), then east to northern Great Barrier Reef/Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.

alloides, Coryphopterus Böhlke [J. E.] & Robins [C. R.] 1960:115, Pl. 2A; Fig. 3B [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 112; ref. 11897] North of Green Cay, Bahamas, 25°07'07"N, 77°11'38"W. Holotype: ANSP 93048. Paratypes: ANSP 93049-55 (1, 1, 1, 4, 3, 2, 6), 93082 (4). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:104 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Coryphopterus alloides Böhlke & Robins 1960 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:243 [ref. 23100], Randall 1995:796 [ref. 22357], Thacker & Cole 2002:837 [ref. 26548], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1793 [ref. 27111], Smith et al. 2003:59 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:170 [ref. 27807], Baldwin et al. 2009:127 [ref. 30559], Van Tassell 2011:140 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:175 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:76 [ref. 33341], Baldwin & Robertson 2015:137 [ref. 33884], Parenti 2021:119 [ref. 38603], Page et al. 2023:121 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:310 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Coryphopterus alloides Böhlke & Robins 1960. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Florida (U.S.A.) and Bahamas; southwestern Gulf of Mexico (Mexico). Habitat: marine.

alphigena, Lythrypnus Bussing [W. A.] 1990:101, Fig. 2 [Revista de Biología Tropical v. 38 (no. 1); ref. 19516] 2.5 kilometers off Chatham Bay, Cocos Island, off Costa Rica, depth 91 meters. Holotype (unique): LACM 44827-1 [ex UCR 2106]. •Valid as Lythrypnus alphigena Bussing 1990 -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:267 [ref. 22193], Hoese in Fischer et al. 1995:1135 [ref. 22829], Van Tassell 2011:141 [ref. 31732], Parenti 2021:195 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Lythrypnus alphigena Bussing 1990. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Cocos Island (Costa Rica). Habitat: marine.

altipinna, Cryptocentrus Hoese [D. F.] 2019:25, Figs. 1, 2, 4, 5A [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 32; ref. 36472] Libong Island, Trang Province, Andaman Sea, Thailand. Holotype: NSMT P.65933. Paratypes: AMS, BPBM, NSMT, USNM. Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Cryptocentrus altipinna Hoese 2019 -- (Parenti 2021:125 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Cryptocentrus altipinna Hoese 2019. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: Tanzania, Sri Lanka; Andaman Sea off Thailand. Habitat: marine.

alvheimi, Thorogobius Sauberer [M.], Iwamoto [T.] & Ahnelt [H.] 2018:360, Figs. 2-3, 7A [Zootaxa 4429 (no. 2); ref. 35962] Off Luanda, Angola, 8°24'S, 12°56'E, depth 162-166 meters. Holotype: CAS 222482. Paratypes: CAS. Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Thorogobius alvheimi Sauberer, Iwamoto & Ahnelt 2018 -- (Parenti 2021:226 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Thorogobius alvheimi Sauberer, Iwamoto & Ahnelt 2018. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Ghana and Angola. Habitat: marine.

amamiko, Eviota Fujiwara [K.], Suzuki [T.] & Motomura [H.] 2019:2, Figs. 1-4 [Ichthyological Research v. 67 (no. 1); ref. 37032] Saneku, Setouchi, Kakeroma-jima Island, Amami Islands, Japan, 28°11'43"N, 129°11'33"E, depth 15 meters. Holotype: KPM-NI 36630. Paratypes: KPM-NI 22562 (1), OMNH-P 34245 (1). •Valid as Eviota amamiko Fujiwara, Suzuki & Motomura 2019 -- (Mochizuki & Matsunuma 2019:193 [ref. 37077], Greenfield 2021:8 [ref. 38148], Parenti 2021:137 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota amamiko Fujiwara, Suzuki & Motomura 2019. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Ryukyu Islands north to Kagoshima (Japan). Habitat: marine.

ambanoro, Cryptocentrus Fourmanoir [P.] 1957:245, Fig. 159 [Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar. Série F. Océanographie v. 1; ref. 11992] Ambanoro Bay, Nosy Be [Nossi-Bé], Mozambique Channel, Madagascar, depth 6-10 meters. Holotype (unique): IRSMNB (lost). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:53 [ref. 19958] as no types at MNHN. •Valid as Vanderhorstia ambanoro (Fourmanoir 1957) -- (Randall et al. 1990:412 [ref. 15987], Randall & Goren 1993:24 [ref. 21131], Kuiter 1997:350 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:412 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:241 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1234 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:416 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:122 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3600 [ref. 26293], Satapoomin & Winterbottom 2002:62 [ref. 26168], Nakabo 2002:1234 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:61 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:643 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Shibukawa & Suzuki 2004:116 [ref. 28014], Randall 2005:559 [ref. 28239], Greenfield & Longenecker 2005:622 [ref. 28487], Hoese & Larson 2006:1695 [ref. 29097], Shao et al. 2008:262 [ref. 29952], Shibukawa 2009:289 [ref. 30449], Freinschlag & Patzner 2012:42 [ref. 31789], Allen & Erdmann 2012:887 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:270 [ref. 32706], Suzuki & Chen 2014:207 [ref. 33152], Fricke et al. 2014:177 [ref. 33932], Daly et al. 2018:5 [ref. 35897], Fricke et al. 2018:344 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:163 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:293 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:252 [ref. 38603], Wada et al. 2021:50 [ref. 38521], Larson 2022:152 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:26 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia ambanoro (Fourmanoir 1957). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Amirantes (Seychelles) and Madagascar east to Marshall Islands and Samoa, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to New Caledonia. Replaced in northern Red Sea by V. opercularis Randall 2007. Habitat: marine.

amblyopinus, Orthostomus Kner [R.] 1868:29 [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 58 (nos 1-2); ref. 6074] Singapore. No types known. Appeared in more detail in Kner 1868:330 [p. 38 of separate], Pl. 6 (fig. 16) [ref. 2646]. •Species inquirenda -- (Parenti 2021:444 [ref. 38603]). •Possibly a cepolid or as ?Oxymetopon amblyopinus (Kner 1868) -- (Larson et al. 2008:151 [ref. 29532]). Current status: Uncertain as Oxymetopon amblyopinus (Kner 1868). Gobiidae: Ptereleotrinae. Habitat: marine.

amblyrhynchus, Psilotris Smith [D. G.] & Baldwin [C. C.] 1999:434, Figs. 1, 2, 3A-B [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 112 (no. 2); ref. 24419] Between Carrie Bow Cay and Twin Cays, lagoos "shot hole", Belize, depth 15-20 feet. Holotype: USNM 321019. Other specimens: USNM (several), not treated as paratypes. Psilotris is feminine, so species should be amblyrhyncha if an adjective. •Valid as Psilotris amblyrhynchus Smith & Baldwin 1999 -- (Murdy & Hoese 2003:1794 [ref. 27111], Smith et al. 2003:64 [ref. 27621], Van Tassell 2011:155 [ref. 31732], Lobel & Lobel 2011:50 [ref. 31774]). •Valid as Carrigobius amblyrhynchus (Smith & Baldwin 1999) -- (Tornabene et al. 2016:13 [ref. 34435], Parenti 2021:262 [ref. 38603], Page et al. 2023:121 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:309 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Carrigobius amblyrhynchus (Smith & Baldwin 1999). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Quintana Roo (Mexico) and Belize. IUCN (2015): Data Deficient as Psilotris amblyrhynchus. Habitat: marine.

amiciensis, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:135 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Tongatabou [Tongatapu], Tonga, and New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. Lectotype: MNHN B-2986. Paralectotypes: MNHN 0000-2966 (9), A-1347 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:25-26 [ref. 19958]. Lectotype established by Maugé 1986:379 [ref. 6218]. •Synonym of Paragobiodon echinocephalus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Maugé 1986:379 [ref. 6218], Fricke et al. 2018:337 [ref. 35805], Larson 2022:119 [ref. 39971], Parenti 2021:207 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Paragobiodon echinocephalus (Rüppell 1830). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

amicuscaridis, Didogobius Schliewen [U. K.] & Kovačić [M.] 2008:249, Figs. 1a,c, 2, 3a [Spixiana (München) v. 31 (no. 2); ref. 29882] Diogo Vaz, 00°19'N, 06°29'E, São Tomé Island, eastern Atlantic, depth 24 meters. Holotype: ZSM 34186. Paratypes: UFES 133 (1). Type catalog: Neumann 2011:259 [ref. 31652]. •Valid as Didogobius amicuscaridis Schliewen & Kovačić 2008 -- (Schliewen 2011:216 [ref. 31738], van Tassell & Kramer 2014:460 [ref. 33301], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2840 [ref. 34618], Schliewen et al. 2018:391 [ref. 35982], Reiner 2019:258 [ref. 38139], Parenti 2021:131 [ref. 38603]). •Valid as Peter amicuscaridis (Schliewen & Kovačić 2008) -- (Schliewen et al. 2023:131 [ref. 40598]). Current status: Valid as Peter amicuscaridis (Schliewen & Kovačić 2008). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: São Tomé and Principe endemic. Habitat: marine.

amikami, Callogobius Goren [M.], Miroz [A.] & Baranes [A.] 1991:300, Figs. 1-2 [Cybium v. 15 (no. 4); ref. 19765] Eilat, Israel, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, depth 6 meters. Holotype (unique): TAU P-10321 [= SMNHTAU]. •Valid as Callogobius amikami Goren, Miroz & Baranes 1991 -- (Goren & Dor 1994:63 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:329 [ref. 22896], Chen & Shao 2000:458 [ref. 24420], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Chen et al. 2006:230 [ref. 28778], Delventhal & Mooi 2013:156 [ref. 32677], Delventhal & Mooi 2014:147 [ref. 33337], Delventhal et al. 2016:232 [ref. 34863] with Oman specimen uncertain, Golani & Fricke 2018:149 [ref. 36273], Zajonz et al. 2019:95 [ref. 36871], Parenti 2021:111 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:61 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:7 [ref. 40247], Delventhal & Mooi 2023:461 [ref. 40434]). Current status: Valid as Callogobius amikami Goren, Miroz & Baranes 1991. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Socotra (Yemen), Gulf of Oman (Oman). Habitat: marine.

ammophilus, Hazeus Allen [G. R.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2023:148 [Zootaxa 5374 (no. 1); ref. 40590] Duduwali Bay, Nuakata Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, 10°17.351'S, 151°00.334'E, depth 29 - 31 meters. Holotype: WAM P.34854-043. Paratypes: (53) MZB, WAM. First published in an ICZN unavailable publication [ref. 38393]. •Valid as Hazeus ammophilus Allen & Erdmann 2021 -- (Momose 2022:11 [ref. 39316]). •Valid as Hazeus ammophilus Allen & Erdmann 2023 -- (Allen et al. 2024:10 [ref. 41004]). Current status: Valid as Hazeus ammophilus Allen & Erdmann 2023. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia and South China Sea east to Papua New Guinea, north to Amami Islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.

amphipora, Eviota Greenfield [D. W.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2020:3, Figs. 1-2 [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 36; ref. 37758] Sideia patch reef, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, -10.607°, 150.841°, depth 12 meters. Holotype: CAS 247238. Paratype: CAS 247239 (1). •Valid as Eviota amphipora Greenfield & Erdmann 2020 -- (Greenfield 2021:10 [ref. 38148], Parenti 2021:137 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota amphipora Greenfield & Erdmann 2020. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Milne Bay (Papua New Guinea). Habitat: marine.

amplus, Bryaninops Larson [H. K.] 1985:66, Figs. 5-6 [The Beagle (Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences) v. 2 (no. 1); ref. 5186] Lagoon off east tip of Palfrey Island, Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, depth 4-10 meters. Holotype: AMS I.22916-001. Paratypes: AMS (66, 13 lots); ANSP (21, 2 lots); BMNH 1984.10.18.1-2 (2); BPBM 27979 (1), 29312 (4), 29317 (9); CAS 50732 (2), 53211 (1); LICPP (6, 2 lots); MNHN 1984-0702 (1); NMV A3248 (2), NTM (22, 7 lots); QM I.20389-90 (7, 1); ROM (2); SAMA F4737 (2); SMF 19956 (1); USNM 261381 (2), 263765-66 (2, 1); WAM P.25109-002 (3) P.29039-001 (4); YCM. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:20 [ref. 19958], Hutchins & Smith 1991:39 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:43 [ref. 30117] •Valid as Bryaninops amplus Larson 1985 -- (Randall et al. 1990:395 [ref. 15987] as ampulus, Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:xiii [ref. 21953], Larson & Williams 1997:368 [ref. 23967], Kuiter 1997:358 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:395 [ref. 25919], Anderson et al. 1998:27 [ref. 23611], Randall & Kunzmann 1998:481 [ref. 23919], Myers 1999:246 [ref. 23965], Krupp et al. 2000:331 [ref. 25117], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1216 [ref. 25182], Randall & Earle 2000:19 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:119 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3595 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1216 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:643 [ref. 27495], Greenfield & Randall 2004:511 [ref. 28175], Mundy 2005:473 [ref. 28379], Hoese & Larson 2006:1629 [ref. 29097], Randall 2007:396 [ref. 30952], Larson et al. 2008:147 [ref. 29532], Caratini & Soriano 2011:37 [ref. 39915], Allen & Erdmann 2012:894 [ref. 31980], Suzuki & Randall 2014:16 [ref. 33142], Larson et al. 2013:192 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2018:327 [ref. 35805], Eagderi et al. 2019:60 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:274 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:105 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:53 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Bryaninops amplus Larson 1985. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Madagascar and Maldives east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.

anaima, Trimma Winterbottom [R.] 2000:58, Fig + Fig. 1 [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 25765] Off Al Almal hotel just east of Matsumudu, 12°09'30"S, 44°24'00"E, Anjouan Island, Comoro Islands, southwestern Indian Ocean, depth 6-18 meters. Holotype: R0M 59805. Paratypes: CAS 33279 (2); ROM 59800-04 (2, 2, 1, 7, 2), 59806-08 (1, 1, 1), 60624 (5); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 31053 (1), 43676-77 (2, 3), 43679 (2), 43979 (?), 43982 (1). Plus non-type material. Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:43 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Trimma anaima Winterbottom 2000 -- (Allen & Adrim 2003:60 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Winterbottom 2004:16 [ref. 28043], Hoese & Larson 2006:1688 [ref. 29097], Hagiwara & Winterbottom 2007:164 [ref. 29103], Winterbottom & Zur 2007:17 [ref. 29376], Motomura et al. 2010:220 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:934 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:270 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:173 [ref. 33932], Winterbottom & Hoese 2015:8 [ref. 33709], Suzuki et al. 2015:67 [ref. 33746], Winterbottom 2017:563 [ref. 35329], Daly et al. 2018:5 [ref. 35897], Winterbottom 2019:43 [ref. 37115], Parenti 2021:231 [ref. 38603], Winterbottom & Zur in Larson 2022:139 [ref. 39971], Chen & Harefa 2024:60 [ref. 41738]). Current status: Valid as Trimma anaima Winterbottom 2000. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Amirantes (Seychelles), Comoros and Maldives east to Fiji, north to Philippines and Taiwan, south to Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia). Habitat: marine.

anchialinae, Cabillus Klausewitz [W.] 1975:204, Figs. 2-4 [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 56 (nos 4/6); ref. 7936] Sinai coast, near Ras Muhammad, Egypt, Red Sea. Holotype: SMF 13229. Paratypes: SMF 13230-32 (3). •Valid as Monishia anchialinae (Klausewitz 1975) -- (Goren 1979:46 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:248 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Monishia ochetica (Norman 1927) -- (Goren 1985:5 [ref. 5179], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1056 [ref. 13677]). •Synonym of Coryogalops ocheticus (Norman 1927) -- (Golani & Fricke 2018:150 [ref. 36273], Parenti 2021:119 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:68 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Coryogalops ocheticus (Norman 1927). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

ancora, Eviota Greenfield [D. W.] & Suzuki [T.] 2011:63, Figs. 1-3 [Zootaxa No. 2812; ref. 31244] Iriomote-jima Islands, Uehara Beach, 24°25'03.27"N, 123°48'07.36"E, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype: OMNH-P21096. Paratypes: Photographed specimen (Fig. 2) not saved, plus at least one more specimen. Name ancora is an adjective. •Valid as Eviota ancora Greenfield & Suzuki 2011 -- (Greenfield & Suzuki 2012:55 [ref. 31797], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:62 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Greenfield & Randall 2017:69 [ref. 35852], Parenti 2021:138 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota ancora Greenfield & Suzuki 2011. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Ryukyu Islands (Japan), Raja Ampat Islands (Sulawesi, Indonesia), and photograph from Philippines. Habitat: marine.

andamanensis, Callogobius Menon [A. G. K.] & Chatterjee [T. K.] 1974:126, Fig. 1 [Current Science v. 43 (no. 4); ref. 7518] Curlow Island, Middle Andaman Island, Andaman Sea. Holotype: ZSI F7105/2. Paratypes: ZSI F7106/2 (10). See Das 2003:372 [ref. 27706]. •Valid as Callogobius andamanensis Menon & Chatterjee 1974 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2012:963 [ref. 31980], Delventhal & Mooi 2013:156 [ref. 32677], Parenti 2021:111 [ref. 38603], Delventhal & Mooi 2023:461 [ref. 40434]). Current status: Valid as Callogobius andamanensis Menon & Chatterjee 1974. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: Andaman Islands and western Thailand. Habitat: marine.

andamanensis, Gobius Day [F.] 1871:691 [15] [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1870 (pt 3); ref. 1078] Brackish water, Andaman Islands. Syntypes: AMS B.8030 (1), BMNH 1970.6.14.10 (1). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:161 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:294 [ref. 25110]. On p. 15 of separate. •Synonym of Exyrias puntang (Bleeker 1851) -- (Murdy 1985:10 [ref. 19200], Kottelat 2013:407 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:153 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Exyrias puntang (Bleeker 1851). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

andamensis, Ptereleotris Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1939:345 [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 41 (pt 4); ref. 2127] Curlew Island, Stewart Sound, North Andaman Islands. Holotype: ZSI (whereabouts unknown). Paratypes: (3) CAS-SU 37166 (2), ZSI F4810/2 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:107 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Ptereleotris microlepis (Bleeker 1856) -- (Randall & Hoese 1985:22 [ref. 5197], Parenti 2021:407 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Ptereleotris microlepis (Bleeker 1856). Gobiidae: Ptereleotrinae. Habitat: marine.

andhraensis, Ctenogobius Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1944:47 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 57; ref. 2137] Vizagapatam, India on beach. Holotype: CAS-SU 39850. Paratypes: (46) CAS-SU 39851 (orig. 28, now 25), USNM 123654 [ex SU 39851] (3). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:110 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Acentrogobius andrhraensis Herre 1944 -- (Parenti 2021:77 [ref. 38603]). •Synonym of Aulopareia cyanomos (Bleeker 1849) -- (Larson & Jaafar 2022:495 [ref. 39363]). Current status: Synonym of Aulopareia cyanomos (Bleeker 1849). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

andrei, Gobius Sauvage [H.-E.] 1880:44 [5] [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 4; ref. 3887] Río Guayas, Ecuador. Syntypes: MNHN A-1346 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:26 [ref. 19958]. On p. 5 of separate. Misspelled andraei in 1998 edition of the Catalog of Fishes. •Valid as Bathygobius andrei (Sauvage 1880) -- (Miller & Smith 1989:315 [ref. 25535], Allen & Robertson 1994:258 [ref. 22193], Hoese in Fischer et al. 1995:1134 [ref. 22829], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:152 [ref. 24555], Thomson et al. 2000:250 [ref. 25640], Miller & Stefanni 2001:147 [ref. 26034], Van Tassell 2011:140 [ref. 31732], Angulo et al. 2013:1007 [ref. 33194], Rodríguez-Rey et al. 2017:11 [ref. 35433], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:92 [ref. 35859], González-Murcia et al. 2019:293 [ref. 36544], Parenti 2021:98 [ref. 38603], Angulo et al. 2023:36 [ref. 40676], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:162 [ref. 40816], Fricke et al. 2024:306 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Bathygobius andrei (Sauvage 1880). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Mexico south to Peru. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

androsensis, Lophogobius Breder [C. M., Jr.] 1932:5, Fig. 3 [American Museum Novitates No. 551; ref. 16362] Lake Forsyth, Andros Island, Bahamas. Holotype: AMNH 10109. Paratypes: (3) not found at AMNH. •Synonym of Lophogobius cyprinoides (Pallas 1770) -- (Dawson 1972:380 [ref. 35161]). •Valid as Lophogobius androsensis Breder 1932 -- (Thacker & Cole 2002:838 [ref. 26548], Parenti 2021:193 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Lophogobius cyprinoides (Pallas 1770). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

angolensis, Gobius (Gobius) Norman [J. R.] 1935:16, Figs. 5-6 [Discovery Reports v. 12; ref. 13911] Off St. Paul de Loanda, Angola. Syntypes: (36) BMNH 1935.5.11.136-155 (20), IRSNB 46 (1). Type catalog: Walschaerts 1987:45 [ref. 20755]. •Valid as Thorogobius angolensis (Norman 1935) -- (Miller 1990:946 [ref. 19376], Sauberer & Ahnelt 2008:278 [ref. 29915], Schliewen 2011:220 [ref. 31738], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2841 [ref. 34618], Sauberer et al. 2018:359 [ref. 35962], Parenti 2021:227 [ref. 38603], Fermon et al. 2022:225 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Thorogobius angolensis (Norman 1935). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to Angola. Habitat: marine.

anguillaris, Gobius Forsskål [P. S.] in Niebuhr 1775:x, 23 [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. No types known. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:53 [ref. 30182]. Not an independent species description, but a misidentification of Gobius anguillaris Linnaeus 1758; objectively invalid (see Fricke 2008:53 [ref. 30182]). •Synonym of Amblycentrus arabicus (Gmelin 1789) -- (Goren 1979:23 [ref. 1852]). •Synonym of Cryptocentrus arabicus (Gmelin 1789) -- (Fricke 2008:53 [ref. 30182]). •Synonym of Cryptocentroides arabicus (Gmelin 1789) -- (Golani & Fricke 2018:150 [ref. 36273], Larson 2022:70 [ref. 39971]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Cryptocentroides arabicus (Gmelin 1789). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

angustifascia, Eviota Greenfield [D. W.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2020:33, Figs. 1-4 [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 36; ref. 38056] Fiji, Lau Group, Tavunasici, -18.7336°, 179.0996°, depth 50 meters. Holotype: CAS 247247. Paratypes: CAS 247248 (1), 247249 (1), 247250 (1). •Valid as Eviota angustifascia Greenfield & Erdmann 2020 -- (Greenfield 2021:11 [ref. 38148], Parenti 2021:138 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota angustifascia Greenfield & Erdmann 2020. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: north coast of New Guinea; Lau Group (Fiji). Habitat: marine.

angustifrons, Batanga Blanc [M.], Cadenat [J.] & Stauch [A.] 1968:246, Figs. 2-3 [Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire (Serie A) Sciences Naturelles v. 30 (no. 1); ref. 7871] Annobón Island, Equatorial Guinea, Gulf of Guinea. Holotype: MNHN 1967-0445. Paratypes: MNHN 1965-0613 (1 c&s). •Synonym of Wheelerigobius maltzani (Steindachner 1881) -- (Maugé 1986:386 [ref. 6218], Miller 1990:949 [ref. 19376], Parenti 2021:256 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Wheelerigobius maltzani (Steindachner 1881). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

angustifrons, Gobiopsis Lachner [E. A.] & McKinney [J. F.] 1978:31, Pls. 6c, d, 11c, e [Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 262; ref. 6603] Endeavour Reef, Queensland, Australia. Holotype: USNM 213492. Paratypes: AMNH 32966 (1); AMS I.18469-152 (1), I.18805-001 (3); USNM 99282-83 (1, 1), 211146 (1), 211148 (1), 213791 (3, 1 c&s). •Valid as Gobiopsis angustifrons Lachner & McKinney 1978 -- (Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Hoese & Larson 2006:1658 [ref. 29097], Shibukawa 2010:97 [ref. 30809], Allen & Erdmann 2012:976 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:167 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:285 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:172 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gobiopsis angustifrons Lachner & McKinney 1978. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Solomon Islands, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

ankaranensis, Glossogobius Banister [K. E.] 1994:25, Pls. 1-4; Figs. 1-2 [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 1 (no. 3); ref. 22507] Subterranean river, Ankarana reserve, about 12°50"S, 49°10'E, northern Madagascar. Holotype: BMNH 1994.12.1.1. Paratypes: BMNH 1994.12.1.2 (1). •Valid as Glossogobius ankaranensis Banister 1994 -- (Romero & Paulson 2001:35 [ref. 26040], Proudlove 2006:199 [ref. 28992], Hoese & Allen 2009:2 [ref. 29998], Rasoloariniaina et al. 2016:2 [ref. 34460], Hoese et al. 2017:192 [ref. 35452], Fricke et al. 2018:331 [ref. 35805], Parenti 2021:160 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Glossogobius ankaranensis Banister 1994. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northern Madagascar endemic. Habitat: freshwater.

annandalei, Pleurosicya Hornell [J.] & Fowler [H. W.] 1922:924 [Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society v. 28 (pt 4); ref. 15349] Tuticorin, India. Holotype (unique): ANSP 51094. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:104 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Pleurosicya annandalei Hornell & Fowler 1922 -- (Larson & Hoese 1980:36 [ref. 2725], Hoese 1986:800 [ref. 5670], Larson 1990:9 [ref. 16607], Kuiter 1997:354 [ref. 25488], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Greenfield & Randall 2004:536 [ref. 28175], Hoese & Larson 2006:1675 [ref. 29097], Allen & Erdmann 2012:904 [ref. 31980], Parenti 2021:211 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:122 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Pleurosicya annandalei Hornell & Fowler 1922. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa and India; Indonesia east to Philippines, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

annella, Bryaninops Suzuki [T.] & Randall [J. E.] 2014:13, Figs. 1-4 [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 20 (no. 1); ref. 33142] Bali, northwest coast at Tulamben, 1°28.8'S, 99°09.7"E, Indonesia, depth 9 meters Holotype: BPBM 41022. Paratypes: AMS I.24075-002 (7), BPBM 41146 (1, c&s), 42244 (7), NSMT-P 114575 (1), USNM 410095 (2). •Valid as Bryaninops annella Suzuki & Randall 2014 -- (Parenti 2021:105 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Bryaninops annella Suzuki & Randall 2014. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: Bali, Kakabia (between Sulawesi and Flores) (Indonesia) and northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

annosum, Trimma Winterbottom [R.] 2003:2, Figs. 1-2 [Zootaxa No. 218; ref. 26886] Cagilai Island off Ovalau Island, Viti Levu, Bau Waters, Fiji. Holotype: ROM 73126 [ex ROM 40061]. Paratypes: NSMT-P55897 (1); ROM 990CS (12), 40061 (5), 45968 (13), 45976 (13), 46041 (9), 49225 (2), 53149 (4), 53151 (14), 73182-85 (1, 5, 3, 1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 35452 (8); USNM 298774 (12). Plus non-type material. Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:26 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Trimma annosum Winterbottom 2003 -- (Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:191 [ref. 27510], Hagiwara & Winterbottom 2007:164 [ref. 29103], Winterbottom & Southcott 2007:73 [ref. 29375], Dimara et al. 2010:621 [ref. 31108], Motomura et al. 2010:220 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:935 [ref. 31980], Winterbottom et al. 2014:378 [ref. 33402], Fricke et al. 2014:173 [ref. 33932], Winterbottom & Hoese 2015:11 [ref. 33709], Suzuki et al. 2015:67 [ref. 33746], Hoese et al. 2015:539 [ref. 33990], Winterbottom & Erdmann 2018:476 [ref. 36013], Fricke et al. 2019:290 [ref. 36673], Winterbottom 2019:26 [ref. 37115], Winterbottom & Erdmann 2019:576 [ref. 36627], Parenti 2021:231 [ref. 38603], Chen & Harefa 2024:61 [ref. 41738]). Current status: Valid as Trimma annosum Winterbottom 2003. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Bali (Indonesia) east to western Caroline Islands and Fiji, north to Taiwan, south to Solomon Islands. Records from Maldives and India may be based on misidentified T. fucatum (see ref. 37115). Habitat: marine.

annulatus, Gobius De Vis [C. W.] 1884:688 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 9 (pt 3); ref. 17383] Cape York, Queensland, Australia. Syntypes: QM I.87 (1), I.2780 (6). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:175 [ref. 2676]. •Synonym of Amblygobius phalaena (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Hoese & Larson 2006:1622 [ref. 29097]). Current status: Synonym of Amblygobius phalaena (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

anomolus, Coryogalops Smith [J. L. B.] 1958:144, Fig. 5 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 11; ref. 4118] Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 251. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 873-874 (1, 1). •Valid as Coryogalops anomolus Smith 1958 -- (Goren 1979:95 [ref. 6952], Dor 1984:241 [ref. 29757], Goren 1991:2 [ref. 19343], Randall et al. 1994:243 [ref. 21645], Randall 1995:331 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:213 [ref. 23922], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Heemstra et al. 2004:3328 [ref. 27945], Kovačić et al. 2014:518 [ref. 33562], Kovačić et al. 2016:343 [ref. 34349], Fricke et al. 2018:328 [ref. 35805]. Golani & Fricke 2018:150 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:61 [ref. 37020], Parenti 2021:118 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:66 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:7 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Coryogalops anomolus Smith 1958. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa and Persian Gulf to Madagascar. Habitat: marine.

ansorgii, Nematogobius Boulenger [G. A.] 1910:560 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 6 (no. 36); ref. 577] Bengo River at Cabiri, Angola. Syntypes: BMNH 1911.6.1.168-169 (2), NMW 31208 (1). •Valid as Nematogobius ansorgii Boulenger 1910 -- (Maugé 1986:376 [ref. 6218], Lévêque et al. 1989:123 [ref. 26480], Miller 1990:942 [ref. 19376]). •Synonym of Nematogobius maindroni (Sauvage 1880) -- (Harrison 1990:32 [ref. 16206], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:817 [ref. 21590], Parenti 2021:202 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Nematogobius maindroni (Sauvage 1880). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

antennatus, Barbulifer Böhlke [J. E.] & Robins [C. R.] 1968:126, Fig. 18 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 120; ref. 609] Exuma Cay, Great Bahma Bank, Bahamas, depth to about 6 feet. Holotype: ANSP 110642. Paratypes: ANSP (68 + 2 c&s, 11 lots); LACM (13, 4 lots); MCZ 45889 (2); UF 9047 (1), 9216 (1), 10320 (1); UF [ex UMML] (23, 4 lots); UMMZ 187467 (2); USNM 198719 (1), 202375 (3). Type catalog: Gilbert 1974:110 [ref. 21035], Böhlke 1984:104 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Barbulifer antennatus Böhlke & Robins 1968 -- (Murdy & Hoese 2003:1792 [ref. 27111], Nelson et al. 2004:169 [ref. 27807], Joyeux et al. 2009:65 [ref. 30108], Van Tassell 2011:151 [ref. 31732]., Page et al. 2013:174 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:75 [ref. 33341], Parenti 2021:260 [ref. 38603], Martínez-Servín et al. 2023:113 [ref. 40726], Page et al. 2023:120 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:306 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Barbulifer antennatus Böhlke & Robins 1968. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bahamas and northern Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2025): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

anthioides, Quisquilius Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:210, Pl. 10 (fig. F) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 13; ref. 4122] Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean, depth 8 fathoms. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 181. •Valid as Priolepis anthioides (Smith 1959) -- (Winterbottom & Burridge 1992:1935 [ref. 20878], Nogawa & Endo 2007:159 [ref. 29104], Allen et al. 2018:36 [ref. 36193], Koeda et al. 2021:[6] [ref. 38416], Parenti 2021:215 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:127 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Priolepis anthioides (Smith 1959). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Zanzibar (Tanzania). Habitat: marine.

anthrenum, Trimma Winterbottom [R.] 2006:56, Figs. 1-3, 4A [Zootaxa No. 1331; ref. 28810] Vava'u, southwestern side off Mo'ungalafa mountain at latitude of Tu'ungasika islet, 18°39'30"S, 174°00'90"W, Tonga, depth 37-40 meters. Holotype: ROM 60677. Paratypes: 11 lots at BPBM, ROM; USNM 341467 (9), 341468 (13). Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:36 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Trimma anthrenum Winterbottom 2006 -- (Hagiwara & Winterbottom 2007:164 [ref. 29103], Winterbottom & Hoese 2015:41, 74 [ref. 33709], Winterbottom et al. 2015:215 [ref. 33849], Winterbottom 2018:129 [ref. 35730], Winterbottom 2019:36 [ref. 37115], Parenti 2021:231 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Trimma anthrenum Winterbottom 2006. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Fiji and Tonga. Habitat: marine.

antilliensis, Bathygobius Tornabene [L.], Baldwin [C. C.] & Pezold [F. L.] in Tornabene et al. 2010:146, Figs. 2-3 [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 16 (no. 4); ref. 30990] Playa Magui, Hatillo, Puerto Rico, 18°29'26"N, 66°48'57"W. Holotype: AMNH 251650. Paratypes: AMNH, ANSP, USNM. Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Bathygobius antilliensis Tornabene, Baldwin & Pezold 2010 -- (Van Tassell 2011:140 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:175 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Collette 2013:180 [ref. 32953], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:75 [ref. 33341], Rodríguez-Rey et al. 2017:11 [ref. 35433], Caires 2019:2 [ref. 37363], Robertson et al. 2020:154 [ref. 38098], Parenti 2021:98 [ref. 38603], Martínez-Servín et al. 2023:113 [ref. 40726], Page et al. 2023:120 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:306 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Bathygobius antilliensis Tornabene, Baldwin & Pezold 2010. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda and Bahamas south to eastern Brazil, including Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

aoyagii, Gobiodon Shibukawa [K.], Suzuki [T.] & Aizawa [M.] 2013:147, Fig. 3A, 2a-I, 3 [Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A) v. 39 (no. 3); ref. 32951] Barasu, Iwomote-jima Island, Yaeyama Group, Ryukyu Islands. Holotype: NSMT-P 111422. Paratypes: AMS, NSMT-P, OMNH-P, YCM-P. Plus non-type specimen. •Valid as Gobiodon aoyagii Shibukawai, Suzuki & Aizawa 2013 -- (Parenti 2021:168 [ref. 38603], Hildebrandt et al. 2024:506 [ref. 41770]). Current status: Valid as Gobiodon aoyagii Shibukawa, Suzuki & Aizawa 2013. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Japan, Philippines, Australia, Papua New Guinea and East Indies. Habitat: marine.

aphia, Argentina Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:58 [Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia; ref. 3594] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Also appeared in Rafinesque 1810:35 [ref. 3595]. •Questionably a synonym of Aphia minuta (Risso 1810) -- (Miller 1973:489 [ref. 6888]). •Synonym of Aphia minuta (Risso 1810) -- (Parenti 2019:102 [ref. 37117], Parenti 2021:93 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Aphia minuta (Risso 1810). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

aphya, Brachyochirus Bonaparte [C. L.] 1846:64 [Atti della Settima Adunanza degli Scienziati Italiani Sesta Riunione, Milano 7a Adunanza, Napoli, Part 2; ref. 519] Europe. No types known. •Synonym of Aphia minuta (Risso 1810) -- (Miller 1973:489 [ref. 6888], Parenti 2021:93 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Aphia minuta (Risso 1810). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

aphya, Gobius Linnaeus [C.] 1758:263 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Nile River. No types known. Spelled aphia by Rafinesque 1810:30 [ref. 3595]. Name appeared in Sassi 1846:392 [ref. 22007] as "Gobius aphya, Sassi." •Species inquirenda -- (Parenti 2021:441 [ref. 38603]). Gobiidae.

aporia, Gobiopsis Lachner [E. A.] & McKinney [J. F.] 1978:12, Pls. 1, 2a, 7a, 8a [Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 262; ref. 6603] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype: USNM 209731. Paratypes: AMNH 32957-62 (1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1); AMS (5 lots); ANSP (5, 3 lots); BMNH 1976.2.5.1 (1); BPBM 20321 (1); CAS 31497 (1), 33628-30 (1, 2, 1); FMNH 78751 (1); RMNH 15256 [or 15156] (1); USNM (25 lots). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:104 [ref. 13621], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:41 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Gobiopsis aporia Lachner & McKinney 1978 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:267 [ref. 6441], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1249 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1249 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:185 [ref. 27510], Hoese & Larson 2006:1658 [ref. 29097], Shibukawa 2010:97 [ref. 30809], Allen & Erdmann 2012:976 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:199 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:167 [ref. 33932], Parenti 2021:172 [ref. 38603]). •Synonym of Gobiopsis liolepis (Koumans 1931) -- (Delventhal & Mooi 2014:571 [ref. 33168], Delventhal & Mooi 2023:462 [ref. 40434]). Current status: Synonym of Gobiopsis liolepis (Koumans 1931). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

aporos, Parioglossus Rennis [D. S.] & Hoese [D. F.] 1985:175, Figs. 6, 20 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 36 (no 4); ref. 5859] Tandjung Point, Papremkama, Teluk, Butung [Buton] Island, 5°24'30"S, 122°37'28"E, Indonesia, depth 1-8 meters. Holotype: USNM 257045. Paratypes: AMS I/24319-001 [ex USNM 260326] (3), USNM 260326 (13, 2 c&s). •Valid as Parioglossus aporos Rennis & Hoese 1985 -- (Suzuki & Senou 1994:285 [ref. 21557], Suzuki et al. 1994:4 [ref. 24344], Larson 2001:3608 [ref. 26296], Allen & Adrim 2003:61 [ref. 26830], Williams & Lecchini 2004:2 [ref. 27684], Keith et al. 2004:343 [ref. 28060], Wang & Winterbottom 2006:24 [ref. 28502], Suzuki et al. 2010:31 [ref. 30805], Allen & Erdmann 2012:995 [ref. 31980], Parenti 2021:401 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Parioglossus aporos Rennis & Hoese 1985. Gobiidae: Ptereleotrinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: southern Sulawesi (Indonesia). Habitat: brackish.

aporus, Lioteres Hoese [D. F.] & Winterbottom [R.] 1979:2, Figs. 1-2 [Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Occasional Paper No. 31; ref. 7022] Reef off Sodwana Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, 27°31'S, 32°41'E, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 911. Paratypes: AMG 20272-001 [ex SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 912] (1), SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 912 (2). The species name aporus is a noun in apposition. •Valid as Hetereleotris apora (Hoese & Winterbottom 1979) -- (Hoese 1986:792 [ref. 5670], Hoese 1986:8 [ref. 5996], Gill 1998:94 [ref. 23403], Fricke 1999:514 [ref. 24106], Hoese & Larson 2005:15 [ref. 28571], Fricke et al. 2009:102 [ref. 30213], Shibukawa 2010:90 [ref. 30808], Kovačić et al. 2014:125 [ref. 33446], Kovačić et al. 2019:503 [ref. 36728], Arndt & Fricke 2019:17 [ref. 36883], Parenti 2021:184 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:105 [ref. 39971]). •Valid as Hetereleotris aporus (Hoese & Winterbottom 1979) -- (Fricke et al. 2024:74 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Hetereleotris aporus (Hoese & Winterbottom 1979). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), Comoros, Saint Brandon's Shoals (Cargados Carajos) and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory). Habitat: marine.

aprica, Sueviota Winterbottom [R.] & Hoese [D. F.] 1988:4, Figs. 3-4 [Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Occasional Paper No. 37; ref. 9274] Drop-off cave off Isle Fouquet, Peros Banhos Atoll, Chagos Archipelago, depth 40-43 meters. Holotype: ROM 44126. Paratypes: AMS I.24633-001 (3); ROM 864CS (1, c&s), 43012 (1), 44127 (7, 3 to AMS). •Valid as Sueviota aprica Winterbottom & Hoese 1988 -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:551 [ref. 28239], Dimara et al. 2010:621 [ref. 31108], Allen & Erdmann 2012:933 [ref. 31980], Allen et al. 2016:81 [ref. 34410], Greenfield & Randall 2017:9 [ref. 35230], Greenfield et al. 2019:86 [ref. 37043], Parenti 2021:224 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:135 [ref. 39971], Nunes Peinemann et al. 2024:26 [ref. 41563]). Current status: Valid as Sueviota aprica Winterbottom & Hoese 1988. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Madagascar; Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory); West Papua (Indonesia); Fiji. IUCN (2024): Not Assessed. Habitat: marine.

aquila, Eviota Greenfield [D. W.] & Jewett [S. L.] 2014:57, Fig. 1 [Copeia 2014 (no. 1); ref. 33326] Pingtung County, south end of Taiwan, rocky shore, just south of Chin Chiao-Wan, 21.9208°N, 120.8292°E, surge channel cut wellback into shore, many caves and labyrinth connections, Taiwan, depth 0-6.4 meters, Holotype: USNM 227381. Paratypes: all from Taiwan. ANSP, BPBM, CAS, NMMB, USNM. •Valid as Eviota aquila Greenfield & Jewett 2014 -- (Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:48 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Parenti 2021:138 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota aquila Greenfield & Jewett 2014. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: southern Taiwan endemic. Habitat: marine.

aquilus, Callogobius Li [H.-E.] & Chen [I-S.] 2024:160, FIgs. 1-4 [Zootaxa 5550 (no. 1); ref. 41740] About 4 meters, eastern side out of Kihaw Harbour, Chenggong Township, Taitung County, Taiwan. Holotype: NTOUP 2023-11-007. Paratypes: NTOUP. •Valid as Callogobius aquilus Li & Chen 2024. Current status: Valid as Callogobius aquilus Li & Chen 2024. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: southeastern Taiwan. Habitat: marine.

arabica, Ptereleotris Randall [J. E.] & Hoese [D. F.] 1985:(7) 8, Pl. 1 (fig. A); Fig. 1 [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 7; ref. 5197] Off desalination plant, Eilat, Israel, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, depth 15 meters. Holotype: BPBM 18288. Paratypes: AMS I.25403-001 (1); BPBM 21495 (1), 30659-60 (2, 3); USNM 258653 (1). •Valid as Ptereleotris arabica Randall & Hoese 1985 -- (Goren & Dor 1994:67 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:347 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:216 [ref. 23922], Randall & Shen 2002:492 [ref. 26738] as arabicus, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S120 [ref. 27377], Shibukawa 2009:292 [ref. 30449], Golani & Fricke 2018:164 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:84 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:97 [ref. 36871] as cf. arabica, Kodeeswaran & Praveenraj 2020:428 [ref. 37850], Parenti 2021:404 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:195 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:30 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Ptereleotris arabica Randall & Hoese 1985. Gobiidae: Ptereleotrinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Maldives, and Andaman Sea. Habitat: marine.

arabicus, Gobius Gmelin [J. F.] (ex Forsskål) 1789:1198 [Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 3); ref. 18139] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. No types known. Based on Gobius anguillaris (non Linnaeus 1758) of Forsskål 1775:x, 23 [ref. 1351]. Preoccupied by the unused name Gobius djiddensis Bonnaterre, 1788. Declared a nomen protectum by Parenti 2021:123 [ref. 38603]. •Valid as Amblycentrus arabicus (Gmelin 1789) -- (Goren 1979:23 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:238 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Cryptocentroides arabicus (Gmelin 1789) -- (Randall et al. 1994:244 [ref. 21645], Goren & Dor 1994:63 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:333 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:213 [ref. 23922], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Fricke 2008:53 [ref. 30182], Ghanbarifardi & Malek 2009:[4] 498 [ref. 37937], Golani & Fricke 2018:150 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:61 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:96 [ref. 36871], Jawad et al. 2021:8 [ref. 38429], Parenti 2021:123 [ref. 38603], Esmaeili et al. 2022:481 [ref. 39253], Larson 2022:70 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:8 [ref. 40247], Esmaeili & Hamidan 2023:213 [ref. 40377], Çiçek et al. 2024:303 [ref. 40789]). Nomen Protectum. Current status: Valid as Cryptocentroides arabicus (Gmelin 1789). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden and Socotra (Yemen) to Persian Gulf. Habitat: brackish, marine.

arcupinna, Amblyeleotris Mohlmann [M. S.] & Munday [P. L.] 1999:59, Figs. 1-2 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 26 (no. 1/2); ref. 24273] Islet off Cape Vantanat, Normanby Island, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua New Guinea, about 10°11'48"S, 151°12'30"E, depth 23 meters. Holotype: BPBM 36957. Paratypes: AMS I.37745-001 (1), BMNH 1997.1.3.1 (1), BPBM 34318 (1), USNM 343459 (1), WAM P.31206-001 (1). Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:43 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Amblyeleotris arcupinna Mohlmann & Munday 1999 -- (Allen & Adrim 2003:56 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:642 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2005:127 [ref. 28745], Chen et al. 2006:2565 [ref. 29024], Allen & Erdmann 2012:861 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2019:269 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:83 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Amblyeleotris arcupinna Mohlmann & Munday 1999. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Bali (Indonesia) east to Marshall Islands, north to Philippines, south to New Ireland (Papua New Guinea). Habitat: marine.

arcusbranchiae, Valenciennea strigata Fowler [H. W.] 1946:201, Fig. 64 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 98; ref. 1456] Aguni Shima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype (unique): ANSP 72077. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:104 [ref. 13621]. Originally as arcus-branchiae. •Synonym of Valenciennea strigata (Broussonet 1782) -- (Hoese & Larson 1994:59 [ref. 12483], Parenti 2021:251 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea strigata (Broussonet 1782). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

arenae, Gobius Bath [H.] 1972:349, Figs. 1-3, 5 [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 53 (nos 5/6); ref. 7604] Barbarossa Bay near Porto Azurro, Elba Island, Italy, western Mediterranean Sea, on sand bottom with boulders, depth 3-6 meters. Holotype: SMF 11540. Paratypes: Bath coll. (2), SMF 11541 (1). •Synonym of Gobius geniporus Valenciennes 1837 -- (Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1041 [ref. 13677], Parenti 2021:178 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius geniporus Valenciennes 1837. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

arenarius, Gobius Günther [A.] 1861:59 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] Not available, name on specimen mentioned under Gobius minutus. •Not available -- (Parenti 2021:446 [ref. 38603]). Nomen Nudum. Gobiidae.

arenarius, Hetereleotris Snyder [J. O.] 1908:100 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 35 (no. 1635); ref. 4150] Naha, Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype: USNM 62237. Paratypes: CAS-SU 21104 (1); USNM 74581-82 (1, 1). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:127, 144 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:106 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Gobiopsis arenaria (Snyder 1908) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:267 [ref. 6441], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1249 [ref. 25182], Shinohara et al. 2000:183 [ref. 25987], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:1249 [ref. 26193], Hoese & Larson 2006:1658 [ref. 29097], Shibukawa 2010:97 [ref. 30809], Motomura et al. 2010:214 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:976 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:167 [ref. 33932], Parenti 2021:173 [ref. 38603], Koreeda et al. 2022:29 [ref. 39102]). Current status: Valid as Gobiopsis arenaria (Snyder 1908). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Brunei and southern China north to southern Japan; northern Australia and New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

arenicola, Grallenia Shibukawa [K.] & Iwata [A.] 2007:128, Fig. 1A, 2A, 3A-B, 4A [Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A) Supplement No. 1; ref. 29108] Off Aka-todai lighthouse, Kashiwa-jima Island, Kochi Prefecture, Japan, depth 15-20 meters. Holotype: NSMT-P 73195. Paratypes: AMS I.43860-001 (4); KPM-NI 16707 (2), NSMT-P 73196 (1, c&s), 73198 (1), 73199 (1), 73200 (1); OMNH-P 31811 (2). •Valid as Grallenia arenicola Shibukawa & Iwata 2007 -- (Motomura et al. 2010:214 [ref. 31256], Larson et al. 2013:200 [ref. 32988], Allen & Erdmann 2017:45 [ref. 35533], Allen & Hammer 2018:95 [ref. 36325], Parenti 2021:182 [ref. 38603], Allen et al. 2024:1351 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Grallenia arenicola Shibukawa & Iwata 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Japan. Habitat: marine.

argulus, Gobius Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1868:266 [Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1868; ref. 3442] Coral reef near Paracale, Luzon Island, Philippines. Syntypes: ZMB 5201 (2). •Species inquirenda -- (Parenti 2021:441 [ref. 38603]). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

arnoulti, Gobitrichinotus Kiener [A.] 1963:330, Fig. 2 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2) v. 35 (no. 4); ref. 4903] Andevoranto, Kalomalala, Madagascar. Holotype: MNHN 1968-0165. Paratypes: MNHN 1968-0166 (10). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:46 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Gobitrichinotus arnoulti Kiener 1963 -- (Fricke et al. 2018:322 [ref. 35805], Parenti 2021:379 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:201 [ref. 40141]). Current status: Valid as Gobitrichinotus arnoulti Kiener 1963. Gobiidae: Kraemeriinae. Distribution: Madagascar endemic. Habitat: freshwater.

arrowsmithensis, Robinsichthys Birdsong [R. S.] 1988:439, Figs. 1-3 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 101 (no. 2); ref. 6572] Arrowsmith Bank, Caribbean Sea, 21°02'N, 86°26'W, depth 92-586 meters. Holotype: USNM 290207. Paratypes: UF 234392 [ex UMML 34392] (2, 1 c&s), 234393 [ex UMML 34393] (1); USNM 290208 (2). •Valid as Robinsichthys arrowsmithensis Birdsong 1988 -- (Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:168 [ref. 27754], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1795 [ref. 27111], Van Tassell 2011:156 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:179 [ref. 32708], Parenti 2021:279 [ref. 38603], Page et al. 2023:124 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:325 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Robinsichthys arrowsmithensis Birdsong 1988. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: northwestern Caribbean Sea, northern Quintana Roo (Mexico) endemic. Habitat: marine.

aruensis, Valenciennea Ogilby [J. D.] 1910:21 [Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland v. 23; ref. 3288] Aru Islands, Indonesia. Holotype: whereabouts unknown. Paratypes: AMS I.9485 (1), I.12526 (2); QM I.1580 [?ex AFAQ 986] (1, too small to be holotype). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:164, 175 [ref. 2676]. •Synonym of Valenciennea muralis (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Hoese & Larson 1994:32 [ref. 12483], Hoese & Larson 2006:1694 [ref. 29097], Parenti 2021:250 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea muralis (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

arundelii, Gobius Garman [S.] 1899:63 [Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club v. 1; ref. 14702] Clipperton Island (France), eastern Pacific. Holotype (unique): MCZ 28289. •Synonym of Bathygobius ramosus Ginsburg 1947 -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:259 [ref. 22193]). •Valid as Bathygobius arundelii (Garman 1899) -- (Hoese in Fischer et al. 1995:1134 [ref. 22829], Allen & Robertson 1997:831 [ref. 41086], Thomson et al. 2000:250 [ref. 25640]). •Synonym of Bathygobius lineatus (Jenyns 1841) but a valid subspecies arundelii (Garman 1899) -- (Miller & Stefanni 2001:150 [ref. 26034]). •Synonym of Bathygobius lineatus (Jenyns 1841) -- (Parenti 2021:103 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Bathygobius lineatus (Jenyns 1841). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Clipperton Island (France) [if valid]. Habitat: marine.

asanai, Barbatogobius Koumans [F. P.] 1941:242 [Memoirs of the Indian Museum v. 13 (pt 3); ref. 2677] Kosamba Creek near Bulsan, Gujarat, western India. Holotype: ZSI F5283/2. Paratypes: (2) ?RMNH 17000 [ex ZSI] (1), ZSI F5532/2 (2). •Synonym of Gobiopsis macrostoma Steindachner 1861 -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:937 [ref. 20764], Rainboth 1996:201 [ref. 22772], Parenti 2021:173 [ref. 38603]). •Synonym of Gobiopsis macrostomus Steindachner 1861 -- (Kottelat 2013:409 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Gobiopsis macrostomus Steindachner 1861. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

asaro, Glossogobius Whitley [G. P.] 1959:318 [Australian Zoologist v. 12 (pt 4); ref. 4729] Asaro River, 5 miles south of Goroka, New Guinea. Holotype: AMS IB.3748A. Paratypes: AMS I.27611-001 [ex IB.3748B] (now 35). •Synonym of Glossogobius brunnoides (Nichols 1951) -- (Allen 1991:180 [ref. 21090]). •Valid as Glossogobius asaro Whitley 1959 -- (Hoese et al. 2015:18 [ref. 33684], Parenti 2021:160 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Glossogobius asaro Whitley 1959. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: New Guinea endemic. Habitat: freshwater.

asayake, Navigobius Okamoto [M.] & Motomura [H.] 2018:374, Figs. 1, 2, 4A [Zootaxa 4526 (no. 3); ref. 36336] Off Satsuma Peninsula, Kagoshima, Japan, depth 150 meters. Holotype: KAUM-I 115659. Paratypes: KAUM-I. Plus aditional non-type material. •Valid as Navigobius asayake Okamoto & Motomura 2018 -- (Parenti 2021:398 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Navigobius asayake Okamoto & Motomura 2018. Gobiidae: Ptereleotrinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: southern Japan. Habitat: marine.

ascensionis, Quisquilius Dawson [C. E.] & Edwards [A. J.] in Edwards & Glass 1987:659, Figs. 6-7 [Journal of Natural History v. 21 (no. 3); ref. 9166] Tidepool, McArthur Point, Ascension Island. Holotype: USNM 218836. Paratypes: AMS I.19345-001 (1); BMNH 1979.1.5.157-163 (7), 1979.1.5.164 (1), 1984.7.16.184-186 (3); GCRL 16137 (1, c&s), 16138-39 (1, 1); USNM 218837-39 (1, 1, 1), 277977 (2); ZMUC P781434-35 (2). •Valid as Priolepis ascensionis (Dawson & Edwards 1987) -- (Greenfield 1989:399 [ref. 12545], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:319 [ref. 25013], Wirtz et al. 2014:10 [ref. 33516], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2841 [ref. 34618], Brown et al. 2019:163 [ref. 36444], Parenti 2021:215 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Priolepis ascensionis (Dawson & Edwards 1987). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southern-central Atlantic: Ascension Island, Saint Helena. Habitat: marine.

assoi, Gobius de Buen [F.] 1936:239, Figs. 1-2 [Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Madrid v. 36; ref. 13757] Neighborhood of Melilla, Spanish Morocco, western Mediterranean Sea, depth 40 meters. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Gobius strictus Fage 1907 -- (Miller 1973:488 [ref. 6888]). •Synonym of Gobius cruentatus Gmelin 1789 -- (Parenti 2021:176 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius cruentatus Gmelin 1789. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

asymbasia, Eviota Greenfield [D. W.] & Jewett [S. L.] 2016:590, Figs. 2-4, 5a [Zootaxa 4121 (no. 5); ref. 34594] Palawan Province, Cuyo Island, Philippine Islands, depth 1 meter. Holotype: USNM 229476. Paratypes: CAS, USNM. Plus non-type specimens. •Valid as Eviota asymbasia Greenfield & Jewett 2016 -- (Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:64 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Parenti 2021:138 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota asymbasia Greenfield & Jewett 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Java (Indonesia) east to eastern Indinesia and Philippines. Habitat: marine.

atauroensis, Eviota Greenfield [D. W.], Erdmann [M. V.] & Tornabene [L.] 2023:50, Figs. 1-5, 6A [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 40; ref. 40540] Berau Bay, Ataro Island, Timor Leste, -8.3198, -125.5588, depth 0.5 meters. Holotype: CAS 248225. Paratypes: CAS 248226 (2). •Valid as Eviota atauroensis Greenfield, Erdmann & Tornabene 2023. Current status: Valid as Eviota atauroensis Greenfield, Erdmann & Tornabene 2023. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Ataro Island, Timor Leste. Habitat: marine.

ater, Gobiodon Herler [J.], Bogorodsky [S. V.] & Suzuki [T.] 2013:314, Figs. 5-6 [Zootaxa 3709 (no. 4); ref. 32889] Gulf of Aqaba, Dahab, "Napoleon Reef" (28°28'15"N, 34°30'33"E), Egypt, depth 1 meter. Holotype: NMW 94612. Paratypes: BMNH 2012.3.20.1 (1); 2012:3.20.2 (1); MNHN 2012-0110 (1), 2012-0111 (1); NMW 94613 (1). Plus additional non-type specimens. •Valid as Gobiodon ater Herler, Bogorodsky & Suzuki 2013 -- (Golani & Fricke 2018:154 [ref. 36273], Parenti 2021:168 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:96 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:14 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Gobiodon ater Herler, Bogorodsky & Suzuki 2013. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Maldives; Taiwan. Habitat: marine.

ater, Gobius Bellotti [C.] 1888:219, Pl. 4 (fig. 2) [Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali di Milano v. 31; ref. 19270] Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes and/or Bellotti specimens: MSNM (main series, destroyed in 1943), MSNG 12607 (2, types); NMW 28551-52 (1, 1), 29041 (1); ZMUC uncat., ZMUO J1123 (4) Nice. Type catalog: Tortonese 1963:342 [ref. 10350], Pethon 1969:10 [ref. 19268], Conci & Michelangeli 1974:219 [ref. 21560], Nielsen 1974:79 [ref. 9588]. On p. 7 of separate. •Valid as Gobius ater Bellotti 1888 -- (Miller 1973:484 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1036 [ref. 13677], Brito & Miller 2001:262 [ref. 25096], Ahnelt 2001:262 [ref. 25667], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:63 [ref. 36649], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:186 [ref. 31737], Schliewen 2011:217 [ref. 31738], Artüz & Fricke 2019:559 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:179 [ref. 37250], Kovačić 2020:77 [ref. 37932], Kovačić et al. 2020:24 [ref. 37519], Kovačić et al. 2021:40 [ref. 39014], Parenti 2021:175 [ref. 38603], Kovačić et al. 2022:[2] [ref. 39579], Renoult et al. 2022:31 [ref. 39288]). Current status: Valid as Gobius ater Bellotti 1888. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; eastern Atlantic Ocean: adjacent Portugal. Habitat: marine.

ateriformis, Gobius Brito [A.] & Miller [P. J.] 2001:260, Figs. 1C, 2B [Journal of Natural History v. 35 (no. 2); ref. 25096] Ilha de São Tiago, Cape Verde Islands, northeastern Atlantic. Holotype: BMNH uncat. Paratypes: BMNH (1), TFMC (2). •Valid as Gobius ateriformis Brito & Miller 2001 -- (Schliewen 2011:217 [ref. 31738], Wirtz et al. 2013:132 [ref. 32972], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2840 [ref. 34618], Parenti 2021:175 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gobius ateriformis Brito & Miller 2001. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde Islands (endemic). Habitat: marine.

aterrimus, Ctenogobius Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1935:423 [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 18 (no. 12); ref. 2109] Kulambangra Island, Solomon Islands. Holotype (unique): FMNH 17384. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:139 [ref. 2676], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:29 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Lophogobius bleekeri Popta 1921 -- (Kottelat 2013:412 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Dotsugobius bleekeri (Popta 1921) -- (Shibukawa et al. 2014:147 [ref. 35157], Parenti 2021:132 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Dotsugobius bleekeri (Popta 1921). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

aterrimus, Gobius Rafinesque [C. S.] 1814:18 [Précis des découvertes et travaux somiologiques de Mr. C. S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz; ref. 3582] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Questionable synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758 -- (Parenti 2019:111 [ref. 37117]). •Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758 -- (Parenti 2021:178 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

aterrimus, Rhinogobius Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1931:9 [Journal of the Pan-Pacific Research Institution v. 6 (no. 4); ref. 9828] Not available, name only in list of fishes of the Solomon Is. Apparently described as Ctenogobius aterrimus Herre 1935 [ref. 2109]. Nomen Nudum. Gobiidae.

atherinoides, Gobius Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1855:445 [Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1855; ref. 3449] Mozambique. Syntypes: ZMB 2102 (2). Also described as new in Peters 1855:254 [ref. 13448]. •Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Maugé 1986:387 [ref. 6218]). •Valid as Opua atherinoides (Peters 1855) -- (Randall & Goren 1993:17 [ref. 21131]). •Valid as Hazeus atherinoides (Peters 1855) -- (Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830]). •Valid as Oplopomops atherinoides (Peters 1855) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:254 [ref. 6441], Myers & Donaldson 2003:643 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:542 [ref. 28239]). •Synonym of Arcygobius baliurus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Larson et al. 2008:146 [ref. 29532], Allen & Erdmann 2012:959 [ref. 31980], Kottelat 2013:399 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:94 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:44 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Arcygobius baliurus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

atrangulatus, Gobiodon Garman [S.] 1903:234, Pl. 2 (fig. 2) [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 39 (no. 8); ref. 15030] Nairai, Fiji Islands. Holotype: MCZ 28291. Possible types or additional material: MCZ 29378 (2). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:136 [ref. 2676]. •Valid as Gobiodon atrangulatus Garman 1903 -- (Yoshino & Yamamoto in Masuda et al. 1984:265 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 2000:1187 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1187 [ref. 26193], Motomura et al. 2010:213 [ref. 31256], Suzuku et al. 2012:59 [ref. 32027], Parenti 2021:168 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gobiodon atrangulatus Garman 1903. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Ryukyu Islands and Ogasawara Islands (Japan); Fiji. Habitat: marine.

atratus, Callogobius Griffin [L. T.] 1933:176, Pl. 25 (bottom) [Transactions of the New Zealand Institute v. 63 (pt 2); ref. 1906] Cable Bay, Mangonui County, New Zealand, in rock pools. Holotype: AIM PS.286.1 now MA 430. Paratypes: AIM MA 431 (2), AMS I.4890 (1). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:167-168 [ref. 2676]. Trnski personal communication (12/1/2017) on type status. •Valid as Gobiopsis atrata (Griffin 1933) -- (Paulin et al. 1989:225 [ref. 24556], Paulin & Roberts 1992:52 [ref. 24625], Willis et al. 1999:189 [ref. 24629], Shibukawa 2010:97 [ref. 30809], Larson 2011:238, 239 [ref. 31740], Hoese 2015:1580 [ref. 34304], Parenti 2021:173 [ref. 38603], Delventhal & Mooi 2023:461 [ref. 40434] possibly in another genus). Current status: Valid as Gobiopsis atrata (Griffin 1933). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: New Zealand endemic. Habitat: marine.

atribranchiostegus, Rhinogobius Koumans [F. P.] 1940:135 [Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden) v. 22; ref. 2676] Den Pasar, southern Bali, Indonesia. Holotype: USNM 56333. Not intended as a new name, see Rhinogobius melanobranchus Fowler 1934. •Synonym of Favonigobius melanobranchus (Fowler 1934) -- (Larson 2022:86 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Favonigobius melanobranchus (Fowler 1934). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

atriclypeus, Gobius Garman [S.] 1903:233, Pl. 2 (fig. 1) [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 39 (no. 8); ref. 15030] Bay of Moala, eastern side of Fiji Islands, depth 25 fathoms. Holotype (unique): MCZ 28290. •Valid as Vanderhorstia atriclypea (Garman 1903) -- (Suzuki & Chen 2014:207 [ref. 33152], Allen et al. 2020:75 [ref. 37685], Parenti 2021:252 [ref. 38603], Allen et al. 2024:1363 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia atriclypea (Garman 1903). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Fiji. Habitat: marine.

atrimelum, Chriolepis Bussing [W. A.] 1997:1548, Figs. 1-2 [Revista de Biología Tropical v. 45 (no. 4); ref. 23500] Isla del Coco, 2.6 kilometers west-northwest of Punta Gissler, 5°33'30"N, 87°05'50"W, depth 137-146 meters. Holotype (unique): LACM 32264-10. Chriolepis is feminine, so the species epithet is apparently an indeclinable noun. •Valid as Chriolepis atrimelum Bussing 1997 -- (Thomson et al. 2000:244 [ref. 25640], Van Tassell 2011:151 [ref. 31732], Hastings & Findley 2013:600 [ref. 33005], Tornabene et al. 2016:13 [ref. 34435] as atrimela). •Valid as Chriolepis atrimela Bussing 1997 -- (Parenti 2021:263 [ref. 38603]). •Valid as Pinnichthys atrimelum (Bussing 1997) -- (Tornabene et al. 2016:14 [ref. 34435] as atrimela, Fuentes et al. 2023:176 [ref. 40497] as atrimela). Current status: Valid as Pinnichthys atrimelum (Bussing 1997). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Cocos Island (Costa Rica) endemic. IUCN (2024): Not Assessed. Habitat: marine.

atrinasa, Sueviota Winterbottom [R.] & Hoese [D. F.] 1988:7, Fig. 5 [Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Occasional Paper No. 37; ref. 9274] Off northwestern coast of Western Australia, depth 18-20 meters. Holotype: NTM S.11375-035. Paratypes: NTM S.11370-027 (1), S.11375-039 (1); WAM P.28022-054 (3), P.28031-036 (1). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:40 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:46 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Sueviota atrinasa Winterbottom & Hoese 1998 -- (Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:60 [ref. 26830], Hoese & Larson 2006:1685 [ref. 29097], Allen & Erdmann 2012:933 [ref. 31980], Allen et al. 2016:81 [ref. 34410], Greenfield & Randall 2017:9 [ref. 35230], Greenfield et al. 2019:87 [ref. 37043], Parenti 2021:224 [ref. 38603], Nunes Peinemann et al. 2024:26 [ref. 41563]). Current status: Valid as Sueviota atrinasa Winterbottom & Hoese 1988. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to Vanuatu, south ton northern Western Australia. IUCN (2024): Not Assessed. Habitat: marine.

atripelvicus, Cabillus Randall [J. E.], Sakamoto [K.] & Shibukawa [K.] 2007:41, Figs. 1-2 [Ichthyological Research v. 54; ref. 29021] Miyanohama Bay, Chichi-jima, Ogasawara Islands, depth 29 meters. Holotype: NSMT-P 72568. Paratypes: BPBM 35093 (1), USNM 385704 (1). Plus 2 non-types from main islands of Japan. •Valid as Cabillus atripelvicus Randall, Sakamoto & Shibukawa 2007 -- (Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2013:181 [ref. 32908], Shibukawa & Aizawa 2013:140 [ref. 32945], Parenti 2021:107 [ref. 38603], Ba 2023:4 [ref. 40742]). Current status: Valid as Cabillus atripelvicus Randall, Sakamoto & Shibukawa 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Ogasawara Islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.

atripes, Asterropteryx Shibukawa [K.] & Suzuki [T.] 2002:276, Figs. 1-4 [Ichthyological Research v. 49 (no. 3); ref. 26337] Funauki Bay, Iriomote-jima Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, 24°19.3'N, 123°44.3'E, depth 25 meters. Holotype: NSMT-P 63213. Paratypes: BLIH 1995085 (1, c&s), 1997050 (1); NTM S.15087-001 (1); OMNH-P 14205 (1); USNM 367123 (1); YCM-P 15055 (1). •Valid as Asterropteryx atripes Shibukawa & Suzuki 2002 -- (Shibukawa & Suzuki 2007:109 [ref. 29069], Allen & Erdmann 2012:909 [ref. 31980], Moore et al. 2020:110 [ref. 37357], Parenti 2021:95 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Asterropteryx atripes Shibukawa & Suzuki 2002. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Islands east to Philippines, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Kinmberley (Western Australia). Habitat: marine.

atripinnatus, Rhinogobius Smith [H. M.] 1931:45 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 79 (no. 2873); ref. 4047] Gulf of Thailand off mouth of Tachin River, central Thailand. Holotype: USNM 90321. Paratypes or additional material: Siamese Dept. Fish. (2). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:130 [ref. 2676]. •Synonym of Acentrogobius chlorostigmatoides (Bleeker 1849) -- (Rainboth 1996:197 [ref. 22772]). •Valid as Aulopareia atripinnata (Smith 1931) (also seen as atripinnatus) -- (Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:635 [ref. 25122], Larson & Murdy 2001:3595 [ref. 26293], Kottelat 2013:399 [ref. 32989], Suzuki et al. 2017:81 [ref. 35202], Parenti 2021:96 [ref. 38603]). •Synonym of Aulopareia unicolor (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Larson & Jaafar 2022:508 [ref. 39363]). Current status: Synonym of Aulopareia unicolor (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

atripinnis, Gobius Fowler [H. W.] 1934:81, Figs. 21-22 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 86; ref. 1417] Sanoer, southeastern Bali, Indonesia. Holotype: ANSP 56285. Paratypes: ANSP 56286 (1). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:134 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1984:105 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Kottelat 2013:402 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:102 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell 1830). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

atriventris, Eviota Greenfield [D. W.] & Suzuki [T.] 2012:56, Figs. 1, 6-8 [Zootaxa No. 3197; ref. 31797] Palau Island, due west of Koror, 7°20'44.3"N, 134°16'47.2"E, depth 0 - 7.9 meters. Holotype: ROM 76339. Paratypes: BPBM 41084 (4); CAS 233514 (6); OMNH P38332 (1), P38333 (4), P38334 (1), P38335 (1); ROM 74922 (62), 84482 (1), 84498 (1), 88227 (14); USNM 402735 (4); WAM P.33535 (4). •Valid as Eviota atriventris Greenfield & Suzuki 2012 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2012:918 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:162 [ref. 33932], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:62 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Greenfield & Randall 2017:69 [ref. 35852], Fricke et al. 2019:280 [ref. 36673], Fujiwara in Motomura et al. 2021:69 [ref. 38121], Parenti 2021:138 [ref. 38603], Greenfield et al. 2024:19 [ref. 41081]). Current status: Valid as Eviota atriventris Greenfield & Suzuki 2012. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, western West Pacific: Malaysia and Indonesia east to Philippines and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to New Caledonia and Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.

atronasum, Gobiosoma (Elacatinus) Böhlke [J. E.] & Robins [C. R.] 1968:88, Fig. 6 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 120; ref. 609] Off Long Island, Great Bahama Bank, Bahamas, depth 105 feet. Holotype: UF 15427 [ex UF 13567]. Paratypes: AMNH 26241 (1); ANSP 110690 (1, c&s), 110900-901 (3, 3); MCZ 45888 (1); MNHN 1971-0046 [ex UF 13567] (1); UF 13496 (5), 13567 (12), 13663 (5), 13931-32 (3, 2), 223435 [ex UMML 23435] (2); UMMZ 187469 (1); USNM 202374 (1). Type catalog: Gilbert 1974:111 [ref. 21035], Böhlke 1984:105 [ref. 13621], Bauchot et al. 1991:24 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Elacatinus atronasus (Böhlke & Robins 1968) -- (Sazima et al. 1997:36 [ref. 23134], Hoese & Reader 2001:157 [ref. 26035], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1793 [ref. 27111], Smith et al. 2003:61 [ref. 27621], Taylor & Akins 2007:48 [ref. 29023], Colin 2010:38, 47 [ref. 30879], Van Tassell 2011:152 [ref. 31732], Parenti 2021:264 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Elacatinus atronasus (Böhlke & Robins 1968). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bahamas endemic. IUCN (2015): Endangered. Habitat: marine.

attenuata, Vanderhorstia Randall [J. E.] 2007:91, Fig. 2 [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 12 (no. 3); ref. 29222] North side of Guadalcanal, 11.3 kilometers west of Honiara, Solomon Islands, depth 38-48 meters. Holotype (unique): BPBM 38734. •Valid as Vanderhorstia attenuata Randall 2007 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2012:888 [ref. 31980], Suzuki & Chen 2014:207 [ref. 33152], Allen et al. 2014:86 [ref. 33278], Fricke et al. 2014:177 [ref. 33932], Parenti 2021:252 [ref. 38603], Allen et al. 2024:1363 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia attenuata Randall 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia east to Philippines, south to Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.

aturirii, Trimma Winterbottom [R.], Erdmann [M. V.] & Cahyani [N. K. D.] 2015:203, Figs. 1, 3-6 [Zootaxa 3973 (no. 2); ref. 33849] Mapia Atoll, south end of Pulau Pegun, 0°47.795'N, 134°18.198'E, depth 60 meters. Holotype: ROM 94889. Paratypes: MZB, ROM. Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:50 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Trimma aturirii Winterbottom, Erdmann & Cahyani 2015 -- (Winterbottom 2019:50 [ref. 37115], Parenti 2021:231 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Trimma aturirii Winterbottom, Erdmann & Cahyani 2015. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: northern atolls of West Papua (Indonesia); possibly Line Islands (Kiribati). Habitat: marine.

auchenotaenia, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1867:415 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 2; ref. 14040] Madagascar. Syntypes: (10) RMNH (apparently lost). •Synonym of Acentrogobius nebulosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Maugé 1986:387 [ref. 6218]). •Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Fricke et al. 2018:345 [ref. 35805], Parenti 2021:257 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:155 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

audax, Acentrogobius Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:201, Fig. 17 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 13; ref. 4122] Ibo Island, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 192. •Synonym of Acentrogobius madraspatensis (Day 1868) -- (Allen 2015:7 [ref. 33699] if valid). •Synonym of Acentrogobius viganensis (Steindachner 1893) and Acentrogobius madraspatensis (Day 1868) -- (Allen 2017:110 [ref. 35601]). •Valid as Acentrogobius audax Smith 1959 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:249 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:777 [ref. 5670], Nakabo 2000:1244 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3594 [ref. 26293], Sakai et al. 2001:108 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:1244 [ref. 26193], Motomura et al. 2010:202 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2018:322 [ref. 35805], Parenti 2021:78 [ref. 38603], Furuhashi et al. 2023:27 [ref. 40140]). •Valid as Yongeichthys audax (Smith 1959), possibly a junior synonym of Yongeichthys viganensis (Steindachner 1893) -- (Larson 2022:155 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Yongeichthys audax (Smith 1959). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and Mozambique to Seychelles and Madagascar; northwestern Pacific: Osumi Islands (Japan). Habitat: brackish, marine.

aurantiaca, Hetereleotris Kovačić [M.] & Bogorodsky [S. V.] in Kovačić, Bogorodsky & Mal 2019:504, Figs. 1-2 [Zootaxa 4608 (no. 3); ref. 36728] Obhur creek (Sharm Obhur), Jeddah, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, 21°42'31.00"N, 39°05'45.00"E, depth 14 meters. Holotype (unique): SMF 35966 [ex KAU 13-37]. •Valid as Hetereleotris aurantiaca Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2019 -- (Parenti 2021:184 [ref. 38603], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:17 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Hetereleotris aurantiaca Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2019. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea endemic. Habitat: marine.

auratus, Gobius Risso [A.] 1810:160 [Ichthyologie de Nice; ref. 3755] La Fourmigue, France, Mediterranean Sea, depth 28 meters. Neotype: MNHN 1988-0630. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:54 [ref. 19958]. Neotype designated by Heymer & Zander 1992:298 [ref. 21367]. •Valid as Gobius auratus Risso 1810 -- (Miller 1973:484 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1037 [ref. 13677], Miller 1990:933 [ref. 19376], Heymer & Zander 1992:298 [ref. 21367], Kovačić & Miller 2000:235 [ref. 25014], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:130 [ref. 26753], Herler et al. 2005:1048 [ref. 28118], Fricke et al. 2007:103 [ref. 29533], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:63 [ref. 36649], Villegas-Ríos & Bañón 2010:311 [ref. 30992], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:186 [ref. 31737], Kovačić et al. 2011:250 [ref. 32868], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2840 [ref. 34618], Artüz & Fricke 2019:559 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:180 [ref. 37250], Kovačić 2020:77 [ref. 37932], Kovačić et al. 2020:24 [ref. 37519], Kovačić et al. 2021:40 [ref. 39014],, Parenti 2021:175 [ref. 38603] Kovačić et al. 2022: 53 [ref. 39303], Renoult et al. 2022:39 [ref. 39288], Renoult et al. 2023:44 [ref. 40491]). Current status: Valid as Gobius auratus Risso 1810. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; eastern Atlantic: Spain and Portugal to Madeira and Canary Islands. Habitat: marine.

aureoviridis, Quisquilius Gosline [W. A.] 1959:68, Fig. 1 [Pacific Science v. 13 (no. 1); ref. 1861] Pupukea, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: USNM 175013. Paratypes: BPBM 14203 [ex UH 1703] (8), USNM 175014 (1). •Valid as Priolepis aureoviridis (Gosline 1959) -- (Winterbottom & Burridge 1993:2058 [ref. 21406], Myers 1999:259 [ref. 23965], Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Greenfield & Randall 2004:538 [ref. 28175], Mundy 2005:479 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:401 [ref. 30952], Parenti 2021:215 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Priolepis aureoviridis (Gosline 1959). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western and central Pacific: Caroline Islands (Micronesia), Johnston Atoll, Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.

aureus, Fusigobius Chen [I-S.] & Shao [K.-T.] 1997:88, Figs. 1-3 [Acta Zoologica Taiwanica v. 8 (no. 2); ref. 23347] Maumere, Flores Island, Indonesia. Holotype: ASIZP 057803. Paratypes: NMMBP 00301 (1). •Valid as Coryphopterus aureus (Chen & Shao 1997) -- (Randall 2001:207 [ref. 25665]). •Valid as Fusigobius aureus Chen & Shao 1997 -- (Thacker & Cole 2002:839 [ref. 26548], Allen & Adrim 2003:58 [ref. 26830], Hoese & Larson 2006:1651 [ref. 29097], Allen & Erdmann 2012:970 [ref. 31980], Parenti 2021:156 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Fusigobius aureus Chen & Shao 1997. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Flores (Indonesia) east to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, south to Coral Sea. Habitat: marine.

aureus, Glossogobius Akihito [Prince] & Meguro [K.] 1975:128, Figs. 1-2 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 22 (no. 3); ref. 9185] Sumiyoshi, Iriomote-jima, Okinawa, Japan. Holotype: NSMT-P 18200. Paratypes: NSMT-P 18201-210 (10). Non-type material at AMS and LICPP. •Valid as Glossogobius aureus Akihito & Meguro 1975 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:274 [ref. 6441], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:611 [ref. 25598], Larson & Martin 1990:63 [ref. 16606], Allen 1991:179 [ref. 21090], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:464 [ref. 23876], Kottelat et al. 1993:144 [ref. 23448], Zhu 1995:180 [ref. 25213], Rainboth 1996:200 [ref. 22772], Pusey et al. 2000:72 [ref. 24466], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1202 [ref. 25182], Kottelat 2000:88 [ref. 25486], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:104 [ref. 26368], Allen et al. 2000:121 [ref. 27467], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Kottelat 2001:155 [ref. 25780], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Sakai et al. 2001:111 [ref. 25693], Unmack 2001:1064 [ref. 25797], Allen et al. 2002:266 [ref. 25930], Nakabo 2002:1202 [ref. 26193], Hoese & Larson 2006:1652 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:149 [ref. 29532], Allen et al. 2008:166 [ref. 30265], Hoese & Allen 2009:2 [ref. 29998], Hoese & Allen 2012:269 [ref. 31974], Larson et al. 2013:198 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:407 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:191 [ref. 34464], Hoese & Allen 2015:214 [ref. 33880], Pusey et al. 2017:72 [ref. 35250], Motomura et al. 2017:198 [ref. 35490], Hammer et al. 2021:[5] 91 [ref. 39008], Hoese & Hammer 2021:111 [ref. 38350], Parenti 2021:160 [ref. 38603], Taki et al. 2021:431 [ref. 39830], Hasan et al. 2022:6035 [ref. 39888], Jamaluddin et al. 2022:[7] [ref. 39245], Jamandre 2023:168 [ref. 40455], Endruweit 2024:78 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Valid as Glossogobius aureus Akihito & Meguro 1975. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: west coast of India east to Philippines and Papua New Guinea, north to Taiwan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: brackish, marine.

auriga, Ctenogobius (Aurigobius) Whitley [G. P.] 1959:317 [Australian Zoologist v. 12 (pt 4); ref. 4729] Heron Island, Capricorn Group, Queensland, Australia. Holotype: AMS IB.4001. Paratypes: AMS IB.4002-03 (2) •Synonym of Favonigobius lateralis (Macleay 1881) -- (Gill & Miller 1990:517 [ref. 16711], Hoese & Larson 2006:1650 [ref. 29097], Parenti 2021:154 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Favonigobius lateralis (Macleay 1881). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

auriga, Prioolepis Ehrenberg [C. G.] in Klunzinger 1871:484 [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 21; ref. 2622] Red Sea. Original genus should have been Priolepis. Not available, name mentioned in passing in synonymy; also appeared in Hemprich & Ehrenberg 1899:9, Pl. 9 (fig. 7) [ref. 4977] but also in synonymy (on ZMB 2115). •Not available -- (Parenti 2021:448 [ref. 38603]). •In the synonymy of Asterropteryx semipunctatus Rüppell 1830 -- (Dor 1984:240 [ref. 29757], Larson 2022:45 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:5 [ref. 40247]). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Asterropteryx semipunctata Rüppell 1830. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

aurimaculatus, Cristatogobius Akihito [Prince] & Meguro [K.] 2000:250, Figs. 1-2 [Ichthyological Research v. 47 (no. 3); ref. 24803] Mouth of Miyara River, Ishigakijima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Holotype: NSMT-P 47066. Paratypes: NSMT-P 47067-68 (2, 2); URM-P 3148 (1), 3840 (5). Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Cristatogobius aurimaculatus Akihita & Meguro 2000 -- (Nakabo 2000:1194 [ref. 25182], Sakai et al. 2001:111 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:1194 [ref. 26193], Akihito et al. 2003:121 [ref. 26916], Fricke et al. 2014:160 [ref. 33932], Parenti 2021:122 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Cristatogobius aurimaculatus Akihito & Meguro 2000. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Ryukyu Islands (Japan), Papua New Guinea and Fiji. Habitat: brackish, marine.

aurocingulus, Aparrius Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1935:425 [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 18 (no. 12); ref. 2109] Ovalau Island, Fiji Islands. Holotype: FMNH 17353. Paratypes: (3) FMNH 17354-55 (1, 1), CAS-SU 24430 (2). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:140 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:108 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:9 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Ctenogobiops aurocingulus (Herre 1935) -- (Lubbock & Polunin 1977:505 [ref. 7264], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:261 [ref. 6441], Allen 1997:214 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:529 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:240 [ref. 23965], Chen et al. 1999:60 [ref. 24094], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1232 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:409 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1232 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2003:508 [ref. 27448], Myers & Donaldson 2003:642 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:180 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:76 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:26 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:527 [ref. 28239], Randall et al. 2007:26 [ref. 29015], Hoese & Larson 2006:1639 [ref. 29097], Kovačić et al. 2011:60 [ref. 31957], Allen & Erdmann 2012:876 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:162 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:279 [ref. 36673], Dewa et al. 2022:26 [ref. 40001], Parenti 2021:130 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Ctenogobiops aurocingulus (Herre 1935). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Sri Lanka east to Micronesia and Samoa, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

auronotata, Vanderhorstia Randall [J. E.] 2007:94, Fig. 3 [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 12 (no. 3); ref. 29222] Ambon Island, Ambon Bay, about 1.5 kilometers west of Poka, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): BPBM 32322. •Valid as Vanderhorstia auronotata Randall 2007 -- (Randall & Munday 2008:40 [ref. 29503], Allen & Erdmann 2012:888 [ref. 31980], Suzuki & Chen 2014:207 [ref. 33152], Allen et al. 2014:86 [ref. 33278], Parenti 2021:252 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia auronotata Randall 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Ambon/Maluku (Indonesia). Habitat: marine.

auropunctatus, Mars Tomiyama [I.] 1955:6, Fig. 5 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 4 (nos 1/2/3); ref. 4412] Near Kamegi, off Nagai, Japan. Holotype (unique): NSMT [ex LICPP] 751. •Valid as Vanderhorstia auropunctata (Tomiyama 1955) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:260 [ref. 6441], Ikeda et al. 1995:308 [ref. 22180], Nakabo 2000:1235 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1235 [ref. 26193], Shibukawa & Suzuki 2004:116 [ref. 28014], Winterbottom et al. 2005:114 [ref. 28146], Randall 2007:22 [ref. 29032], Iwata et al. 2007:191 [ref. 29101]. Suzuki & Chen 2014:207 [ref. 33152], Allen et al. 2020:74 [ref. 37685], Parenti 2021:252 [ref. 38603], Allen et al. 2024:1363 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia auropunctata (Tomiyama 1955). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Sagami Bay (Japan). Habitat: marine.

aurora, Cryptocentrus Polunin [N. V. C.] & Lubbock [R.] 1977:84, Figs. 13-14 [Journal of Zoology (London) v. 183 (pt 1); ref. 3540] Grand Passe, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, western Indian Ocean, depth 20 meters. Holotype: BMNH 1976.9.22.6. Paratypes: BMNH 1975.5.5.1-2 (2), 1976.9.22.7 (1); BPBM 18872 (2). •Valid as Amblyeleotris aurora (Polunin & Lubbock 1977) -- (Hoese & Steene 1978:382 [ref. 8713], Hoese 1986:777 [ref. 5670], Randall & Goren 1993:2 [ref. 21131], Fricke 1999:497 [ref. 24106], Mohlmann & Munday 1999:62 [ref. 24273], Larson & Murdy 2001:3594 [ref. 26293], Mohlmann & Randall 2002:221 [ref. 26405], Allen & Adrim 2003:56 [ref. 26830] dated 1979, Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:394 [ref. 28072], Chen et al. 2006:2564 [ref. 29024] with authorship as Mohlmann & Munday 1999, Fricke et al. 2009:98 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:861 [ref. 31980], Parenti 2021:83 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:35 [ref. 39965]). Current status: Valid as Amblyeleotris aurora (Polunin & Lubbock 1977). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa (Mozambique), Aldabra and Amirante Islands (Seychelles), Comoros and western Mascarenes (La Réunion) east to Andaman Sea (Andaman Islands, Myanmar and Thailand) and northwestern Sumatra (Indonesia); New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

australis, Gobiomorus Shaw [G.] 1803:249 [General zoology or systematic natural history v. 4; ref. 4014] Tahiti, Society Islands. Unneeded new name for Gobius strigatus Broussonet 1782. •Synonym of Valenciennea strigata (Broussonet 1782) -- (Parenti 2021:251 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea strigata (Broussonet 1782). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

australis, Pleurosicya Larson [H. K.] 1990:11, Fig. 7 [The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences v. 7 (no. 1); ref. 16607] Reef at entrance to Haurei Bay, Rapa, Austral Islands [Tubuai Islands], French Polynesia, depth 50-60 feet. Holotype: BPBM 17280. Paratypes: BPBM 13593 (2), 17307 (1). •Valid as Pleurosicya australis Larson 1990 -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Greenfield & Randall 2004:536 [ref. 28175], Parenti 2021:211 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Pleurosicya australis Larson 1990. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: South Pacific: Rapa, Tubuai Islands and Gambier Islands (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.

avaiki, Kelloggella Tornabene [L.], Deis [B.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2017:3, Figs. 1-6, 9-10, 12A, 14, 15A [Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society v. 183; ref. 35703] South Central Pacific Ocean, Niue, tidepools near Avaiki Hotel, 18°59.853'S, 169°54.630'W. Holotype: USNM 440501. Paratypes: USNM, UW. •Valid as Kelloggella avaiki Tornabene, Deis & Erdmann 2017 -- (Parenti 2021:189 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Kelloggella avaiki Tornabene, Deis & Erdmann 2017. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Niue. Habitat: marine.

avernensis, Gobius Canestrini [G.] 1868:169 [Commentario della Fauna, Flora e Gea del Veneto e del Trentino (Venezia) v. 1 (no. 4); ref. 23072] Arno River, Italy. No types known. •Synonym of Padogobius nigricans (Canestrini 1867) -- (Kottelat 1997:179 [ref. 22952], Miller in Miller 2004:56 [ref. 27853], Parenti 2021:206 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Padogobius nigricans (Canestrini 1867). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater.

avidori, Zonogobius Goren [M.] 1978:198, Fig. 5 [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 59 (nos 3/4); ref. 1851] [10 kilometers south of Eilat] Taba, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Holotype: TAU 6203 [= SMNHTAU]. Paratypes: SMF 13793-94 (1, 1); TAU [= SMNHTAU] 6204-05 (1, 2). Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:46 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Zonogobius avidori Goren 1978 -- (Goren 1979:58 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:252 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Trimma avidori (Goren 1978) -- (Goren & Dor 1994:66 [ref. 25356], Winterbottom 1995:96 [ref. 21961], Winterbottom 2003:12 [ref. 26964], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Herler & Hilgers 2005:128 [ref. 28528], Hagiwara & Winterbottom 2007:164 [ref. 29103], Hoese et al. 2015:538 [ref. 33990], Bogorodsky et al. 2016:171 [ref. 34658], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[16] 254 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:161 [ref. 36273], Allen 2019:45 [ref. 36486], Winterbottom 2019:46 [ref. 37115], Parenti 2021:231 [ref. 38603], Winterbottom & Zur in Larson 2022:140 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:23 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Trimma avidori (Goren 1978). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden (Djibouti). Habitat: marine.

axillaris, Gobiodon De Vis [C. W.] 1884:448 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 8 (pt 4); ref. 1089] Banks Group, Vanuatu, southwestern Pacific. No types known. •Synonym of Gobiodon atrangulatus Garman 1903 -- (Suzuki et al. 2012:59 [ref. 32027]). •Valid as Gobiodon axillaris De Vis 1884 -- (Harold & Winterbottom 1995:687 [ref. 21923], Harold & Winterbottom 1999:56 [ref. 23701], Munday et al. 1999:54 [ref. 24284], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Randall 2005:536 [ref. 28239], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:350 [ref. 28867], Hoese & Larson 2006:1655 [ref. 29097], Harold et al. 2008:120 [ref. 29450], Larson et al. 2013:199 [32988], Moore et al. 2020:110 [ref. 37357], Parenti 2021:168 [ref. 38603], Wada et al. 2021:48 [ref. 38521], Larson 2022:96 [ref. 39971], Chung et al. 2023:5 [ref. 41790], Hildebrandt et al. 2024:507 [ref. 41770]). Current status: Valid as Gobiodon axillaris De Vis 1884. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Socotra (Yemen); Malaysia east to Fiji, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

bacata, Eviota Greenfield [D. W.], Erdmann [M. V.] & Teitelbaum [A.] 2024:16, Figs. 1-7A, 8A [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 41; ref. 41081] Touho Lagoon, New Caledonia, -20.600, 165.2661, depth 30 meters. Holotype: CAS 248413. Paratype: CAS 248414 (1). •Valid as Eviota bacata Greenfield, Erdmann & Teitelbaum 2024. Current status: Valid as Eviota bacata Greenfield, Erdmann & Teitelbaum 2024. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Grand Terre, New Caledonia; possibly Loyalty Islands. Habitat: marine.

bacescui, Pomatoschistus Nalbant [T. T.] & Mayer [R. F.] 1975:237, Pl. 2 (fig. 5) [Travaux du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle "Grigore Antipa" v. 16; ref. 17766] Bagamoyo, about 45 miles north of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. Holotype (unique): MGAB 359. •Unlikely to be a Pomatoschistus -- (McKay & Miller 1997:1459 [ref. 24951]). •Valid as Papillogobius reichei (Bleeker 1854) -- (Kottelat 2013:416 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Favonigobius reichei (Bleeker 1854) -- (Larson 2022:87 [ref. 39971], Parenti 2021:155 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Favonigobius reichei (Bleeker 1854). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

badia, Macgregorella Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1935:415 [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 18 (no. 12); ref. 2109] Ovalau Island, Fiji Islands. Holotype: FMNH 17373. Paratypes: CAS-SU 24431 (1). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:138, 155 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:114 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:54 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Callogobius hasseltii (Bleeker 1851) -- (Kottelat 2013:404 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Callogobius badia (Herre 1935) -- (Delventhal & Mooi 2013:156 [ref. 32677], Parenti 2021:111 [ref. 38603]). •Status uncertain -- (Delventhal & Mooi 2023:460 [ref. 40434]). Current status: Uncertain as Callogobius badius (Herre 1935). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Ovalau Island (Fiji) [if valid]. Habitat: marine.

baeri, Benthophilus Kessler [K. F.] 1877:52, Pl. 4 (fig. 10) [The Aralo-Caspian Expedition; ref. 2597] Mangyshlak Penninsula, Kazakhstan; southern Caspian Sea, depth 49-266 feet [7-38 Russian fathoms]. Lectotype: ZISP 2239. Paralectotypes: (11) BMNH 1897.7.5.16 [ex St. Petersberg Univ.] (1), SPU 395 [463/410] (1), ZIN 53665 [ex 2239] (4). Lectotype selected y Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:82 [ref. 29150]. •Valid as Benthophilus baeri Kessler 1877 -- (Berg 1949:1118 [ref. 20662], Coad 1995:29 [ref. 23608], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:752 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:127 [ref. 23591], Coad 1998:103 [ref. 23869], Vasil'eva 2000:764 [ref. 25083], Pinchuk et al. in Miller 2004:175 [ref. 27853], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:215 [ref. 28183], Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:81 [ref. 29150], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487], Esmaeili et al. 2010:376 [ref. 33391], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:897 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:79 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:60 [ref. 36089], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:226 [ref. 37983], Kovačić et al. 2021:62 [ref. 38346], Parenti 2021:69 [ref. 38603], Zarei et al. 2022:165 [ref. 39576], Çiçek et al. 2024:300 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Benthophilus baeri Kessler 1877. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: southern Caspian Sea basin. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

bahianus, Microdesmus Dawson [C. E.] 1973:203, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 86 (no. 17); ref. 17328] Tidepool at Arembepe, about 12°45'S, 38°10'W, Bahia, Brazil. Holotype (unique): USNM 209216. Non-types (provisionally referred): ANSP 103427 (1). •Valid as Microdesmus bahianus Dawson 1973 -- (Smith & Thacker 2000:1002 [ref. 25199], Amaya et al. 2002:33 [ref. 26089], Thacker 2003:1798 [ref. 27112], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:100 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:66 [ref. 27621], Van Tassell 2011:146 [ref. 31732], Carvalho-Filho in Marceniuk et al. 2021:247 [ref. 38945], Parenti 2021:384 [ref. 38603], Carvalho-Filho 2023:243 [ref. 40480], Fricke et al. 2024:327 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Microdesmus bahianus Dawson 1973. Gobiidae: Microdesminae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: eastern-centralFlorida (U.S.A.) south to Espírito Santo (Brazil), including Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

balearicus, Eleotris Pellegrin [J.] & Fage [L.] 1907:11 [Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France v. 32 (no. 1); ref. 15168] North of Cabrera Island, Balearic Islands, Spain, depth 60-70 meters. Also appeared in Fage 1907:83, Pl. 6 (figs. 5-6) [ref. 15144]. See Ahnelt 2005:35 [ref. 31458] for status of type specimens. Declared a nomen protectum by Parenti 2021:203 [ref. 38603]. •Valid as Odondebuenia balearica (Pellegrin & Fage 1907) -- (Miller 1973:505 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1066 [ref. 13677], Ahnelt et al. 1994:170 [ref. 22330], Ahnelt & Dorda 2004:12 [ref. 27637], Ahnelt 2005:36 [ref. 31458], Kovačić & Golani 2007:90 [ref. 39536], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:66 [ref. 36649], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:187 [ref. 31737], Kovačić et al. 2012:440 [ref. 32861], Consoli et al. 2019:265 [ref. 36721], Kovačić & Schembri 2019:291 [ref. 36757], Ordines et al. 2019:278 [ref. 36973], Stern & Rilov in Stern et al. 2019:447 [ref. 36863], Kovačić 2020:78 [ref. 37932], Kovačić et al. 2020:25 [ref. 37519], Trkov & Lipej in Gerovasileiou et al. 2020:350 [ref. 37890], Golani 2021:76 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:42 [ref. 39014], Parenti 2021:203 [ref. 38603], Kovačić et al. 2022: 70 [ref. 39303], Renoult et al. 2023:34 [ref. 40491] as balearicum). Nomen Protectum. Current status: Valid as Odondebuenia balearica (Pellegrin & Fage 1907). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea endemic. Habitat: marine.

balearicus, Gobius Lozano Rey [L.] 1919:73 [Trabajos del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. Serie Zoológica. v. 39; ref. 15217] Mallorca; Mahón, Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain, western Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: (4). •Synonym of Gobius ater Bellotti 1888 -- (Miller 1973:484 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1036 [ref. 13677], Brito & Miller 2001:262 [ref. 25096], Parenti 2021:175 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius ater Bellotti 1888. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

baliensis, Grallenia Allen [G. R.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2012:1170, Figs. 1-3 [Reef fishes of the East Indies.; ref. 31980] Tulamben, 8°16.525'S, 115°35.587E, Bali, Indonesia, depth 6-10 meters. Holotype: MZB 20590. Paratypes: BPBM 38650 (1),38816 (4); MZB 20591(8); WAM P.33472-005 (1), 33567-001(6) •Valid as Grallenia baliensis Allen & Erdmann 2012 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2017:45 [ref. 35533], Allen & Hammer 2018:95 [ref. 36325], Parenti 2021:182 [ref. 38603], Allen et al. 2024:1351 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Grallenia baliensis Allen & Erdmann 2012. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Bali to North Sulawesi (Indonesia). Habitat: marine.

baliuroides, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1849:26 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [6]; ref. 319] Sumanap, eastern Madura, Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH (apparently lost). Appeared without distinguishing features in list in Bleeker 1849:5 [ref. 320]. •Synonym of Papillogobius reichei (Bleeker 1854) -- (Kottelat 2013:417 [ref. 32989] with question). •Synonym of Favonigobius reichei (Bleeker 1854) -- (Parenti 2021:155 [ref. 38603] with question). Current status: Synonym of Favonigobius reichei (Bleeker 1854). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

baliurus, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:61 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] No locality stated [Java, Indonesia]. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-0733. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:26 [ref. 19958]. Based on a description in manuscript by Kuhl and van Hasselt, and on a specimen. •Valid as Acentrogobius baliurus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Goren & Dor 1994:62 [ref. 25356]). •Valid as Gnatholepis baliurus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Goren 1979:42 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:245 [ref. 29757], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122] as "Gnatholepis"). •Valid, but genus undetermined -- (Randall & Greenfield 2001:1 [ref. 25675]). •Valid as Isthmogobius baliurus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:186 [ref. 27510]). •Valid as Arcygobius baliurus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Larson & Wright 2003:131 [ref. 27481], Larson et al. 2008:146 [ref. 29532], Allen & Erdmann 2012:959 [ref. 31980], Kottelat 2013:399 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:190 [ref. 34464], Pezold & Larson 2015:6 [ref. 33809], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2015:79 [ref. 34319], Prokofiev 2016:643 [ref. 35020], Motomura et al. 2017:197 [ref. 35490], Golani & Fricke 2018:147 [ref. 36273], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:257 [ref. 36460], Fricke et al. 2019:274 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:93 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:44 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:5 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Arcygobius baliurus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Mozambique, Kenya), Seychelles; Malaysia and Indonesia east to Philippines, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to New Ireland (Papua New Guinea). Habitat: marine.

balteata, Myersina Greenfield [D. W.] & Randall [J. E.] 2018:82, Figs. 1-4 [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 30; ref. 36091] 11 km west of Honiara, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, about -9.3°, 159.98°, depth 54 meters. Holotype (unique): BPBM 39016. •Valid as Myersina balteata Greenfield & Randall 2018 -- (Parenti 2021:200 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Myersina balteata Greenfield & Randall 2018. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.

barbatus, Rhinogobius Tomiyama [I.] 1934:325, Fig. 1 [Journal of the Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo Section IV Zoology v. 3 (pt 3); ref. 15749] Ariake Sound, western Kyushu, Japan. Holotype: ZUMT 26303. Paratypes: ZUMT 26329 (1), 57515-17 (3). •Valid as Heteroplopomus barbatus (Tomiyama 1934) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:267 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 2000:1204 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:120 [ref. 25868], Shimizu 2001:39 [ref. 25799], Nakabo 2002:1204 [ref. 26193], Matsui et al. 2014:8 [ref. 33344], Suzuki et al. 2017:81 [ref. 35202], Parenti 2021:186 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Heteroplopomus barbatus (Tomiyama 1934). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: southern Japan. Habitat: marine.

barralli, Trimma Winterbottom [R.] 1995:93, Figs. 1-2 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 22 (no. 3/4); ref. 21961] Ras Abu Galum, Egypt, Red Sea. Holotype: ROM 68980. Paratypes: BPBM 17885 (1), 19716 (3); MNHN 1966-0142 (2); ROM 1595CS (1, c&s), 68981 (4); TAU [= SMNHTAU] 10077 (1). Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:12, 16 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Trimma barralli Winterbottom 1995 -- (Hagiwara & Winterbottom 2007:164 [ref. 29103], Hoese et al. 2015:538 [ref. 33990], Bogorodsky et al. 2016:171 [ref. 34658], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[7] 245 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:161 [ref. 36273], Winterbottom 2019:12, 16 [ref. 37115], Parenti 2021:231 [ref. 38603], Winterbottom & Pyle 2022:599 [ref. 39040], Winterbottom & Zur in Larson 2022:140 [ref. 39971], Winterbottom 2023:35 [ref. 40193], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:24 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Trimma barralli Winterbottom 1995. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea endemic. Habitat: marine.

bassensis, Gobius Castelnau [F. L.] 1872:123 [Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne v. 1; ref. 757] Melbourne market, Victoria, Australia. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-1106. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:26 [ref. 19958]. •Synonym of Arenigobius bifrenatus (Kner 1865) -- (Gomon et al. 1994:784 [ref. 22532], Hoese & Larson 2006:1623 [ref. 29097], Kuiter 2018:86 [ref. 36369], Parenti 2021:94 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Arenigobius bifrenatus (Kner 1865). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

bathum, Trimma Winterbottom [R.] 2017:560, Figs. 1-2 [Zootaxa 4269 (no. 4); ref. 35329] Fiji, Viti Levu, Suva, outer reef, S of "Fish Patch" southern wall, vertical reef drop-off, 18.16°S, 178.40°E, depth 52.5 meters. Holotype: ROM 101384 (ex BPBM 40009). Paratypes: BPBM, ROM. Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:42 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Trimma bathum Winterbottom 2017 -- (Winterbottom 2019:42 [ref. 37115], Parenti 2021:232 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Trimma bathum Winterbottom 2017. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Fiji. Habitat: marine.

bathyalis, Obliquogobius Fricke [R.] 2022:2, Figs. 1-2 [FishTaxa v. 24; ref. 39459] Slope east of Canal de la Havannah, New Caledonia Grande Terre Group, southwestern Pacific, 22°13'S, 167°07'E, depth 264 - 273 meters. Holotype: MNHN 2022-0161. Paratypes: NTUM 10670 (1), SMNS 27306 (1). •Valid as Obliquogobius bathyalis Fricke 2022. Current status: Valid as Obliquogobius bathyalis Fricke 2022. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Chesterfield Islands and the island slope east of the southern tip of Grande Terre, New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

bathybius, Gobius Kessler [K. F.] 1877:17, Pl. 1 (fig. 3) [The Aralo-Caspian Expedition; ref. 2597] Svinoi Island, south of Baky, Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan, 756 feet [108 Russian fathoms]. Holotype (unique): No types at ZIN. •Valid as Chasar bathybius (Kessler 1877) -- (Pinchuk et al. in Miller 2004:97 [ref. 27853]). •Valid as Ponticola bathybius (Kessler 1877) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30487], Freyhof 2011:286 [ref. 31742], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:899 [ref. 34062], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:899 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:84 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:66 [ref. 36089], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:241 [ref. 37983], Parenti 2021:74 [ref. 38603], Zarei et al. 2021:[6] [ref. 38262]). •Valid as Neogobius bathybius (Kessler 1877) -- (Berg 1949:1094 [ref. 20662], Coad 1995:31 [ref. 23608], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:755 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1996:448 [ref. 24650], Vasil'eva 1998:137 [ref. 23591], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:228 [ref. 28183], Esmaeili et al. 2010:377 [ref. 33391], Tajbakhsh et al. 2022:16 [ref. 39137], Zarei et al. 2022:174 [ref. 39576], Çiçek et al. 2024:307 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Neogobius bathybius (Kessler 1877). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Caspian Sea basin; introduced in Aral Sea. Habitat: brackish.

batrachocephalus, Gobius Pallas [P. S.] 1814:149 [Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica v. 3; ref. 3351] Black Sea near Chersonesus [Kherson] and Balaklava, Crimea, Ukraine. Syntypes: whereabouts unknown. See Coad 1995:30 [ref. 23608]. •Valid as Mesogobius batrachocephalus (Pallas 1814) -- (Berg 1949:1096 [ref. 20662], Miller 1973:501 [ref. 6888], Pinchuk 1977:595 [ref. 8999], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1055 [ref. 13677], Kottelat 1997:178 [ref. 22952], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:755 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:136 [ref. 23591] with question in genus, Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:133 [ref. 26753], Vasil'eva 2003:S48 [ref. 28444], Pinchuk et al. in Miller 2004:109 [ref. 27853], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:226 [ref. 28183], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:182 [ref. 28369], Fricke et al. 2007:105 [ref. 29533], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:575 [ref. 29996], Vasil'eva 2007:160 [ref. 30517], Ninua & Japoshvili 2008:172 [ref. 31251], Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30487], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:187 [ref. 31737], Freyhof 2011:284 [ref. 31742], Psomadakis et al. 2012:17 [ref. 33457], Parin et al. 2014:491 [ref. 33547], Çiçek et al. 2015:152 [ref. 35151], Artüz & Fricke 2019:559 [ref. 36612], Çiçek et al. 2020:256 [ref. 37644], Kuljanishvili et al. 2020:[5] [ref. 37535], Manilo 2020:69 [ref. 37795], Abliazov et al. 2021:11 [ref. 38576], Parenti 2021:72 [ref. 38603], Niță et al. 2022:77 [ref. 40471], Çiçek et al. 2023:431 [ref. 40625], Çiçek et al. 2024:306 [ref. 40789], Kesici et al. 2024:107 [ref. 41571]). Current status: Valid as Mesogobius batrachocephalus (Pallas 1814). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Black Sea and Sea of Azov basins. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

batrachodes, Psilotris Böhlke [J. E.] 1963:6, Fig. 2 [Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia) No. 362; ref. 4212] Sandy Cay (Nassau vicinity), Bahamas, depth to 20 feet. Holotype: ANSP 98416. Paratypes: ANSP 98417 (2), 98418 (1, c&s), 98419-26 (5, 1, 2, 1, 5, 2, 1, 2); UF 209460 [ex UMML 9460] (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:105 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Psilotris batrachodes Böhlke 1963 -- (Greenfield et al. 1993:183 [ref. 20313], Greenfield 1993:773 [ref. 21015], Smith & Baldwin 1999:438 [ref. 24419], Rüber et al. 2003:1598 [ref. 26969], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1794 [ref. 27111], Smith et al. 2003:64 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:173 [ref. 27807], Van Tassell 2011:155 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:178 [ref. 32708]). •Valid as Cryptopsilotris batrachodes (Böhlke 1963) -- (Tornabene et al. 2016:13 [ref. 34435], Parenti 2021:264 [ref. 38603], Page et al. 2023:121 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:311 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Cryptopsilotris batrachodes (Böhlke 1963). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bahamas south to Trinidad and Tobago, including Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least Concern, as Psilotris batrachodes. Habitat: marine.

bauchotae, Callogobius Goren [M.] 1979:42, Fig. 1 [Cybium 3e série. Bulletin de la Société Française d'Ichtyologie No. 7; ref. 8828] Off south end of Eniwetak Island, Marshall Islands, depth 10-30 meters. Holotype (unique): MNHN 1976-0184. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:20 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Callogobius bauchotae Goren 1979 -- (Goren et al. 1991:299 [ref. 19765], Myers 1999:247 [ref. 23965], Chen & Shao 2000:459 [ref. 24425], Larson & Murdy 2001:3595 [ref. 26293], Delventhal & Mooi 2013:156 [ref. 32677], Parenti 2021:111 [ref. 38603], Delventhal & Mooi 2023:461 [ref. 40434]). Current status: Valid as Callogobius bauchotae Goren 1979. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Marshall Islands. Habitat: marine.

bazebrata, Gobius depressus var. Ninni [A. P.] 1938:20 [Memoria, Comitato Talassografico Italiano No. 242; ref. 18478] Not available, apparently in error for zebrata of Kolombatovic. Gobiidae.

belissimus, Acentrogobius Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:202, Pl. 11 (fig. A) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 13; ref. 4122] Pinda, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 277. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 969 (1). Spelled belissimus in text, key and index but as bellissimus in plate (spelling on plate regarded as in error); first reviser not researched. •Valid as Acentrogobius belissimus Smith 1959 -- (Goren 1980:160 [ref. 38759], Dor 1984:237 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Exyrias bellissimus (Smith 1959) -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:250 [ref. 6441], Murdy 1985:4 [ref. 19200], Randall et al. 1990:401 [ref. 15987], Anderson et al. 1998:27 [ref. 23611], Allen 1997:220 [ref. 23977], Nakabo 2000:1211 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:69 [ref. 25191], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:411 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:1211 [ref. 26193]). •Valid as Exyrias belissimus (Smith 1959) -- (Goren & Dor 1994:64 [ref. 25356], Kuiter 1997:350 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:401 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:255 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:120 [ref. 25868], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:58 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:644 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:182 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:27 [ref. 27624] as Exyrius, Allen & Randall 2005:231 [ref. 28537], Randall 2005:535 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1648 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:148 [ref. 29532], Shibukawa 2009:273 [ref. 30449], Allen & Erdmann 2012:968 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:197 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:164 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:91 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:330 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:153 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:283 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:153 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:86 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Exyrias belissimus (Smith 1959). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar, Maldives and Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory) east to Solomon Islands and Samoa, north to Kerama Islands (southern Japan), south to Western Australia, New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.

bella, Valenciennea Hoese [D. F.] & Larson [H. K.] 1994:15, Pl. 1B [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 23; ref. 12483] Sesoko Island, Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, depth 28 meters. Holotype: BPBM 20808. Paratypes: AMS I.24821-001 [ex BPBM 20806] (1); BPBM 20805 (1), 10807 (1); URM 8127 (1); USNM 264411 (1). •Valid as Valenciennea bella Hoese & Larson 1994 -- (Howe 1998:48 [ref. 25505], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1171 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:121 [ref. 25868], Larson & Murdy 2001:3600 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1171 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:60 [ref. 26830], Suzuki et al. 2011:61 [ref. 31568], Allen & Erdmann 2012:986 [ref. 31980], Suzuki et al. 2016:2 [ref. 34434], Parenti 2021:248 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Valenciennea bella Hoese & Larson 1994. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Weastern Pacific: Indonesia, Philippines and Ryukyu Islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.

bella, Vanderhorstia Greenfield [D. W.] & Longenecker [K. R.] 2005:619, Figs. 1-4 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences v. 56 (no. 32); ref. 28487] Bay of Islands, 17°10.692'S, 179°00.887', Vanua Balavu Island, Northern Lau Group, Fiji, depth 8.3 meters. Holotype (unique): CAS 222208. •Valid as Vanderhorstia bella Greenfield & Longenecker 2005 -- (Randall 2007:90 [ref. 29222], Suzuki & Chen 2014:207 [ref. 33152], Parenti 2021:252 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia bella Greenfield & Longenecker 2005. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Fiji. Habitat: marine.

bellendenensis, Glossogobius Hoese [D. F.] & Allen [G. R.] 2009:7, Figs. 5-8a [Zootaxa No. 1981; ref. 29998] Eubenagee Swamp, near Innisfail, 17°24'S, 145°58'E, Queensland, Australia. Holotype: AMS I.22715-004. Paratypes: many at AMS, QM, WAM. Plus non-type material. •Valid as Glossogobius bellendenensis Hoese & Allen 2009 -- (Hoese et al. 2017:192 [ref. 35452], Hoese & Hammer 2021:111 [ref. 38350], Parenti 2021:160 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Glossogobius bellendenensis Hoese & Allen 2009. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Australia: near Cairns (northeastern Queensland). Habitat: freshwater.

bellicauda, Amblyeleotris Randall [J. E.] 2004:71, Figs. 7-8 [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 8 (no. 2); ref. 27612] Outside barrier reef off Tenia Island, 22°01'01"S, 165°55'05"E, New Caledonia, depth 3 meters. Holotype (unique): BPBM 34318. •Valid as Amblyeleotris bellicauda Randall 2004 -- (Randall 2005:512 [ref. 28239], Chen et al. 2006:2565 [ref. 29024], Parenti 2021:83 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Amblyeleotris bellicauda Randall 2004. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

belloides, Vanderhorstia Randall [J. E.] 2007:96, Fig. 4 [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 12 (no. 3); ref. 29222] Tab Island (Pig Island), 5°10.3'S, 145°50.7'E, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, depth 21 meters. Holotype: BPBM 32550. Paratypes: BPBM 40479 (1). •Valid as Vanderhorstia belloides Randall 2007 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2012:888 [ref. 31980], Suzuki & Chen 2014:207 [ref. 33152], Fricke et al. 2014:177 [ref. 33932], Parenti 2021:252 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia belloides Randall 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Madang (Papua New Guinea) endemic. Habitat: marine.

benjamini, Trimma Winterbottom [R.] 1996:57, Figs. 1-4 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 23 (no. 1/2); ref. 22223] Siquijor Island, Tonga Point, 9°12'17"N, 123°27'14"E, Philippines. Holotype: ROM 53038. Paratypes: LACM 42491-70 (1); ROM 49008 (1), 49226-28 (2, 3, 17), 53025-37 (2, 4, 2, 11, 7, 8, 4, 3, 10, 36, 26, 4, 35), 53219 (76), 1309CS (5), 69533 (4); USNM 26490 (10), 264696 (5). Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:52 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Trimma benjamini Winterbottom 1996 -- (Randall et al. 1997:409 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:259 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Larson & Murdy 2001:3600 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:60 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:645 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:191 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:552 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1688 [ref. 29097], Hagiwara & Winterbottom 2007:164 [ref. 29103], Winterbottom & Southcott 2007:75 [ref. 29375], Winterbottom et al. 2011:295 [ref. 31396], Allen & Erdmann 2012:935 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:173 [ref. 33932], Winterbottom & Hoese 2015:14 [ref. 33709], Suzuki et al. 2015:67 [ref. 33746], Hoese et al. 2015:539 [ref. 33990], Fricke et al. 2019:290 [ref. 36673], Winterbottom 2019:52 [ref. 37115], Parenti 2021:232 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Trimma benjamini Winterbottom 1996. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia and Vietnam east to Marshall Islands, Tonga and Samoa, north to Philippines, south to Western Australia, Great Barrier Reef/Queensland (Australia) and Lord Howe Island (Australia). Habitat: marine.

benthonis, Chriolepis Ginsburg [I.] 1953:22 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 43 (no. 1); ref. 1806] Off Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico, 23°13'N, 89°10'W, depth 84 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 47641. •Valid as Chriolepis benthonis Ginsburg 1953 -- (Hastings & Bortone 1981:435 [ref. 5246], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1793 [ref. 27111], Nelson et al. 2004:170 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:677 [ref. 28815], Van Tassell 2011:151 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:175 [ref. 32708], Hastings & Findley 2013:599 [ref. 33007], Hastings & Findley 2015:594 [ref. 33639]). •Valid as Varicus benthonis (Ginsburg 1953) -- (Tornabene et al. 2016:13 [ref. 34435], Tornabene & Baldwin 2019:200 [ref. 36806], Parenti 2021:282 [ref. 38603], Fuentes et al. 2023:169 [ref. 40497], Page et al. 2023:125 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:326 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Varicus benthonis (Ginsburg 1953). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Gulf of Mexico, off northern Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico) endemic. Habitat: marine.

bentuviai, Lobulogobius Goren [M.] 1984:78, Figs. 4a-c [Cybium v. 8 (no. 1); ref. 8221] Marsa Barecha, southern Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, Red Sea [ca. 27°47'N 34°13'E]. Holotype: TAU 6477 [= SMNHTAU]. Paratypes: TAU [= SMNHTAU] 6419 (5). •Synonym of Bryaninops ridens Smith 1959 -- (Suzuki et al. 2012:13 [ref. 31776], Golani & Fricke 2018:148 [ref. 36273], Larson 2022:54 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:6 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Synonym of Bryaninops ridens Smith 1959. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

bentuvii, Didogobius Miller [P. J.] 1966:162, Fig. 1; Pls. 4-5 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 13) v. 8 (no. 87) (for 1965); ref. 3009] Off the mouth of Rubin River, 31°55'N, 34°42'E, Israel, eastern Mediterranean Sea. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1965.2.1.1. •Valid as Didogobius bentuvii Miller 1966 -- (Miller 1973:495 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1033 [ref. 13677], Ahnelt & Patzner 1995:102 [ref. 21629], Ballesta et al. 1998:290 [ref. 23581], Schliewen & Kovačić 2008:254 [ref. 29882], Golani 2005:56 [ref. 37112], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:185 [ref. 31737], van Tassell & Kramer 2014:460 [ref. 33301], Schliewen et al. 2018:391 [ref. 35982], Kovačić 2020:77 [ref. 37932], Golani 2021:73 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:39 [ref. 39014], Parenti 2021:131 [ref. 38603], Schliewen et al. 2023:129 [ref. 40598]). Current status: Valid as Didogobius bentuvii Miller 1966. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea endemic. Habitat: marine.

bequaerti, Gobius Fowler [H. W.] 1923:4 [American Museum Novitates No. 103; ref. 1399] Mouth of the Congo River, western Africa. Holotype (unique): AMNH 8283 (not seen in 1996). •Synonym of Yongeichthys thomasi (Boulenger 1916) -- (Maugé 1986:38 [ref. 6218], Miller 1990:950 [ref. 19376], Parenti 2021:257 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Yongeichthys thomasi (Boulenger 1916). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

bernadoui, Coryphopterus Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] 1905:207, Fig. 9 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 28 (no. 1391); ref. 2530] Probably Korea. Holotype (unique): USNM 51499. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:130 [ref. 2676]. •Synonym of Gobius caninus Valenciennes 1837 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:356 [ref. 7348]). •Synonym of Creisson caninus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Endruweit 2024:77 [ref. 41040]). •Synonym of Acentrogobius caninus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kottelat 2013:397 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:78 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Acentrogobius caninus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

bibarbatus, Gobius von Bonde [C.] 1923:28, Pl. 6 [Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa Rep. 3 (art. 1); ref. 521] Off Saldanha Bay, South Africa, southeastern Atlantic, Pickle station 312, depth 50 fathoms. Syntypes: (several) BMNH 1927.12.6.46-49 [ex SAM] (4), SAM (none found in 1995). •Valid as Sufflogobius bibarbatus (von Bonde 1923) -- (Hoese 1986:804 [ref. 5670], Miller 1990:947 [ref. 19376], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:168 [ref. 25472], Schliewen 2011:220 [ref. 31738], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2841 [ref. 34618], Parenti 2021:226 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Sufflogobius bibarbatus (von Bonde 1923). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southern Africa: Namibia south to Cape of Good Hope (South Africa). Habitat: marine.

bicalvolineatus, Gobiodon Hildebrandt [C. A.], Froehlich [C. Y. M.], Brodnicke [O. B.], Klanten [O. S.], Møller [P. R.] & Wong [M. Y. L.] 2024:493, Figs. 3-4 [Raffles Bulletin of Zoology v. 72; ref. 41770] Loloata Island, Papua New Guinea, Indo-Pacific, 9°32'30.7"S, 147°17'21.1"E, depth unknown. Holotype: AMS I.51465-003. Paratypes: (4) AMS, QM. •Valid as Gobiodon bicalvolineatus Hildebrandt, Froehlich, Brodnicke, Klanten, Møller & Wong 2024. Current status: Valid as Gobiodon bicalvolineatus Hildebrandt, Froehlich, Brodnicke, Klanten, Møller & Wong 2024. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: coral reefs, Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

bicirrhosus, Gobius Weber [M.] 1894:412 [Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Reise in Niederländisch Ost-Indien v. 3 (no. 2); ref. 14569] Maros River, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Syntypes: (10) ZMA 110979 (8). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:98 [ref. 19236]. •Valid as Illana bicirrhosa (Weber 1894) -- (Wu in Pan et al. 1991:460 [ref. 23876] as bicirrhosus, Endruweit 2024:203 [ref. 41040]). •Valid as Glossogobius bicirrhosus (Weber 1894) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:274 [ref. 6441], Allen 1991:179 [ref. 21090], Kottelat et al. 1993:145 [ref. 23448], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1201 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Sakai et al. 2001:112 [ref. 25693], Allen et al. 2002:277 [ref. 25930], Nakabo 2002:1201 [ref. 26193], Hoese & Larson 2006:1653 [ref. 29097], Hoese & Allen 2012:269 [ref. 31974], Kottelat 2013:407 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:165 [ref. 33932], Hoese et al. 2015:18 [ref. 33684], Hoese & Allen 2015:214 [ref. 33880], Hoese & Hammer 2021:111 [ref. 38350], Parenti 2021:160 [ref. 38603], Furuhashi et al. 2023:28 [ref. 40140], Jamandre 2023:168 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Glossogobius bicirrhosus (Weber 1894). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to Queensland (Australia). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

bicolor, Evermannichthys Thacker [C. E.] 2001:2, Fig. 1 [Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) No. 490; ref. 25217] Off the western side of Navassa Island, just north of Lulu Bay, 18°24.18'N, 75°1.67'W, Caribbean Sea, depth 27-30 meters. Holotype: LACM 54100-3. Paratypes: ANSP 11376 (1), 110893-94 (1, 1). •Valid as Evermannichthys bicolor Thacker 2001 -- (Collette et al. 2003:122 [ref. 26784], Van Tassell 2011:153 [ref. 31732], Parenti 2021:268 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Evermannichthys bicolor Thacker 2001. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bahamas south to northern Caribbean Sea (Jamaica and Navassa Island). IUCN (2015): Data Deficient. Habitat: marine.

bicolor, Gobius Gmelin [J. F.] 1789:1197 [Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 3); ref. 18139] Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Based on 'Gobius No. 41 of Brünnich 1768:30 [ref. 17290]. See also Gobius nigellus Bonnaterre 1788. •Synonym of Gobius paganellus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Miller 1973:487 [ref. 6888], Miller 1990:936 [ref. 19376], Parenti 2021:179 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius paganellus Linnaeus 1758. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

bifasciata, Eviota Lachner [E. A.] & Karnella [S. J.] 1980:108, Figs. 62-64 [Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 315; ref. 6916] Palawan Province, Philippines, 10°52'30"N, 120°56'00"E, depth 0-45 feet. Holotype: USNM 219276. Paratypes: AMS I.20794-001 (2), I.20800-001 (6); ANSP 141129 (2); CAS 43547 (8); USNM 209638 (14, now 13), 210148 (1), 210248 (5), 219272-73 (4, 18), 219275-77 (14, 1, 1), 219668-70 (65, 12, 2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:105 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Eviota bifasciata Lachner & Karnella 1980 -- (Yoshino & Shimada in Masuda et al. 1984:244 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:400 [ref. 15987], Randall 1997:4 [ref. 24375], Kuiter 1997:358 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:400 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:253 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1182 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:119 [ref. 25868], Allen 2001:127 [ref. 25671], Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1182 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:58 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:181 [ref. 27510], Hoese & Larson 2006:1643 [ref. 29097], Greenfield & Randall 2010:276 [ref. 30765], Greenfield & Randall 2011:64 [ref. 31475], Allen & Erdmann 2012:913 [ref. 31980], Greenfield et al. 2014:3 [ref. 33111], Greenfield & Tornabene 2014:139 [ref. 33294], Fricke et al. 2014:162 [ref. 33932], Tornabene et al. 2016:1825 [ref. 34439], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:82 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Fricke et al. 2019:280 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:138 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota bifasciata Lachner & Karnella 1980. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to Palau, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Solomon Islands, north to Philippines, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

bifasciatus, Mucogobius Smith [J. L. B.] 1958:146, Fig. 7 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 11; ref. 4118] Pemba Island, off Tanzania, western Indian Ocean, depth 6 fathoms. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 235. •Valid as Callogobius bifasciatus (Smith 1958) -- (Randall et al. 1994:240 [ref. 21645], Randall 1995:330 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:213 [ref. 23922], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Heemstra et al. 2004:3328 [ref. 27945], Delventhal & Mooi 2013:156 [ref. 32677], Delventhal & Mooi 2014:572 [ref. 33168], Delventhal & Mooi 2014:146 [ref. 33337], Eagderi et al. 2019:60 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:95 [ref. 36871], Akihito & Ikeda 2021:107 [ref. 38331], Parenti 2021:111 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:62 [ref. 39971], Delventhal & Mooi 2023:461 [ref. 40434]). Current status: Valid as Callogobius bifasciatus (Smith 1958). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa and Persian Gulf to Socotra (Yemen) and eastern Mascarenes (Rodrigues). Habitat: marine.

bifrenatus, Gobius Kner [R.] 1865:177, Pl. 7 (fig. 3) [Reise der öesterreichischen Fregatte "Novara" v. 1 (pt 2); ref. 18427] Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Syntypes: NMW 20592 (1), 57208 (3). Also appeared in Kner 1865 (May 18):502, Pl. 7 (fig. 3) [ref. 4928], earliest not established. •Valid as Amoya bifrenatus (Kner 1865) -- (Larson & Hoese in McDowall 1996:226 [ref. 22909]). •Valid as Acentrogobius bifrenatus (Kner 1956 [sic]) -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3594 [ref. 26293], Francis et al. 2003:105 [ref. 27058], Francis et al. 2004:678 [ref. 27965]). •Valid as Arenigobius bifrenatus (Kner 1865) -- (Cadwallader & Backhouse 1983:144 [ref. 25473], Kuiter 1993:359 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:783 [ref. 22532], Willis et al. 1999:189 [ref. 24629], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Hoese & Larson 2006:1623 [ref. 29097], Hoese & Larson 2008:753 [ref. 30660], Larson 2011:237, 239 [ref. 31740], Hoese 2015:1576 [ref. 34304], Kuiter 2018:86 [ref. 36369], Parenti 2021:94 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Arenigobius bifrenatus (Kner 1865). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, southwestern Pacific: southern Queensland (Australia) to Western Australia; New Zealand (introduced). Habitat: brackish, marine.

biguttata, Amblyeleotris Randall [J. E.] 2004:66, Fig. 4 [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 8 (no. 2); ref. 27612] 7 miles west of Honiara, adjacent to the wreck of a Japanese transport ship, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, western Pacific, depth 35 meters. Holotype: BPBM 38362. Paratypes: BPBM 22549 (1), MNHN 2003-2026 (1), USNM 374773 (1). •Valid as Amblyeleotris biguttata Randall 2004 -- (Randall 2005:512 [ref. 28239], Senou & Aonuma 2007:106 [ref. 29109], Chen et al. 2006:2566 [ref. 29024], Allen & Erdmann 2012:862 [ref. 31980], Parenti 2021:83 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Amblyeleotris biguttata Randall 2004. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: New Caledonia and Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.

bilineatus, Cerdale Clark [H. W.] 1936:394 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 21 (no. 29); ref. 839] Indefatigable [Santa Cruz] Island, Galápagos Islands. Holotype (unique): CAS 3245. •Valid as Clarkichthys bilineatus (Clark 1936) -- (Dawson 1974:440 [ref. 7122], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:561 [ref. 24023] [but see McCosker 1998:810 [ref. 24025]], Nelson et al. 2004:173 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:163 [ref. 37547], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:194 [ref. 30957], Van Tassell 2011:146 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:179 [ref. 32708], Parenti 2021:382 [ref. 38603], Grove et al. 2022:18 [ref. 41326], Page et al. 2023:125 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:327 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Clarkichthys bilineatus (Clark 1936). Gobiidae: Microdesminae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern tip of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Ecuador, including Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.

bilineatus, Gobiodon Herler [J.], Bogorodsky [S. V.] & Suzuki [T.] 2013:303, Figs. 1-2 [Zootaxa 3709 (no. 4); ref. 32889] Gulf of Aqaba, Dahab, "Islands" (28°28'38.5"N, 34°30'47.1"E), Egypt. Holotype: NMW 95077. Paratypes: BMNH 2006.10.6.1 (1); MNHN 2012-0262 (1); NMW 95563 (1), 95564 (1). Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Gobiodon bilineatus Herler, Bogorodsky & Suzuki 2013 -- (Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[7] 245 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:154 [ref. 36273], Larson 2022:96 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:15 [ref. 40247], Parenti 2021:168 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gobiodon bilineatus Herler, Bogorodsky & Suzuki 2013. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indian Ocean: ?Maldives. Habitat: marine.

bilix, Chriolepis Hastings [P. A.] & Findley [L. T.] 2013:597, Figs. 1-3 [Zootaxa 3745 (no. 5); ref. 33005] Northern edge of Little Bahama Bank, 27°26'N, 78°57'W, tumbler dredge, depth 138 meters. Holotype: USNM 199058. Paratypes: 43554 (1), 214492 (1), 214493 (1). •Valid as Chriolepis bilix Hastings & Findley 2013 -- (Hastings & Findley 2015:594 [ref. 33639]). •Valid as Pinnichthys bilix (Hastings & Findley 2013) -- (Tornabene et al. 2016:13 [ref. 34435], Parenti 2021:278 [ref. 38603], Fuentes et al. 2023:176 [ref. 40497]). Current status: Valid as Pinnichthys bilix (Hastings & Findley 2013). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. Habitat: marine.

billbrooksi, Priolepis Allen [G. R.], Erdmann [M. V.] & Brooks [W. M.] 2018:33, Figs. 1-4 [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 31; ref. 36193] Duduwali Bay, Nuakata Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, -10.2892°, 151.0056°, depth 30 meters. Holotype: WAM P.34854-021. Paratypes: WAM. •Valid as Priolepis billbrooksi Allen, Erdmann & Brooks 2018 -- (Koeda et al. 2021:[6] [ref. 38416], Parenti 2021:215 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Priolepis billbrooksi Allen, Erdmann & Brooks 2018. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Milne Bay Province (Papua New Guinea). Habitat: marine.

bilobatus, Cottogobius Koumans [F. P.] 1941:253 [Memoirs of the Indian Museum v. 13 (pt 3); ref. 2677] Muthivaratu Paar, India. Lectotype: USNM 203588. Paralectotypes: RMNH 16937 (1); ZSI F5450/2 (1, poor condition, not this species); USNM 203587 (1). Additional material (non-types): ZSI F5451/2 (1), 5452/2 (1). Type catalog:Menon & Rama Rao 1971:344 [ref. 31198] with a holotype and different paratype numbers, Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:42 [ref. 22148] with a holotype and paratypes, Talwar 1977:638 [ref. 26599]. Lectotype selected by Larson & Hoese 1980:34 [ref. 2725]. •Valid as Pleurosicya bilobata (Koumans 1941) -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:283 [ref. 6441] as bilobatus, Larson 1990:13 [ref. 16607], Kottelat et al. 1993:149 [ref. 23448], Kuiter 1993:356 [ref. 23929], Myers 1999:258 [ref. 23965], Ikeda et al. 1999:23 [ref. 24155], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:639 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1217 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1217 [ref. 26193], Myers & Donaldson 2003:645 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:189 [ref. 27510], Greenfield & Randall 2004:536 [ref. 28175], Randall 2005:546 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1675 [ref. 29097], Allen & Erdmann 2012:904 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2015:217 [ref. 33863], Parenti 2021:211 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:122 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:21 [ref. 40247], Goren et al. 2023:120 [ref. 40086]). Current status: Valid as Pleurosicya bilobata (Koumans 1941). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Saint Brandon's Shoals (Cargados Carajos), Comoros, Mascarenes and India east to Guam (Mariana Islands) and Papua New Guinea, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia. Habitat: brackish, marine.

bilunula, Eviota Greenfield [D. W.] & Suzuki [T.] 2016:2, Figs. 1-3 [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 24; ref. 34895] Fiji, off NE coast of Viti Levu, Charlie's Garden, 17°16.88'S, 178°28.3'W, depth 13.5 meters. Holotype: CAS 238065. Paratypes: CAS. •Valid as Eviota bilunula Greenfield & Suzuki 2016 -- (Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:85 [ref. 35011], Greenfield et al. 2017:86 [ref. 35646], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Greenfield 2021:4 [ref. 38148], Parenti 2021:138 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota bilunula Greenfield & Suzuki 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: South Pacific: Viti Levu (Fiji). Habitat: marine.

bimaculata, Eviota Lachner [E. A.] & Karnella [S. J.] 1980:91, Figs. 50-52 [Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 315; ref. 6916] Rottnest Island, Western Australia. Holotype: WAM P.10110-001. Paratypes: CAS-SU 50154 (3); USNM 219435 (8); WAM P.10111-001 (1), P.10112-001 (1), P.10129-001 (1), P.10445-001 to P.10448-001 (4), P.25725-019 (4). Plus other material: AMNH (1, 1), AMS IB.334-336 (1, 1, 1), WAM (2 lots). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:39 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:43 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Eviota bimaculata Lachner & Karnella 1980 -- (Gomon et al. 1994:789 [ref. 22532], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Hoese & Larson 2006:1643 [ref. 29097], Hoese & Larson 2008:757 [ref. 30660], Greenfield & Suzuki 2010:61 [ref. 31021], Greenfield & Suzuki 2011:66 [ref. 31244], Larson 2011:237 [ref. 31740], Greenfield et al. 2014:484 [ref. 33193], Suzuki & Greenfield 2014:35 [ref. 33412], Suzuki et al. 2015:399 [ref. 33946], Greenfield & Jewett 2016:76 [ref. 34495], Tornabene & Greenfield 2016:6 [ref. 34518], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:69 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Hoschke et al. 2019:160 [ref. 36626], Parenti 2021:138 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota bimaculata Lachner & Karnella 1980. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean: Western Australia, South Australia. Habitat: marine.

bimaculatus, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] (ex Ehrenberg) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:108 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Syntypes: MNHN A-1358 (4); ZMB 2072-76 (2, now 1, 1, now 6, 1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:27 [ref. 19958]. •Synonym of Amblycentrus arabicus (Gmelin 1789) -- (Goren 1979:23 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:238 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Cryptocentroides arabicus (Gmelin 1789) -- (Golani & Fricke 2018:150 [ref. 36273], Parenti 2021:123 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:70 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Cryptocentroides arabicus (Gmelin 1789). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

binghami, Garmannia Parr [A. E.] 1930:124, Fig. 34 [Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 3 (art. 4); ref. 3370] Crooked Island, Bahamas. Holotype (unique): YPM 2529 [ex BOC 2529]. Type catalog: Moore & Boardman 1991:12 [ref. 16741]. •Synonym of Risor ruber (Rosén 1911) -- (Parenti 2021:279 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Risor ruber (Rosén 1911). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

biocellatus, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:73 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Puducherry, India. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-0990. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:27 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Glossogobius biocellatus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:275 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:789 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:367 [ref. 6218], Wu & Ni in Kuang et al. 1986:276 [ref. 26639] with authors as Cuvier & Valenciennes, Allen & Swainston 1988:134 [ref. 25477], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:612 [ref. 25598], Allen 1991:179 [ref. 21090], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:935 [ref. 20764], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:466 [ref. 23876], Indra 1993:190 [ref. 24009], Rema Devi 1993:174 [ref. 24020], Kottelat et al. 1993:145 [ref. 23448], Zhu 1995:180 [ref. 25213], Allen 1997:216 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:368 [ref. 23967], Johnson 1999:748 [ref. 25471], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1201 [ref. 25182], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:247 [ref. 25480], Sakai et al. 2001:112 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:1201 [ref. 26193], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:644 [ref. 27495], Tan & Lim 2004:111 [ref. 27716], Larson et al. 2008:150 [ref. 29532], Motomura et al. 2010:212 [ref. 31256], Schliewen 2011:216 [ref. 31738], Hoese & Allen 2015:214 [ref. 33880], Koeda et al. 2016:92 [ref. 35333]). •Valid as Psammogobius biocellatus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Allen et al. 2002:281 [ref. 25930], Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1679 [ref. 29097], Shibukawa 2009:284 [ref. 30449], Larson et al. 2013:206 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:421 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:171 [ref. 33932], Allen 2017:85 [ref. 35315], Fricke et al. 2018:339 [ref. 35805], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:267 [ref. 36460], Suresh et al. 2018:289 [ref. 36495], Yamakawa et al. 2020:77 [ref. 40470], Islam et al. 2021:117 [ref. 38352], Keith et al. 2021:124 [ref. 38257], Parenti 2021:219 [ref. 38603], Taki et al. 2021:432 [ref. 39830], Larson 2022:131 [ref. 39971], Jamandre 2023:169 [ref. 40455], Endruweit 2024:81 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Valid as Psammogobius biocellatus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and Madagascar east to Guam, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, north to Sagami Bay (Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

biocellatus, Signigobius Hoese [D. F.] & Allen [G. R.] 1977:200, Figs. 1-3, 4A, 5A [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 23 (no. 4); ref. 2179] Linnet Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Holotype: AMS I.18767-001. Paratypes: AMS (13 lots); ANSP (16, 6 lots); BMNH 1976.4.9.1 (1); BPBM 17990 (1); CAS 35953 (5); LACM 35670-001 (1); MNHN 1975-0001 (1); NSMT-P 18251 (1); QM I.13538 (1); USNM (27, 10 lots); WAM P.24765-001 (1), P.25539-001 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:105 [ref. 13621], Hutchins & Smith 1991:40 [ref. 19335], Bauchot et al. 1991:45 [ref. 19958], Moore et al. 2008:45 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Signigobius biocellatus Hoese & Allen 1977 -- (Randall et al. 1990:407 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:214 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:342 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:407 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:243 [ref. 23965], Allen 2000:121 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:60 [ref. 26830], Hoese & Larson 2006:1683 [ref. 29097], Allen & Erdmann 2012:985 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2019:289 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:221 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Signigobius biocellatus Hoese & Allen 1977. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to Philippines, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Vanuatu, south to northern Australia. IUCN (2021): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

biorbitalis, Glossogobius Endruweit [M.] 2024:199, Figs. 110, 294-295 [Fishes of the Red River - Perciformes, Synbranchiformes; ref. 41040] Bua River, Cagayan River drainage, Dupax Del Norte County, Nueva Vizcaya Province, Luzon Island, Philippines. Holotype: PNM 15688. Paratypes: PNM, SEAFDEC. •Valid as Glossogobius biorbitalis Endruweit 2024. Current status: Valid as Glossogobius biorbitalis Endruweit 2024. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: upper Cagayan River drainage, Nueva Vizcaya Province, Luzon Island, Philippines. Habitat: freshwater.

bipunctata, Eviota Greenfield [D. W.] & Jewett [S. L.] 2016:595, Figs. 7-11 [Zootaxa 4121 (no. 5); ref. 34594] Palawan Province, NW side of Putic Island, Philippine Islands, 10°55'05"N, 121°02'03"E, depth 0-4.6 meters. Holotype: USNM 225176. Paratypes: AMS, ANSP, BPBM, CAS, USNM. Plus non-type specimens. •Valid as Eviota bipunctata Greenfield & Jewett 2016 -- (Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:64 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Greenfield & Randall 2017:70 [ref. 35852], Parenti 2021:139 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota bipunctata Greenfield & Jewett 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Aldabra and Seychelles east to Ponape (Micronesia), north to Taiwan, south to Papua New Guinea and Northwest Cape (Western Australia). Habitat: marine.

bipunctata, Hetereleotris Tortonese [E.] 1976:191, Fig. 2 [Monitore Zoologico Italiano, N. S., suppl. v. 7 (no. 4); ref. 7399] Gulf of Aden, northern Mijurtenia, African coast [Somalia, northwestern Indian Ocean]. Holotype: MZUF 2179. Paratypes: MZUF 2180-84 (5), MSNG 44739 [ex MZUF 2185] (1). Type catalog: Vanni 1991:227 [ref. 20099], Nocita & Vanni 1997:61 [ref. 36143]. •Valid as Hetereleotris bipunctata Tortonese 1976 -- (Hoese 1986:8 [ref. 5996], Goren & Dor 1994:64 [ref. 25356], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Hoese & Larson 2005:14 [ref. 28571], Shibukawa 2010:90 [ref. 30808], Kovačić et al. 2014:125 [ref. 33446], Golani & Fricke 2018:156 [ref. 36273], Kovačić et al. 2019:504 [ref. 36728], Parenti 2021:184 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:106 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:17 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Hetereleotris bipunctata Tortonese 1976. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden. Habitat: marine.

bipunctatus, Asterropteryx Allen [G. R.] & Munday [P. L.] 1995:99, Figs. 1-2 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 22 (no. 3/4); ref. 21938] Outer reef on south side of Rausch Pass, 5°10'S, 145°50'E, Madang, Papua New Guinea, depth 38 meters. Holotype: WAM P.30346-007. Paratypes: WAM P.28170-034 (2), P.28181-016 (1), P.30357-019 (1), P.30369-010 (1), P.30406-005 (3), P.30620 (1), P.30804 (1). Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:43 [ref. 30117]. The gender of Asterropteryx is feminine, so species as bipunctata is appropriate. •Valid as Asterropteryx bipunctatus Allen & Munday 1995 -- (Myers 1999:244 [ref. 23965], Allen 2000:118 [ref. 25868], Larson & Murdy 2001:3595 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830]). •Valid as Asterropteryx bipunctata Allen & Munday 1995 -- (Suzuki et al. 2001:2 [ref. 25375], Shibukawa & Suzuki 2002:274 [ref. 26337], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:177 [ref. 27510], Randall 2005:518 [ref. 28239], Shibukawa & Suzuki 2007:109 [ref. 29069], Allen & Erdmann 2012:909 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:158 [ref. 33932], Allen & Erdmann 2016:154 [ref. 34859], Fricke et al. 2019:274 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:95 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Asterropteryx bipunctata Allen & Munday 1995. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Islands (India) and Indonesia east to New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Philippines, south to Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.

birdsongi, Gobulus Hoese [D. F.] & Reader [S.] 2001:170, Figs. 2-4 [Revista de Biología Tropical v. 49 (Suppl. 1); ref. 26036] Miraflores Lock, Panama [eastern Pacific], depth 6 meters. Holotype: SIO 71-36. Paratypes: AMS I.40231-001 (1). •Valid as Gobulus birdsongi Hoese & Reader 2001 -- (Rüber et al. 2003:1598 [ref. 26969], Van Tassell 2011:154 [ref. 31732], Tornabene et al. 2016:13 [ref. 34435], Parenti 2021:273 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gobulus birdsongi Hoese & Reader 2001. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Panama (Panama Canal). Habitat: brackish, marine.

bisella, Trimma Winterbottom [R.] 2000:60, Fig + Fig. 2 [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 25765] Baie de la Petite Rivière, off Albion Fish. Res. Centre, 20°12'30"S, 57°23'20"E, west coast of Mauritius (Mascarenes), southwestern Indian Ocean, 31-33 meters. Holotype: ROM 72014 [ex USNM 344148]. Paratypes: BPBM 16345 (3), 21780 (1); ROM 72005 (7), 72013 (1); USNM 344145-46 (2, 1), 344148 (5), 358585 (7). Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:45 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Trimma bisella Winterbottom 2000 -- (Hagiwara & Winterbottom 2007:164 [ref. 29103], Winterbottom et al. 2014:373 [ref. 33402], Winterbottom et al. 2015:210 [ref. 33849], Winterbottom 2019:45 [ref. 37115], Parenti 2021:232 [ref. 38603], Winterbottom & Zur in Larson 2022:140 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Trimma bisella Winterbottom 2000. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: western Mascarenes (Mauritius) endemic. Habitat: marine.

bishopi, Gobius Müller [J.] & Troschel [F. H.] in Schomburgk 1848:672 [16] [The history of Barbados; comprising a geographical description of the island and an account of its geology and natural productions.; ref. 17812] Barbados, West Indies. Holotype (unique): ZMB 2051. Appeared first as above; reprinted in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1848:16. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

bitelatus, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:89 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Red Sea. Syntypes: MNHN A-1165 (2, poor condition). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:27 [ref. 19958]. •Synonym of Oplopomus oplopomus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Goren 1979:48 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:248 [ref. 29757], Parenti 2021:205 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:117 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Oplopomus oplopomus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

bivittatus, Apocryptes Macleay [W.] 1878:357, Pl. 9 (fig. 5) [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 2 (pt 4); ref. 17573] Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Syntypes: AMS I.16394-001 [ex MAMU F994(c)] (4). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:158 [ref. 2676], Stanbury 1969:209 [ref. 19518]. •Synonym of Amblygobius bynoensis (Richardson 1844) -- (Larson & Williams 1997:367 [ref. 23967], Hoese & Larson 2006:1621 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2013:189 [ref. 32988], Parenti 2021:88 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Amblygobius bynoensis (Richardson 1844). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

blancoi, Bathygobius Roxas [H. A.] & Ablan [G. L.] 1940:306, Pl. 5 [Philippine Journal of Science v. 73 (no. 3); ref. 13218] Dagupan, Pangasinan Province, Luzon Island, Philippines. Holotype (unique): BSMP 31949 (destroyed in WWII). •Synonym of Bathygobius meggitti (Hora & Mukerji 1936) -- (Kottelat 2013:402 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:103 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Bathygobius meggitti (Hora & Mukerji 1936). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

bleekeri, Amblyeleotris Chen [I-S.], Shao [K.-T.] & Chen [J.-P.] 2006:2556, Figs. 1A, 2 [Journal of Natural History v. 40; ref. 29024] Sogang, Penghu County, Pescadores Islands, Taiwan. Holotype: ASIZP 0064286. Paratypes: NMMB P 7903 (2). Type catalog: Ho & Shao 2011:55 [ref. 31432]. •Valid as Amblyeleotris bleekeri Chen, Shao & Chen 2006 -- (Ho & Shao 2011:55 [ref. 31432], Parenti 2021:83 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Amblyeleotris bleekeri Chen, Shao & Chen 2006. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Taiwan and Penghu Islands. Habitat: marine.

bleekeri, Gobius Day [F.] 1868:195 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1868 (pt 1); ref. 1076] Backwater, Madras, India. Holotype (unique): ZSI F2995 (lost). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:161 [ref. 23762]. Reasons for loss of ZSI type specimens during WWII see Chopra 1947:349-350 [ref. 33077]. •Species inquirenda -- (Parenti 2021:441 [ref. 38603]). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater.

bleekeri, Lophogobius Popta [C. M. L.] 1921:207 [Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden) v. 6 (art. 15); ref. 15325] Raha in Muna, Sunda Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): SMF 6584. Popta specimen or possible type: RMNH 4489 (1). Kottelat (2013) cites a freshwater stream. •Valid as Lophogobius bleekeri Popta 1921 -- (Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1663 [ref. 29097], Kottelat 2013:412 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:168 [ref. 33932], Miesen et al. 2016:93 [ref. 34492]). •Valid as Dotsugobius bleekeri (Popta 1921) -- (Shibukawa et al. 2014:146 [ref. 35157], Parenti 2021:132 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Dotsugobius bleekeri (Popta 1921). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Myanmar east to Philippines, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

blematium, Trimma Winterbottom [R.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2018:472, Figs. 1-3 [Zootaxa 4444 (no. 4); ref. 36013] Normanby Island, Whampus, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, 09°58.122'S, 150°50.350'E, depth 65 meters. Holotype: ROM 102761. Paratypes: ROM. Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:18 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Trimma blematium Winterbottom & Erdmann 2018 -- (Winterbottom 2019:18 [ref. 37115], Parenti 2021:232 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Trimma blematium Winterbottom & Erdmann 2018. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Normanby Island (Papua New Guinea) endemic. Habitat: marine.

blennioides, Gobius Kessler [K. F.] 1877:12, Pl. 1 (fig. 4) [The Aralo-Caspian Expedition; ref. 2597] Baku Bay, Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan, depth 42 feet [6 Russian fathoms]. Holotype (unique): ZIN 10903. •Synonym of Proterorhinus marmoratus (Pallas 1814) -- (Berg 1949:1100 [ref. 20662], Miller 1973:511 [ref. 6888], Coad 1995:31 [ref. 23608], Kottelat 1997:181 [ref. 22952], Vasil'eva 1998:145 [ref. 23591], Pinchuk et al. in Miller 2004:72 [ref. 27853]). •Synonym of Proterorhinus nasalis (De Filippi 1863) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:98 [ref. 30487], Parin et al. 2014:503 [ref. 33547], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:246 [ref. 37983], Parenti 2021:77 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Proterorhinus nasalis (De Filippi 1863). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater.

bockensis, Gracileotris Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1953:190 [Philippine Journal of Science v. 82 (no. 2); ref. 2144] Bock Island, Rongeril Atoll, western Pacific. Holotype: apparently lost. Paratypes: (6) USNM 202545 [ex UW 8434] (1). •Synonym of Ptereleotris microlepis (Bleeker 1856) -- (Randall & Hoese 1985:22 [ref. 5197], Parenti 2021:407 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Ptereleotris microlepis (Bleeker 1856). Gobiidae: Ptereleotrinae. Habitat: marine.

boehlkei, Barbuligobius Lachner [E. A.] & McKinney [J. F.] 1974:871, Figs. 1-4 [Copeia 1974 (no. 4); ref. 2547] Southwestern shore off Ch'uan-fan-shih, Taiwan, 21°55.8'N, 120°48.8'E, depth 4.6-6.4 meters. Holotype: USNM 209209. Paratypes: ANSP 122867-69 (2, 3, 1); FMNH 77007 (1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 1913 (1); USNM 209210-14 (1, 1, 2, 1, 2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:105 [ref. 13621], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:15 [ref. 12367], Ho & Shao 2011:55 [ref. 31432]. •Valid as Barbuligobius boehlkei Lachner & McKinney 1974 -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:264 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:780 [ref. 5670], Chen et al. 1997:133 [ref. 22867], Suzuki et al. 1999:2 [ref. 24400], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:635 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1204 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3595 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1204 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Heemstra et al. 2004:3328 [ref. 27945], Hoese & Larson 2006:1626 [ref. 29097], Ho & Shao 2011:55 [ref. 31432], Larson 2011:238 [ref. 31740], Allen & Erdmann 2012:960 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2018:326 [ref. 35805], Hoschke et al. 2019:160 [ref. 36626], Parenti 2021:98 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:48 [ref. 39971], Saito et al. 2023:1 [ref. 40122]). Current status: Valid as Barbuligobius boehlkei Lachner & McKinney 1974. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Vanuatu, north to Chiba Prefecture (Japan), south to Recherche Archipelago (Western Australia) and Linnet Reef (Queensland, Australia). Habitat: marine.

boehlkei, Psilotris Greenfield [D. W.] 1993:771, Fig. 1 [Copeia 1993 (no. 3); ref. 21015] Port de Gustavia, southwest of Les Saintes, 17°55'N, 62°53'W, St. Barthelemy, West Indies, 18.3-19.8 meters. Holotype: ANSP 106059. Paratypes: ANSP 124619 (3), 152617 (1). •Valid as Psilotris boehlkei Greenfield 1993 -- (Smith & Baldwin 1999:439 [ref. 24419], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1794 [ref. 27111], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:79 [ref. 33341], Tornabene et al. 2016:13 [ref. 34435], Tornabene & Baldwin 2019:200 [ref. 36806], Parenti 2021:278 [ref. 38603], Fricke et al. 2024:324 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Psilotris boehlkei Greenfield 1993. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Quintana Roo (Mexico); U.S. Virgin Islands, Saba and Saint Barthelemy. IUCN (2015): Vulnerable. Habitat: marine.

bogdanowi, Gobius Kessler [K. F.] 1874:267 [77], Fig. 1 [Trudy St.-Peterburgskogo Obscestva Estestvoispytatelej = Travaux de la Société des Naturalistes de St. Pétersbourg. v. 5; ref. 18397] Caspian sea at Makhachkala [Petrovsk], Russia. Syntypes: (2) ZIN 10902 (1). •Valid as Neogobius bogdanowi (Kessler 1874) -- (Berg 1949:1094 [ref. 20662]). •Synonym of Neogobius ratan (Nordmann 1840) -- (Coad 1995:31 [ref. 23608], Coad 1995:31 [ref. 23608], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:756 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:142 [ref. 23591], Pinchuk et al. 2003:357 [ref. 27348]). •Synonym of Ponticola ratan (Nordmann 1840) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30487], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:244 [ref. 37983], Parenti 2021:75 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Ponticola ratan (Nordmann 1840). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

bol, Coryphopterus Victor [B. C.] 2008:2, Figs. 1, 3-5, 6 left, 7 left [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 2008 (1) = v. 1 (no. 1); ref. 29590] La Parguera, Bosque near UPR-MIML, dropoff mooring, Puerto Rico, 17.887°N, 67.018°W, depth 18 meters. Holotype: SIO-08-69. Paratypes: SIO-08-70 (1), 08-71 (9), 08-72 (13), 08-73 (5), 08-74 (1). Plus non-type material. •Synonym of Coryphopterus venezuelae Cervigón 1966 -- (Baldwin et al. 2009:125 [ref. 30559], Smith-Vaniz & Collette 2013:181 [ref. 32953] as unresolved, Parenti 2021:121 [ref. 38603], Fricke et al. 2024:311 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Synonym of Coryphopterus venezuelae Cervigón 1966. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

boldinghi, Pleurosicya Weber [M.] 1913:457, Fig. 88 [Die Fische der Siboga-Expedition; ref. 4602] Western New Guinea, 1°42.5'S, 130°47.5'E, Siboga station 164, depth 32 meters. Lectotype: ZMA 100209 (1 of 3). Paralectotypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 804 [ex ZMA] (1); ZMA 100209 (2 of 3), 112576 (1). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:103 [ref. 19236]. Lectotype selected by Larson 1990:9 [ref. 16607]. Paralectotypes are referable to Pleurosicya annandalei (see Larson 1990:15 [ref. 16607]). •Valid as Pleurosicya boldinghi Weber 1913 -- (Larson & Hoese 1980:34 [ref. 2725], Larson 1990:15 [ref. 16607], Kuiter 1997:356 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:535 [ref. 25919], Ikeda et al. 1999:23 [ref. 24155], Nakabo 2000:1216 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1216 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Greenfield & Randall 2004:536 [ref. 28175], Hoese & Larson 2006:1675 [ref. 29097], Allen & Erdmann 2012:904 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2019:287 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:211 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:123 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Pleurosicya boldinghi Weber 1913. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa and Seychelles east to New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Solomon Islands, north to Japan, south to Western Australia. Habitat: marine.

bombylios, Egglestonichthys Larson [H. K.] & Hoese [D. F.] 1997:46, Figs. 1-3 [The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory v. 13; ref. 22675] North of Smith Point, Northern Territory, Australia, depth 29 meters. Holotype: NTM S.10031-016. Paratypes: AMS I.25055-001 (1); ZMUC P781840 (1). •Valid as Egglestonichthys bombylios Larson & Hoese 1997 -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Hoese & Larson 2006:1642 [ref. 29097], Larson 2013:154 [ref. 32790], Larson et al. 2013:196 [ref. 32988], Prokofiev 2016:645 [ref. 35020] dated 1996, Motomura et al. 2017:198 [ref. 35490], Fujiwara et al. 2020:96 [ref. 38026], Parenti 2021:135 [ref. 38603], Ni et al. 2024:39 [ref. 40754]). Current status: Valid as Egglestonichthys bombylios Larson & Hoese 1997. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: west coast of India east to Philippines, north to southern East China Sea (China), south to Northern Territory (Australia). Habitat: marine.

bonelli, Gobius Bonaparte [C. L.] 1846:96 [Atti della Settima Adunanza degli Scienziati Italiani Sesta Riunione, Milano 7a Adunanza, Napoli, Part 2; ref. 519] Italy. Replacement name for Gobius fluviatilis Bonelli in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837, which is our Gobius fluviatilis Valenciennes (ex Bonelli). •Valid as Padogobius bonelli (Bonaparte 1846) -- (Kottelat 1997:179 [ref. 22952], Bianco & Ketmaier 2001:195 [ref. 26728], Miller in Miller 2004:37 [ref. 27853], Zupančič 2008:71 [ref. 29926], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:585 [ref. 29996], Freyhof 2011:285 [ref. 31742], Bianco & Delmastro 2011:6 [ref. 31648], Bianco 2013:9 [ref. 32897] as bonellii, Ćaleta et al. 2015:73 [ref. 34877], Ćaleta et al. 2019:183 [ref. 37026], Lorenzoni et al. 2019:253 [ref. 37108], Parenti 2021:205 [ref. 38603]). Replacement Name. Current status: Valid as Padogobius bonelli (Bonaparte 1846). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southern Europe: northern Adriatic basin (southern Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia). Habitat: freshwater.

bontii, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1849:27 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [6]; ref. 319] Madura Straits near Surabaya and Kammal, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: RMNH 4658 (1). Appeared without distinguishing features in list in Bleeker 1849:5 [ref. 320]. •Valid as Acentrogobius bontii (Bleeker 1849) -- (Maugé 1986:358 [ref. 6218], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377]). •Synonym of Drombus triangularis (Weber 1909) -- (Kottelat et al. 1993:144 [ref. 23448]). •Valid as "Gobius" bontii Bleeker 1849 -- (Larson et al. 2008:149 [ref. 29532]). •Valid as Drombus bontti (Bleeker 1849) -- (Kottelat 2013:405 [ref. 32989], Miesen et al. 2016:93 [ref. 34492], Parenti 2021:133 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Drombus bontii (Bleeker 1849). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: Indonesia and Singapore. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

boqueronensis, Bollmannia Evermann [B. W.] & Marsh [M. C.] 1899:356 [United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner v. 25 (for 1899) Appendix 7; ref. 1283] Ensenada del Boqueron, off Puerto Real, Puerto Rico, Fish Hawk station 6074, depth 8.5 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 49366. Paratypes: USNM 204311 (orig. 4, now 3). •Valid as Bollmannia boqueronensis Evermann & Marsh 1899 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:253 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1994:157 [ref. 24488], Aguilera 1998:52 [ref. 24221], Rüber et al. 2003:1596 [ref. 26969], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1793 [ref. 27111], Ross & Rhode 2004:303 [ref. 27789], Nelson et al. 2004:169 [ref. 27807], Dennis et al. 2004:81 [ref. 31601], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:673 [ref. 28815], Van Tassell 2011:167 [ref. 31732], Van Tassell et al. 2012:74 [ref. 31948], Page et al. 2013:175 [ref. 32708], Parenti 2021:261 [ref. 38603], Page et al. 2023:120 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:308 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Bollmannia boqueronensis Evermann & Marsh 1899. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.), southeastern Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

boreus, Zonogobius Snyder [J. O.] 1909:605 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 36 (no. 1688); ref. 4151] Tidepools at Misaki, Japan. Holotype: USNM 62953. Paratypes: CAS-SU 21137 (1). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:128, 144 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:120 [ref. 12291]. Types: Shinohara & Williams 2006:564 [ref. 31656]. •Synonym of Gobius semidoliatus Valenciennes 1837 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:354 [ref. 7348]). •Valid as Priolepis boreus (Snyder 1909) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:248 [ref. 6441], Winterbottom & Burridge 1993:498 [ref. 20895], Aonuma et al. 1996:325 [ref. 22433], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:639 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1174 [ref. 25182] as borea, Shinohara et al. 2000:183 [ref. 25987], Shimizu 2001:39 [ref. 25799] as borea, Nakabo 2002:1174 [ref. 26193] as borea, Choi et al. 2003:399, 663 [ref. 26218], Yoshigou 2019:194 [ref. 36714] as borea, Parenti 2021:215 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Priolepis boreus (Snyder 1909). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Taiwan north to southern Korea and southern Japan Habitat: marine.

borneensis, Parioglossus Koumans [F. P.] in Weber & de Beaufort 1953:363, Fig. 89 [Fishes Indo-Australian Archipelago v. 10; ref. 2678] Balikpapan Bay, Borneo, Indonesia. Holotype: ZMA 110139. Paratypes: RMNH 17094 (1), ZMA 110140 (1). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:101 [ref. 19236]. •Synonym of Parioglossus palustris (Herre 1945) -- (Rennis & Hoese 1985:181 [ref. 5859], Kottelat 2013:436 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:402 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Parioglossus palustris (Herre 1945). Gobiidae: Ptereleotrinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

borysthenis, Gobius batrachocephalus natio Pinchuk [V. I.] 1963:126 [Dopov. Nauk URSR v. 1; ref. 30488] •In the synonymy of Mesogobius batrachocephalus (Pallas 1814) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30487], Parin et al. 2014:492 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Mesogobius batrachocephalus (Pallas 1814). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater.

bosc, Gobius Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Bosc d'Antic) 1800:536, 555, Pl. 16 (fig. 1) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 2; ref. 2709] Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:55 [ref. 19958]. Based on 'Gobius alepidotus, corpore nudo, griseo, fasciis septem pallidis' in manuscript by Bosc (Louis-Augustin Bosc d'Antic, 1759-1828, French naturalist). The spelling bosc is acceptable. •Valid as Gobiosoma bosc (Lacepède 1800) [often as bosci] -- (Lee et al. 1980:795 [ref. 22416], Smith 1986:443 [ref. 22186], Robins & Ray 1986:249 [ref. 23100] as bosci, Boschung 1992:164 [ref. 23239], Murdy et al. 1997:215 [ref. 23144], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:431 [ref. 24550], Schwartz 1999:286 [ref. 25307], Fuller et al. 1999:460 [ref. 25838], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:167 [ref. 27754], Rüber et al. 2003:1597 [ref. 26969], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1794 [ref. 27111], Ross & Rhode 2004:310 [ref. 27789], Nelson et al. 2004:171 [ref. 27807], Boschung & Mayden 2004:631 [ref. 27995], Lasso-Alcalá et al. 2005:211 [ref. 28376], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:706 [ref. 28815], Miller 2006:398 [ref. 28615], García-Hernández et al. 2009:94 [ref. 37265] as bosci, Van Tassell 2011:154 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:177 [ref. 32708], Tornabene & Van Tassell 2014:22 [ref. 33167], Van Tassell et al. 2015:475 [ref. 33949], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:345 [ref. 36407], Robins et al. 2018:414 [ref. 35886], Parenti 2021:270 [ref. 38603], Bagley et al. 2023:317 [ref. 41241], Page et al. 2023:122 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:318 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Gobiosoma bosc (Lacepède 1800). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: New Yoprk south to Florida (U.S.A.), including northern and western Gulf of Mexico (U.S.A., Mexico). Introduced elsewhere. IUCN (2019): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

boscii, Gobius Sauvage [H.-E.] 1880:44 [5] [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 4; ref. 3887] Martinique Island, West Indies [doubtful]. Syntypes: MNHN A-1922 (5), A-1923 (6). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:27 [ref. 19958]. On p. 5 of separate. Not the same as Gobius bosc Lacepède 1800. •Senior synonym of Glossogobius aureus Akihito & Meguro 1975 -- (Kottelat 1823:407 [ref. 32989] with question, Parenti 2021:160 [ref. 38603] with question). Current status: Uncertain as Glossogobius aureus Akihito & Meguro 1975. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

bothriorrhynchus, Gobius Herzenstein [S. M.] 1896:3 [Ezhegodnik, Zoologicheskago Muzeya Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk v. 1 (no. 1); ref. 2151] Philippines. Holotype (unique): ZIN 9684 (poor condition). •Valid as Callogobius bothriorrhynchus (Herzenstein 1896) -- (Delventhal & Mooi 2013:156 [ref. 32677], Parenti 2021:111 [ref. 38603], Delventhal & Mooi 2023:460 [ref. 40434] with question). Current status: Valid as Callogobius bothriorrhynchus (Herzenstein 1896). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines. Habitat: freshwater.

boulengeri, Pleurogobius Seale [A.] 1910:536 [The Philippine Journal of Science Section A v. 4 (no. 6) (for 1909); ref. 4000] Puerto Princesa, Palawan Island, Philippines. Holotype (unique): BSMP 5505 (apparently destroyed). The genus Pleurogobius evidently a mistake; see Pleurogobius. •Synonym of Priolepis cinctus (Regan 1908) -- (Winterbottom & Burridge 1993:2061 [ref. 21406]). •Synonym of Priolepis cincta (Regan 2008) -- (Parenti 2021:215 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Priolepis cincta (Regan 1908). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

boulerot, Gobius Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1800:536, 552 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 2; ref. 2709] North Atlantic; seas of Asia. No types known. Syntypes: NRM 103 (1), 104 (1), 105 (1); ZMUU Linn. Coll. 184. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:55 [ref. 19958]. Unnecessary replacement name for Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758. Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:193, 217 (vol. 7) [ref. 30473]. •Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758 -- (Parenti 2021:178 [ref. 38603]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

brachynemus, Nematogobius Pfaff [J. R.] 1933:309, Fig. 12 [Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, Kjøbenhavn v. 94; ref. 16517] Dakar, Senegal. Holotype: ZMUC uncat. Paratypes: ZMUC (3). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:79 [ref. 9588]. •Valid as Nematogobius brachynemus Pfaff 1933 -- (Miller 1990:943 [ref. 19376], Wirtz et al. 2007:20, 39 [ref. 30263], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:187 [ref. 31737], Schliewen 2011:219 [ref. 31738], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2840 [ref. 34618], Reiner 2019:261 [ref. 38139], Parenti 2021:201 [ref. 38603], Fermon et al. 2022:224 [ref. 39448] possible). Current status: Valid as Nematogobius brachynemus Pfaff 1933. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to Angola, including Annobón Island, and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: marine.

brachyptera, Ptereleotris Randall [J. E.] & Suzuki [T.] 2008:91, Figs. 1-2 [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 14 (no.2); ref. 29664] Ngargol Island, northwest side, Palau, depth 24 meters. Holotype: BPBM 31426. Paratypes: AMS I.44580-001 (1); BMNH 2007.12.20.1 (1); BPBM 31346 (1), 39685 (1), 40878 (1); NSMT P 79375 (1); ROM 81231 (1); USNM 392607 (1). •Valid as Ptereleotris brachyptera Randall & Suzuki 2008 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2012:998 [ref. 31980], Parenti 2021:404 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Ptereleotris brachyptera Randall & Suzuki 2008. Gobiidae: Ptereleotrinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Brunei; Palau and Marshall Islands. Habitat: marine.

brachypterus, Aioliops Rennis [D. S.] & Hoese [D. F.] 1987:75, Figs. 2a, 10a, 12 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 39 (no. 1); ref. 6602] Mini Rock Island, El Nido Island, Philippines. Holotype: NSMT-P 44087. Paratypes: LICPP 1984275 (7) •Valid as Aioliops brachypterus Rennis & Hoese 1987 -- (Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Larson 2001:3608 [ref. 26296], Allen & Erdmann 2012:992 [ref. 31980], Parenti 2021:397 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Aioliops brachypterus Rennis & Hoese 1987. Gobiidae: Ptereleotrinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines. Habitat: marine.

brahmi, Eviota Greenfield [D. W.] & Tornabene [L.] 2014:140, Figs. 3, 9-10 [Zootaxa 3793 (no. 1); ref. 33294] New Hanover, 2°36.786’S, 150°27.584’E, Papua New Guinea, depth 0-20 meters. Holotype: WAM P.33813-002. Paratypes: CAS 236654 (10). ROM 94897 (2), WAM P.33936-001 (2), USNM 219648 (39). Plus non-type specimens. •Valid as Eviota brahmi Greenfield & Tornabene 2014 -- (Tornabene et al. 2016:1829 [ref. 34439], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:84 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Fricke et al. 2019:281 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:139 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota brahmi Greenfield & Tornabene 2014. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

brasiliensis, Bathygobius Carvalho-Filho [A.] & de Araújo [M. E.] in Rodríguez-Rey, Carvalho-Filho, de Araújo &Solé-Cava 2017:9, Fig. 3 [Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society v. 182 (no. 2); ref. 35433] Praia do Boldró, Fernando de Noronha, Brazil, 03°51'S, 32°26'W. Holotype: ZUEC 9637. Paratypes: AMNH, MNRJ, MZUSP, UFPE, UFRN, USNM, ZUEC. Plus additional non-type specimens. •Valid as Bathygobius brasiliensis Carvalho-Filho & de Araújo 2017 -- (Caires 2019:2 [ref. 37363], Parenti 2021:99 [ref. 38603], Carvalho-Filho 2023:236 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Bathygobius brasiliensis Carvalho-Filho & de Araújo 2017. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas (Brazil) endemic. Habitat: marine.

brasiliensis, Lythrypnus Greenfield [D. W.] 1988:463, Figs. 3-4 [Copeia 1988 (no. 2); ref. 6413] Ilha Vitoria, Saco do Profesor, 23°44'40"S, 45°01'40"W, Brazil, depth 15.2 meters. Holotype: MZUSP 38108. Paratypes: GCRL 10941 (1), UF 42853 (14). •Valid as Lythrypnus brasiliensis Greenfield 1988 -- (Rocha & Rosa 2001:992 [ref. 25909], Moura et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:99 [ref. 27192], Van Tassell 2011:141 [ref. 31732], Carvalho-Filho in Marceniuk et al. 2021:246 [ref. 38945], Parenti 2021:195 [ref. 38603], Carvalho-Filho 2023:240 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Lythrypnus brasiliensis Greenfield 1988. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: Ceará south to São Paulo (Brazil). Habitat: marine.

brauneri, Benthophiloides Beling [D. E.] & Iljin [B. S.] 1927:309, Figs. 1-2, 5, 8 [Trav. Sta. Biol. Dniepre, Acad. Sci. Ukraine v. 3, livr. 7, no. 2; ref. 7211] Lower Dnieper River between Kherson and Kakhovka and southern Bug River between Novaya Odessa and Nikolayev, Ukraine. Syntypes: (34) ZIN 21989 (?). •Valid as Benthophiloides brauneri Beling & Iljin 1927 -- (Berg 1949:1107 [ref. 20662], Miller 1973:490 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1024 [ref. 13677], Coad 1995:29 [ref. 23608], Kottelat 1997:175 [ref. 22952], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:752 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:127 [ref. 23591], Vasil'eva 2003:S42 [ref. 28444], Pinchuk & Miller in Miller 2004:153 [ref. 27853], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:181 [ref. 28369], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:554 [ref. 29996], Vasil'eva 2007:149 [ref. 30517], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487], Esmaeili et al. 2010:376 [ref. 33391], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:184 [ref. 31737], Freyhof 2011:282 [ref. 31742], Parin et al. 2015:477 [ref. 33547], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:896 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:79 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:59 [ref. 36089], Manilo 2020:67 [ref. 37795], Parenti 2021:69 [ref. 38603], Zarei et al. 2022:164 [ref. 39576]). Current status: Valid as Benthophiloides brauneri Beling & Iljin 1927. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Sea of Azov and Black Sea basins, and Caspian Sea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

bravoi, Bathygobius Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1927:112, Pl. 8 (fig. 1) [Monographs, Bureau of Science Manila Monogr. 23; ref. 2104] Coral reef pool at Romblon, Romblon Province, Philippines. Lectotype: BSMP 13019 (lost). Syntypes: BSMP 26190 (1) destroyed, seen by Koumans. Additional material: BSMP (7) presumed destroyed. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:183 [ref. 2676]. Lectotype selected by Koumans 1940:183. •Synonym of Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Kottelat 2013:402 [ref. 32989] with question, Parenti 2021:101 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell 1830). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

bravoi, Macgregorella Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1940:363, Pl. 5 [Philippine Journal of Science v. 72 (no. 4); ref. 11010] Nasugbu, Batangas Province, Luzon Island, Philippines. Holotype: CAS-SU 33120. Paratypes: (5) CAS-SU 33121 (4). Additional material: CAS-SU 28066 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:114 [ref. 12291]. •Tentatively valid -- (Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122]). •Valid as Pipidonia bravoi (Herre 1940) -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:136 [ref. 25477]). •Valid as Gobiopsis bravoi (Herre 1940) -- (Allen 1997:218 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:256 [ref. 23965], Allen 2000:120 [ref. 25868], Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa 2010:97 [ref. 30809], Allen & Erdmann 2012:977 [ref. 31980], Parenti 2021:173 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gobiopsis bravoi (Herre 1940). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia, Philippines, Palau and Ryukyu Islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.

bretti, Coryogalops Goren [M.] 1991:3, Figs. 1-5 [The J.L.B Smith Institute of Ichthyology Special Publication No. 52; ref. 19343] Kwelera estuary (Cycad Krantz), 32°54'S, 28°05'E, Cape Province, South Africa. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 31626. Non-type material: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 74-95 (1 juv.). •Valid as Coryogalops bretti Goren 1991 -- (Schliewen 2011:216 [ref. 31738], Kovačić et al. 2014:513 [ref. 33562], Kovačić et al. 2016:343 [ref. 34349], Parenti 2021:118 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:66 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Coryogalops bretti Goren 1991. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: South Africa and Mascarenes (Mauritius). Habitat: brackish.

breviceps, Gobius Blyth [E.] 1858:271 [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 27 (no. 3); ref. 476] Port Blair, Andaman Islands. No types known. •Synonym of Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Kottelat 2013:402 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:101 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell 1830). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

brevifilis, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:90 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Puducherry, India. Syntypes: MNHN A-1357 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:27 [ref. 19958]. •Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Maugé 1986:387 [ref. 6218], Kottelat 2013:432 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:257 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:155 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

brevipinguis, Schindleria Watson [W.] & Walker [H. J., Jr.] 2004:140, Fig. 1 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 56 (no. 2); ref. 27773] Vicinity of Carter Reef, Queensland, Australia, 14°33.5'S, 145°35'E. Holotype: AMS I.23553-006. Paratypes: AMS I.23729-003 (1), I.26323-003 (1); QM I.33614 (1); SIO 03-35 (1). •Valid as Schindleria brevipinguis Watson & Walker 2004 -- (Kon et al. 2011:62 [ref. 31622], Fricke & Abu El-Regal 2017:7 [1889] [ref. 35135], Fricke & Abu El-Regal 2017:[3] [35704], Ahnelt & Sauberer 2018:100 [ref. 36360], Ahnelt & Sauberer 2020:454 [ref. 37294], Ahnelt 2020:205 [ref. 37500], Abu El-Regal et al. 2021:4 [ref. 38558], Parenti 2021:408 [ref. 38603], Ahnelt et al. 2022:557 [ref. 39483], Ahnelt et al. 2023:315 [ref. 40126], Ahnelt et al. 2024:3 [ref. 41012]). Current status: Valid as Schindleria brevipinguis Watson & Walker 2004. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Ryukyu Islands (Japan), Ogasawara Islands (Japan); Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia) and Coral Sea. Habitat: marine.

brevirostris, Gobius Günther [A.] 1861:41 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] China. Holotype (unique): BMNH 2005.10.3.1. •Valid as Ctenogobius brevirostris (Günther 1861) -- (Wu & Ni in Kuang et al. 1986:297 [ref. 26639]). •Valid as Amoya brevirostris (Günther 1861) -- (Parenti 2021:91 [ref. 38603]). •Valid as Creisson brevirostris (Günther 1861) -- (Endruweit 2024:76 [ref. 41040] with question). •Valid as Acentrogobius brevirostris (Günther 1861) -- (Kottelat 2013:397 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Acentrogobius brevirostris (Günther 1861). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: southeast China and northern Vietnam. Habitat: freshwater.

brevis, Amblyopus Günther [A.] 1864:151 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 (pt 1) (art. 3) (for 22 Mar. 1864); ref. 13930] El Salvador, Panama and Peru. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1864.1.26.416. •Valid as Gobioides brevis (Günther 1864) -- (Hoese in Fischer et al. 1995:1134 [ref. 22829]). •Not in Gobioides -- (Murdy 1998:130 [ref. 23380]). •Valid as Akko brevis (Günther 1864) -- (Van Tassell & Baldwin 2004:6 [ref. 27546], Acero P. et al. 2005:138 [ref. 28151], Van Tassell 2011:167 [ref. 31732], Parenti 2021:259 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Akko brevis (Günther 1864). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: El Salvador, Panama, Peru. Habitat: marine.

brevispinis, Gladiogobius Shibukawa [K.] & Allen [G. R.] 2007:198, Figs. 1B, 2A, 3A [Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A) v. 33 (no. 4); ref. 30644] Gilimanuk, 8°12'S, 114°27'E, inner lagoon, Bali, Indonesia, depth 1-1.5 meters. Holotype: NICP 6286. Paratypes: NSMT-P 55899 (2, 1 c&s); URM-P 4123 (2), 31223 (1), 35312 (2); WAM-P.31531-004 (1). Plus non-type material. •Valid as Gladiogobius brevispinis Shibukawa & Allen 2007 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2012:973 [ref. 31980], Parenti 2021:159 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gladiogobius brevispinis Shibukawa & Allen 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: eastern Indonesia east to Micronesia, north to China and Ryukyu Islands (Japan). Habitat: brackish, marine.

brevispinis, Microgobius Ginsburg [I.] 1939:56 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 29 (no. 2); ref. 12362] Balboa, (Pacific) Panama. Holotype: USNM 81842. Paratypes: CAS-SU 33209 (1); USNM 81841 (4), 81843 (2). •Valid as Microgobius brevispinis Ginsburg 1939 -- (Birdsong 1981:294 [ref. 5425], Allen & Robertson 1994:268 [ref. 22193], Hoese in Fischer et al. 1995:1135 [ref. 22829], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:450 [ref. 24550], Rüber et al. 2003:1598 [ref. 26969], Nelson et al. 2004:172 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:163 [ref. 37547], Van Tassell 2011:167 [ref. 31732], Tornabene et al. 2012:41 [ref. 32138], Page et al. 2013:178 [ref. 32708], Love et al. 2021:206 [ref. 39279], Parenti 2021:274 [ref. 38603], Page et al. 2023:123 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:322 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Microgobius brevispinis Ginsburg 1939. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Panama, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: brackish, marine.

britoi, Chromogobius Van Tassell [J. L.] 2001:1074, Figs. 1-4 [Copeia 2001 (no. 4); ref. 25824] Lanzarote, Puerto Del Carman, Canary Islands. Holotype: AMNH 59166. Paratypes: AMNH 59167-69 (1, 1, 1), 231799 (2, c&s), 231800 (1), 231802 (1); TFMC VP000490-91 (1, 3); UF 112064-65 (1, 1). •Valid as Chromogobius britoi Van Tassell 2001 -- (Beldade et al. 2006:608 [ref. 41549], Engin & Dalgiç 2008:197 [ref. 29601], Schliewen & Kovačić 2008:258 [ref. 29882], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:185 [ref. 31737], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2839 [ref. 34618], Bañón & Martínez 2019:290 [ref. 37094], Carneiro et al. 2019:179 [ref. 37250], Bañón & Maño 2021:92 [ref. 38887], Carballo et al. 2021:98 [ref. 39250], Parenti 2021:116 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Chromogobius britoi Van Tassell 2001. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Galicia (Spain) and Portugal; Madeira; Canary Islands (Spain). Habitat: marine.

brittanicus, Gobius Thompson [W.] 1837:61 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 5 (1837) (54); ref. 4388] Galway Bay, western coast of Ireland; Corfu [Kerkira Island], Greece, Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758 -- (Miller 1973:483 [ref. 6888], Miller 1990:936 [ref. 19376], Kottelat 1997:176 [ref. 22952], Parenti 2021:178 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

brochus, Gobiodon Harold [A. S.] & Winterbottom [R.] 1999:50, Figs. 1-5 [Copeia 1999 (no. 1); ref. 23701] Great Astrolabe Reef, Dravuni Island off Univ. of the South Pacific field station, Fiji, 18°45'19"S, 178°31'21"E, depth 4-6 meters. Holotype: ROM 45616. Paratypes: ROM 45614 (2), 45617-20 (1, 1, 1, 1), 64436 (2), 69539 (1), 70105 (1), 1482CS (1, c&s); USNM 340094 (6), 340097 (5), 340437 (9); plus nontype specimens. •Valid as Gobiodon brochus Harold & Winterbottom 1999 -- (Munday et al. 1999:56 [ref. 24284], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Randall et al. 2004:27 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:537 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1655 [ref. 29097], Harold et al. 2008:120 [ref. 29450], Shibukawa et al. 2013:161 [ref. 32951], Shibukawa et al. 2013:144 [ref. 32951], Parenti 2021:168 [ref. 38603], Hildebrandt et al. 2024:506 [ref. 41770]). Current status: Valid as Gobiodon brochus Harold & Winterbottom 1999. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland (Australia); New Caledonia; Fiji. Habitat: marine.

brocki, Gobiosoma Ginsburg [I.] 1938:58 [Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin v. 1 (no. 2); ref. 17145] Los Frailes, near Cape San Lucas, Baja California. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 36565 [not CAS-SU 32970 as published]. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:113 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Elacatinus digueti (Pellegrin 1901) -- (Thomson et al. 2000:235 [ref. 25640], Hoese & Reader 2001:161 [ref. 26035]). •Synonym of Tigrigobius digueti (Pellegrin 1901) -- (Parenti 2021:280 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Tigrigobius digueti (Pellegrin 1901). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

brunneus, Gobius Poey [F.] 1868:393 [Repertorio Fisico-Natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3505] Havana, Cuba. Syntypes: MCZ 13110 (2). Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:214 [ref. 22926] with largest specimen in MCZ 13110 as holotype. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Gobius brunneus Temminck & Schlegel 1845. •Synonym of Bathygobius soporator (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Tornabene et al. 2010:159, 163 [ref. 30990], Parenti 2021:104 [ref. 38603]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Bathygobius soporator (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

brunnoides, Gobius (Glossogobius) Nichols [J. T.] 1951:6, Fig. 4 [American Museum Novitates No. 1539; ref. 12905] Nondugl, Wahgi Valley, Papua New Guinea, elevation 5200 feet. Holotype: AMNH 19468. Paratypes: AMNH 19469 (4). •Valid as Glossogobius brunnoides (Nichols 1951) -- (Allen 1991:180 [ref. 21090], Hoese & Allen 2015:214 [ref. 33880], Parenti 2021:160 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Glossogobius brunnoides (Nichols 1951). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Papua New Guinea endemic. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

bryani, Kraemeria Schultz [L. P.] 1941:271, Fig. 1 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 31 (no. 6); ref. 12814] Malaekahana, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: USNM 109380. Paratypes: BPBM 4902 (3), 4904-05 (4, 6); CAS-SU 52004 [ex BPBM 4905] (1), 52005 [ex BPBM 4905] (1), USNM 116180-81 (2, 2). •Valid as Kraemeria bryani Schultz 1941 -- (Myers 1999:261 [ref. 23965], Larson 2001:3604 [ref. 26294], Mundy 2005:482 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:408 [ref. 30952], Parenti 2021:379 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Kraemeria bryani Schultz 1941. Gobiidae: Kraemeriinae. Distribution: Western Pacific, central Pacific: Marshall Islands, Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), Society Islands (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.

bryozophila, Sueviota Allen [G. R.], Erdmann [M. V.] & Cahyani [N. K. D.] 2016:78, Figs. 1-4 [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 20; ref. 34410] Ambon Bay, Ambon, Maluku Province, Indonesia, 3°42.003'S, 128°06.340'E, depth 20 meters. Holotype: MZB 22140. Paratypes: MZB, WAM. •Valid as Sueviota bryozophila Allen, Erdmann & Cahyani 2016 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2017:5 [ref. 35130], Greenfield & Randall 2017:9 [ref. 35230], Greenfield et al. 2019:83 [ref. 37043], Parenti 2021:225 [ref. 38603], Nunes Peinemann et al. 2024:26 [ref. 41563]). Current status: Valid as Sueviota bryozophila Allen, Erdmann & Cahyani 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Ambon to Sulawesi (Indonesia). Habitat: marine.

buanensis, Amblygobius perpusillus var. Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1927:230, Pl. 18 (fig. 2) [Monographs, Bureau of Science Manila Monogr. 23; ref. 2104] Puerto Princesa, Palawan; Buan Island, off eastern coast of Tawitrawi, Philippines. Syntypes: BSMP 5106 (1) and BSMP (1) presumed destroyed. •Valid as Amblygobius buanensis Herre 1927 -- (Myers 1999:242 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:635 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:118 [ref. 25868], Larson & Murdy 2001:3594 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:56 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:175 [ref. 27510], Allen & Erdmann 2012:955 [ref. 31980], Kottelat 2013:398 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2019:272 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:88 [ref. 38603], Jamandre 2023:167 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Amblygobius buanensis Herre 1927. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia east to Philippines and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), south to Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.

bucca, Varicus Robins [C. R.] & Böhlke [J. E.] 1961:47, Figs. 1-3 [Copeia 1961 (no. 1); ref. 3787] Saba Bank, between St. Kitts, British West Indies, and St. Croix Island, Virgin Islands, 17°33'N, 63°35'W, depth 125-132 fathoms. Holotype: ANSP 93083. Paratypes: FMNH 65608 (1), UF 207114 [ex UMML 7114] (1), USNM 143022 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:105 [ref. 13621], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:85 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Varicus bucca Robins & Böhlke 1961 -- (Hastings & Bortone 1981:435 [ref. 5246], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1795 [ref. 27111], Van Tassell 2011:156 [ref. 31732], Hastings & Findley 2015:594 [ref. 33639], Tornabene et al. 2016:13 [ref. 34435], Tornabene & Baldwin 2019:200 [ref. 36806], Parenti 2021:282 [ref. 38603], Fuentes et al. 2023:168 [ref. 40497]). Current status: Valid as Varicus bucca Robins & Böhlke 1961. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Greater Antilles. Habitat: marine.

buccatus, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:60 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] No locality. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-1362. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:28 [ref. 19958]. •Synonym of Caffrogobius nudiceps (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Parenti 2021:110 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:60 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Caffrogobius nudiceps (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

bucchichi, Gobius Steindachner [F.] 1870:627 [5], Pl. 2 (fig. 4) [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 61 (1. Abth.); ref. 4218] Hvar=Lesina, Croatia, 43°10'N, 16°27'E, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea). Lectotype: NMW 28783. Paralectotypes: (several) NMW 28784-90 (1 ea.), 28791-92 (2, 1); MSNG 12665 [ex NMW] (1); SMNS 2701 (1); ZMUO J1127 (1). Type catalog: Tortonese 1963:342 [ref. 10350], Pethon 1969:10 [ref. 19268], Fricke 1995:14 [ref. 28100], Fricke 2005:40 [ref. 29864]. On p. 5 of separate. Lectotype selected by Kovačić & Šanda 2016:11 [ref. 34173]. •Valid as Gobius bucchichi Steindachner 1870 -- (Miller 1973:485 [ref. 6888], Miller 1977:340 [ref. 41065], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1037 [ref. 13677], Brito & Miller 2001:266 [ref. 25096] as buchichii, Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:130 [ref. 26753], Vasil'eva 2003:S44 [ref. 28444], Golani 2005:56 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:103 [ref. 29533], Vasil'eva 2007:153 [ref. 30517], Kovačić & Golani 2008:418 [ref. 33214], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:63 [ref. 36649], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:186 [ref. 31737], Schliewen 2011:217 [ref. 31738], Parin et al. 2015:481 [ref. 33547], Kovačić & Sanda 2016:1114 [ref. 34173], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2840 [ref. 34618], Carneiro et al. 2019:180 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:100 [ref. 36864], Bariche & Fricke 2020:71 [ref. 37515], Kovačić 2020:77 [ref. 37932], Kovačić et al. 2020:24 [ref. 37519], Manilo 2020:73 [ref. 37795], Abliazov et al. 2021:11 [ref. 38576], Golani 2021:73 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:40 [ref. 39014], Parenti 2021:175 [ref. 38603], Bilecenoğlu & Yokeş 2022:50 [ref. 39456], Kovačić et al. 2022: 53 [ref. 39303], Renoult et al. 2022:47 [ref. 39288], Kovačić et al. 2023:5 [ref. 40095], Kesici et al. 2024:107 [ref. 41571]). Current status: Valid as Gobius bucchichi Steindachner 1870. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Central and eastern Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; Black Sea. Habitat: marine.

buchanani, Waitea Rao [V. V.] 1972:130, Fig. 1 [Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society v. 69 (pt 1) (for Apr. 1972); ref. 7656] Godavari River estuary, Andhra Pradesh, India. Holotype (unique): ZMAU. See Das 2003:374 [ref. 27706]. •Synonym of Mahidolia mystacina (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:938 [ref. 20764], Kottelat 2013:412 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:198 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Mahidolia mystacina (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

bulbiceps, Cryptocentroides Whitley [G. P.] 1953:129, Fig. 3 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 23 (no. 3); ref. 12672] Palm Island, northern Queensland, Australia. Holotype: QM I.10705 [ex DHMB 1782]. Paratypes: QM I.10704 (1). •Valid as Cryptocentrus bulbiceps (Whitley 1953) -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2004:168 [ref. 28074], Hoese & Larson 2006:1637 [ref. 29097], Parenti 2021:125 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Cryptocentrus bulbiceps (Whitley 1953). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.

bulejiensis, Monishia Hoda [S. M. S.] 1983:111, Fig. 1 [Biologia (Lahore) v. 29 (no. 1); ref. 8332] Buleji, Karachi coast, Pakistan. Holotype: ROM 37395. Paratypes: AMS I.36100-001 (1), CEMBP 203 (7), ROM 37711 (8). Also appeared as new in Hoda 1983:142 [ref. 8214]. •Valid as Coryogalops bulejiensis (Hoda 1983) -- (Goren 1985:3 [ref. 5179], Goren 1991:2 [ref. 19343], Randall 1995:331 [ref. 22896], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Kovačić et al. 2014:513 [ref. 33562], Kovačić et al. 2016:343 [ref. 34349], Parenti 2021:118 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:67 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Coryogalops bulejiensis (Hoda 1983). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: Oman and Pakistan. Habitat: marine.

bulmeri, Glossogobius Whitley [G. P.] 1959:318 [Australian Zoologist v. 12 (pt 4); ref. 4729] Kwan Stream, flowing into lower Lanim River, Sepik River drainage, New Guinea. Holotype (unique): AMS IB.3564. •Valid as Glossogobius bulmeri Whitley 1959 -- (Allen & Coates 1990:105 [ref. 25561], Hoese & Allen 1990:118 [ref. 19360], Allen 1991:179 [ref. 21090], Hoese & Allen 2015:214 [ref. 33880], Parenti 2021:161 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Glossogobius bulmeri Whitley 1959. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Papua New Guinea endemic. Habitat: freshwater.

burmeisteri, Gobius Kessler [K. F.] 1877:26, Pl. 2 (fig. 5) [The Aralo-Caspian Expedition; ref. 2597] Poti, Black Sea, Georgia, Eurasia. Holotype (unique): ZIN (not found in 1996). •Synonym of Mesogobius gymnotrachelus (Kessler 1857) -- (Berg 1949:1098 [ref. 20662]). •Synonym of Neogobius gymnotrachelus (Kessler 1857) -- (Miller 1973:502 [ref. 6888], Kottelat 1997:178 [ref. 22952], Vasil'eva 1998:139 [ref. 23591], Pinchuk et al. 2003:265 [ref. 27349], Vasil'eva 2003:S50 [ref. 28444]). •Synonym of Ponticola gymnotrachelus (Kessler 1857) -- (Parin et al. 2014:498 [ref. 33547]). •Synonym of Babka gymnotrachelus (Kessler 1857) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30487], Parenti 2021:68 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Babka gymnotrachelus (Kessler 1857). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

burridgeae, Trimma Winterbottom [R.] 2016:28, Figs. 19-23, 31 [Zootaxa 4144 (no. 1); ref. 34613] Hatohobei State, South West Islands of Palau. Holotype: ROM 100153. Paratypes: ROM. Plus additional non-type material. Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:28, 31 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Trimma burridgeae Winterbottom 2016 -- (Viviani et al. 2016:4 [ref. 34831], Winterbottom 2017:568 [ref. 35329], Winterbottom & Erdmann 2018:480 [ref. 36013], Winterbottom 2019:28, 31 [ref. 37115], Parenti 2021:232 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Trimma burridgeae Winterbottom 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific Ocean: Palau; ?Mariana Islands. Habitat: marine.

burtoni, Gobius O'Shaughnessy [A. W. E.] 1875:144 [1] [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 15 (no. 86) (art. 19); ref. 18481] Fernando Póo Island [Bioco Island], Equatorial Guinea, Gulf of Guinea. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1863.4.16.9. On p. 1 of separate. •Synonym of Bathygobius soporator (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Maugé 1986:362 [ref. 6218]). •Valid as Bathygobius burtoni (O'Shaughnessy 1875) -- (Miller & Smith 1989:295 [ref. 25535], Miller 1990:925 [ref. 19376], Afonso et al. 1999:79 [ref. 25466], Wirtz et al. 2007:20, 39 [ref. 30263], Schliewen 2011:214 [ref. 31738], Félix et al. 2016:D [4] [ref. 34346], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2839 [ref. 34618], Rodríguez-Rey et al. 2017:11 [ref. 35433], Reiner 2019:257 [ref. 38139], Parenti 2021:99 [ref. 38603], Fermon et al. 2022:223 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Bathygobius burtoni (O'Shaughnessy 1875). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Ghana south to Gabon, including Bioko (Equatorial Guinea), and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: brackish, marine.

bynoensis, Gobius Richardson [J.] 1844:1, Pl. 1 (figs. 1-2) [Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror v. 2 (2); ref. 3740] Coasts of Western Australia [actual Bynoe Harbour, Northern Territory]. Holotype (unique): BMNH 2012.11.8.5 (lost). Holotype lost (James Maclaine, personal communication, Feb. 2019). •Valid as Amblygobius bynoensis (Richardson 1844) -- (Larson & Williams 1997:367 [ref. 23967], Kuiter 1997:344 [ref. 25488], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:635 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3594 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:56 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Adrim et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27715] with distribution change, Hoese & Larson 2006:1621 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2013:189 [ref. 32988], Parenti 2021:88 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Amblygobius bynoensis (Richardson 1844). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Sea and Indonesia east to Philippines, south to Western Australia. Habitat: marine.

cableae, Eleotrica Ginsburg [I.] 1933:11, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 82 (no. 2961); ref. 1800] San Cristóbal Island [Chatham Island], Galápagos Islands. Holotype: USNM 65517. Additional material: (2) mentioned but not studied. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:132 [ref. 2676]. •Valid as Eleotrica cableae Ginsburg 1933 -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:263 [ref. 22193], Birdsong & Robins 1995:682 [ref. 21667], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:548 [ref. 24023], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:194 [ref. 30957], Van Tassell 2011:153 [ref. 31732], Tornabene et al. 2016:13 [ref. 34435], Parenti 2021:268 [ref. 38603], Grove et al. 2022:18 [ref. 41326]). Current status: Valid as Eleotrica cableae Ginsburg 1933. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) endemic. IUCN (2022): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

cacabet, Illana Smith [H. M.] & Seale [A.] 1906:80, Fig. [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 19; ref. 4059] Rio Grande, Mindanao, Philippines. Holotype: USNM 55622. Paratypes: BSMP 10603 [ex 4258] (1) destroyed, USNM 126396 [ex USBF 1484 and 4242] (3). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:129, 191 [ref. 2676]. •Synonym of Illana bicirrhosus (Weber 1894) -- (Wu in Pan et al. 1991:467 [ref. 23876]). •Synonym of Glossogobius bicirrhosus (Weber 1894) -- (Kottelat 2013:407 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:160 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Glossogobius bicirrhosus (Weber 1894). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

caeruleolineatus, Parioglossus Suzuki [T.], Yonezawa [T.] & Sakaue [J.] 2010:32, Figs. 1-4 [Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A) Supplement No. 4; ref. 30805] Uchiumi, Amani-oshima Island, Amami Group, Ryukyu Islands, Japan (28°17'20"N, 129°26'43"E), depth 0.5 meters. Holotype: OMNH-P 35160. Paratypes: KAUM-I 21465 (1), 21466 (1); KPM-NI 23891 (1); NSMT-P 96052 (1); OMNH-P 35161 (1), 35162 (1, c&s); ROM 84674 (1). Plus non-type photographed specimens. •Valid as Parioglossus caeruleolineatus Suzuki, Yonezawa & Sakaue 2010 -- (Parenti 2021:401 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Parioglossus caeruleolineatus Suzuki, Yonezawa & Sakaue 2010. Gobiidae: Ptereleotrinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Ryukyu Islands (Japan). Habitat: brackish, marine.

caeruleomaculatus, Mars Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1933:22 [Copeia 1933 (no. 1); ref. 2106] Tide flats at Jolo, Sulu Islands, Philippines. Holotype: CAS-SU 25502. Paratypes: CAS-SU 16959 (5). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:147 [ref. 2676] as coeruleo-maculatus, Böhlke 1953:115 [ref. 12291]. Originally as caeruleo-maculatus. •Synonym of Cryptocentrus octofasciatus Regan 1908 -- (Allen 1997:216 [ref. 23977] as octafasciatus). •Valid as Cryptocentrus caeruleomaculatus (Herre 1933) -- (Yanagisawa 1978:278 [ref. 7028], Allen & Swainston 1988:134 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1997:530 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:239 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1226 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293], Sakai et al. 2001:110 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:1226 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:642 [ref. 27495], Hoese & Larson 2004:168 [ref. 28074], Randall et al. 2005:128 [ref. 28745], Hoese & Larson 2006:1637 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:147 [ref. 29532], Shibukawa 2009:267 [ref. 30449], Motomura et al. 2010:208 [ref. 31256], Allen & Randall 2011:559 [ref. 31615], Allen & Erdmann 2012:869 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:194 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:161 [ref. 33932], Allen 2015:72 [ref. 33923], Koeda et al. 2016:90 [ref. 35333], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:258 [ref. 36460], Hoese 2019:31 [ref. 36472], Parenti 2021:125 [ref. 38603], Fujiwara et al. 2022:91 [ref. 39094], Larson 2022:71 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Cryptocentrus caeruleomaculatus (Herre 1933). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Sea east to Solomon Islands, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to Western Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

caeruleomarginata, Ptereleotris Allen [G. R.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2012:1190, Figs. 1-3 [Reef fishes of the East Indies.; ref. 31980] Havelock Island, 12°03.297'N, 92°57.2525'E, Andaman Islands, depth 45 meters. Holotype (unique): WAM P.33246-004. •Valid as Ptereleotris caeruleomarginata Allen & Erdmann 2012 -- (Parenti 2021:404 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Ptereleotris caeruleomarginata Allen & Erdmann 2012. Gobiidae: Ptereleotrinae. Distribution: Northeastern Indian Ocean: Andaman Islands (India). Habitat: marine.

caeruleopunctatus, Gobius Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1830:134 [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Lectotype: SMF 1936. Paralectotypes and Rüppell spec.: BMNH 1860.11.19.68-69 (2); NMW 29156-57 (1, 1); RMNH 1860 (1?), 1900 (1), 1901 (1?); SMF 4771-72 (2). Lectotype established by Dor 1984:242 [ref. 29757] if not designated earlier. •Valid as Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Goren 1979:28 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:242 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:64 [ref. 25356], Hoese & Larson 2004:169 [ref. 28074], Randall 2005:527 [ref. 28239], Hoese et al. 2011:168 [ref. 31450], Freinschlag & Patzner 2012:42 [ref. 31789], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[6] 244 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:150 [ref. 36273], Kovačić 2020:76 [ref. 37932], Golani 2021:73 [ref. 38303], Goren & Stern 2021:12 [ref. 38671], Kovačić et al. 2021:39 [ref. 39014], Parenti 2021:125 [ref. 38603], Ergüden et al. 2022:289 [ref. 39399], Kovačić et al. 2022: 47 [ref. 39303], Larson 2022:72 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:9 [ref. 40247], Kovačić et al. 2023:132 [ref. 40094], Badreddine et al. 2024:31 [ref. 41457]). Current status: Valid as Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus (Rüppell 1830). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden. Eastern Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant). Habitat: marine.

caesiura, Trimma Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:391, Fig. 83 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51772 [not 31772]. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:124 [ref. 2676]. •Valid as Trimma caesiura Jordan & Seale 1906 -- (Yoshino & Shimada in Masuda et al. 1984:245 [ref. 6441], Myers 1999:260 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1176 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:121 [ref. 25868], Larson & Murdy 2001:3600 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1176 [ref. 26193], Winterbottom & Villa 2003:19 [ref. 26965], Myers & Donaldson 2003:645 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:552 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1688 [ref. 29097], Hagiwara & Winterbottom 2007:164 [ref. 29103], Motomura et al. 2010:220 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:935 [ref. 31980], Winterbottom 2014:214 [ref. 33327], Winterbottom et al. 2014:382 [ref. 33402], Winterbottom & Hoese 2015:19, 41 [ref. 33709], Suzuki et al. 2015:67 [ref. 33746], Allen 2019:45 [ref. 36486], Winterbottom 2019:9 [ref. 37115], Parenti 2021:232 [ref. 38603], Chen & Harefa 2024:60 [ref. 41738]). Current status: Valid as Trimma caesiura Jordan & Seale 1906. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Palau and Papua New Guinea east to Marshall Islands, Samoa and Niue, Taiwan north to Japan, south to Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia), New Caledonia and Fiji. Habitat: marine.

caffer, Gobius Günther [A.] 1874:453 [5] [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 14 (no. 84) (art. 55); ref. 5753] Port Elizabeth, South Africa, western Indian Ocean. Syntypes: (2) BMNH 1871.4.21.17. •Valid as Caffrogobius caffer (Günther 1874) -- (Hoese 1986:783 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:362 [ref. 6218], Randall 1995:795 [ref. 22357], Goren 1996:7 [ref. 24415], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:395 [ref. 28072], Schliewen 2011:214 [ref. 31738], Parenti 2021:109 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Caffrogobius caffer (Günther 1874). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic and southwestern Indian Ocean: southern Africa. Habitat: marine.

calamianensis, Ctenogobius Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1934:83 [Notes on fishes in the Zoological Museum of Stanford University. 1. The fishes of the Herre Philippine expedition of 1931.; ref. 2108] Tide pool on an islet in Culion harbor, Calamianes, Philippines. Holotype: CAS-SU 26388. Paratypes: CAS-SU 16960 (1). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:148 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:110 [ref. 12291]. •Species inquirenda -- (Parenti 2021:439 [ref. 38603]). •Valid as Acentrogobius calamianensis (Herre 1934) -- (Pezold 2022:68 [ref. 39351]). Current status: Uncertain as Acentrogobius calamianensis (Herre 1934). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Calamianes (Philippines). Habitat: brackish, marine.

calderae, Gobius Evermann [B. W.] & Seale [A.] 1906:511, Fig. 3 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 31 (no. 1491); ref. 15657] Caldera Bay, Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippines. Holotype: USNM 55625 [not 53625]. Paratypes: (3) MCZ 36018 (1). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:128 [ref. 2676]. •Synonym of Istigobius ornatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Murdy & Hoese 1985:9 [ref. 5237], Kottelat 2013:411 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:188 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Istigobius ornatus (Rüppell 1830). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

caledonicus, Gobius Sauvage [H.-E.] 1880:46 [7] [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 4; ref. 3887] New Caledonia. Syntypes: MNHN A-1324 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:28 [ref. 19958]. On p. 7 of separate. •Synonym of Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Akihito & Meguro 1980:221 [ref. 6920], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:349 [ref. 28867], Kottelat 2013:402 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:101 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell 1830). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

caledonicus, Lepidoblennius Sauvage [H.-E.] 1874:338 [Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Sér. 3) v. 2 [1874]; ref. 3873] New Caledonia, southwestern Pacific. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-8158. Type catalog: Bauchot 1967:55 [ref. 20734]. The holotype of Lepidoblennius caledonicus Sauvage 1874 is a microdesmid, not a clinid (R. Fricke, unpublished, Sept. 2009). The New Caledonian clinid species is still undescribed. •Valid as Springeratus caledonicus (Sauvage 1874) -- (Hoese 2006:1538 [ref. 28998] in Clinidae, Patzner et al. 2009:468 [ref. 30396] in Clinidae). •Status uncertain; in the family Microdesmidae (not a Springeratus). Gobiidae: Microdesminae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

callidus, Gobius Smith [J. L. B.] 1937:197 [Annals of the Natal Museum v. 8 (pt 2); ref. 6553] Bushman's River, Alicedale, Cape Province, South Africa. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 305 [ex AMG]. Replacement name for Gobius gulosus Smith 1936, preoccupied by Gobius gulosus Girard 1858. •Valid as Glossogobius callidus (Smith 1937) -- (Hoese 1986:790 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:368 [ref. 6218], Skelton 1993:365 [ref. 24071], Skelton 2001:365 [ref. 27406], Schliewen 2011:217 [ref. 31738], Marshall 2011:266 [ref. 31755], Kramer et al. 2016:unnumbered p. [ref. 34331], Fricke et al. 2018:331 [ref. 35805], Parenti 2021:161 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:92 [ref. 39971]). Replacement Name. Current status: Valid as Glossogobius callidus (Smith 1937). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic, southwestern Indian Ocean: Namibia south to Cape of Goof Hope (South Africa), then north to East Africa (Malawi, Mozambique), east to Aldabra (Seychelles) and Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

calliurus, Gnatholepis Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1905:796, Fig. 14 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 28 (no. 1407); ref. 2495] Negros, Philippines. Holotype: USNM 51944 (1 of 3). Paratypes: (4) CAS-SU 9129 (1), USNM 51944 (2 of 3). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:123 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:112 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Gnatholepis baliurus (Valenciennes 1837), but genus undetermined -- (Randall & Greenfield 2001:1 [ref. 25675]). •Synonym of Arcygobius baliurus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Larson & Wright 2003:131 [ref. 27481], Larson & Buckle 2012:5 [ref. 32272], Kottelat 2013:399 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:94 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Arcygobius baliurus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

calliurus, Ioglossus Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] (ex Bean) 1882:297 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 5 (no. 282); ref. 2472] Pensacola, Florida, U.S.A. (stomach contents). Syntypes: USNM 30198 (1), 30797 (2). Appeared first as name only in Goode & Bean 1882:236 [ref. 20598], then as above. Appeared later as Bean in Goode & Bean 1882:419 [ref. 1840]; specimens used in 1882:419 are USNM 30198 (1) and 30797 (2). •Valid as Ioglossus calliurus Jordan & Gilbert 1882 -- (Burgess et al. 1980:82 [ref. 41504], Robins & Ray 1986:248 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:165 [ref. 23239]). •Valid as Ptereleotris calliura (Jordan & Gilbert 1882) -- (Schwartz 1999:289 [ref. 25307], Gasparini et al. 2001:110 [ref. 25302] as calliurus, Bussing 2001:138 [ref. 26033] as calliurus, Murdy & Hoese 2003:1794 [ref. 27111] as calliurus, Ross & Rhode 2004:315 [ref. 27789] as calliurus Bean 1882, Nelson et al. 2004:174 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:726 [ref. 28815], Van Tassell 2011:147 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:179 [ref. 32708], Robertson et al. 2016:148 [ref. 34961], Parenti 2021:404 [ref. 38603], Page et al. 2023:125 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:328 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Ptereleotris calliura (Jordan & Gilbert 1882). Gobiidae: Ptereleotrinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Massachusetts south to Florida (U.S.A.), including Gulf of Mexico (U.S.A., Mexico). IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

callopareia, Amblyeleotris Polunin [N. V. C.] & Lubbock [R.] 1979:241, Fig. 2 [Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology v. 36 (no. 4); ref. 8796] 50-100 meters seaward east of South Island, Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, depth 26 meters. Holotype: BMNH 1978.2.28.1. Paratypes: AMS I.20689-001 (1), USNM 218980 (1). •Valid as Amblyeleotris callopareia Polunin & Lubbock 1979 -- (Mohlmann & Munday 1999:62 [ref. 24273], Aonuma et al. 2000:117 [ref. 24522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3594 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1618 [ref. 29097], Chen et al. 2006:2563 [ref. 29024], Parenti 2021:83 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Amblyeleotris callopareia Polunin & Lubbock 1979. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.

callopterus, Cryptocentrus Smith [H. M.] 1945:552, Pl. 9 (fig. B) [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 188; ref. 4056] Estuary of Chantabun River [Chantaburi River], southeastern Thailand. Holotype: USNM 119572. Paratypes: USNM 119573-76 (4, 1, 1, 2). Type catalog: Vilasri et al. 2018:63 [ref. 36451]. •Valid as Cryptocentrus callopterus Smith 1945 -- (Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122], Kottelat 2013:405 [ref. 32989], Vilasri et al. 2018:63 [ref. 36451], Parenti 2021:125 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Cryptocentrus callopterus Smith 1945. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Gulf of Thailand (Thailand). Habitat: brackish, marine.

calvatus, Amblygobius Allen [G. R.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2016:13, Figs. 1A, 2-4 [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 24; ref. 35073] Big Lagoon, Miniloc Island, off El Nido, northern Palawan, Philippines, 11°09.226'N, 119°19.300'E, depth 18-20 meters. Holotype: WAM P.32885-002. Paratypes: USNM, WAM. •Valid as Amblygobius calvatus Allen & Erdmann 2016 -- (Parenti 2021:88 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Amblygobius calvatus Allen & Erdmann 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Palawan (Philippines). Habitat: marine.

caminatus, Lioteres (Lioteres) Smith [J. L. B.] 1958:156, Fig. 11 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 11; ref. 4118] Shimoni, Kenya, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 230. Paratypes: AMS I.19419-001 (3); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 10975-76 (22, 14), 10977-80 (1, 1, 1, 4). •Valid as Hetereleotris caminata (Smith 1958) -- (Hoese 1986:792 [ref. 5670], Hoese 1986:9 [ref. 5996], Hoese & Larson 2005:15 [ref. 28571], Shibukawa 2010:90 [ref. 30808], Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2014:480 [ref. 33169], Kovačić et al. 2014:123 [ref. 33446], Kovačić et al. 2019:504 [ref. 36728], Parenti 2021:185 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:106 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Hetereleotris caminata (Smith 1958). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya). Habitat: marine.

campbelli, Ctenogobius Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:62, Fig. 8 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 24 (no. 1244); ref. 2509] Wakanoura, Kii Province, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, Inland Sea. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 6450. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:141 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:110 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Gobius ornatus Rüppell 1830, but a valid subspecies -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:356 [ref. 7348]). •Valid as Istigobius campbelli (Jordan & Snyder 1901) -- (Murdy & McEachran 1982:645 [ref. 8437], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:252 [ref. 6441], Murdy & Hoese 1985:18 [ref. 5237], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1213 [ref. 25182], Sakai et al. 2001:112 [ref. 25693], Shimizu 2001:41 [ref. 25799], Nakabo 2002:1213 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:399, 661 [ref. 26218], Matsui et al. 2014:10 [ref. 33344], Kwun et al. 2017:143 [ref. 37287], Kim et al. 2020:169 [ref. 39118] as cambelli, Sonoyama et al. 2020:105 [ref. 37637], Parenti 2021:187 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Istigobius campbelli (Jordan & Snyder 1901). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Korea and Japan. Habitat: marine.

cana, Trimma Winterbottom [R.] 2004:8, Figs. 1-3, 4A-B, 5A [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 9 (no. 1); ref. 28043] Tonga Point, 9°12'17"N, 123°27'14"E, Siquijor Island, Mindanao Sea, Philippines, depth 9-21.5 meters. Holotype: ROM 73776. Paratypes: AMS I.27373-002 (1), I.21918-029 (3), I.21927-011 (1); ROM 49215 (2), 53070-73 (1, 1, 4, 5), 53076 (3, now 2), 1148CS (3, c&s); USNM 264713 (1), 313337 (1), 313351 (6), 313528 (6), 313538 (4), 313545 (1). Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:44 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Trimma cana Winterbottom 2004 -- (Hagiwara & Winterbottom 2007:164 [ref. 29103], Allen & Erdmann 2012:936 [ref. 31980], Allen 2015:46 [ref. 33704], Winterbottom & Hoese 2015:11[ref. 33709], Winterbottom et al. 2015:210 [ref. 33849], Viviani et al. 2016:8 [ref. 34831], Winterbottom 2019:44 [ref. 37115], Parenti 2021:232 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Trimma cana Winterbottom 2004. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia east to Marshall Islands and Fiji, north to Philippines. Habitat: marine.

canalae, Gobius Sauvage [H.-E.] 1881:102 [2] [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 5; ref. 18664] Canala, New Caledonia. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-3703. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:28 [ref. 19958]. On p. 2 of separate. •Synonym of Exyrias puntang (Bleeker 1851) -- (Murdy 1985:10 [ref. 19200], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:350 [ref. 28867], Kottelat 2013:407 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:154 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Exyrias puntang (Bleeker 1851). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

canalis, Gobiopsis Lachner [E. A.] & McKinney [J. F.] 1978:15, Pl. 9a, b [Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 262; ref. 6603] East of Hindarabi, Iran, Persian Gulf, 26°41'N, 53°46'E, depth 13 meters. Holotype: ZMUC P781424. Paratypes: CAS-SU 40079 (1). •Valid as Gobiopsis canalis Lachner & McKinney 1978 -- (Randall 1995:337 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:213 [ref. 23922], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Shibukawa 2010:97 [ref. 30809], Eagderi et al. 2019:64 [ref. 37020], Jawad et al. 2020:29 [ref. 37895], Parenti 2021:173 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:100 [ref. 39971], Patra et al. 2023:[2] [ref. 40613]). Current status: Valid as Gobiopsis canalis Lachner & McKinney 1978. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf and Oman east to India. IUCN (2019): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

canariensis, Vanneaugobius Van Tassell [J. L.], Miller [P. J.] & Brito [A.] 1988:555, Figs. 5-7 [Journal of Natural History v. 22 (no. 2); ref. 16289] Arguineguin, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Holotype: AMNH 57164. Paratypes: AMNH 57165-70 (1, 5, 2, 1, 2, 2); ZMUC uncat (8 or 5). •Valid as Vanneaugobius canariensis Van Tassell, Miller & Brito 1988 -- (Miller 1990:948 [ref. 19376], Brito & Miller 2001:274 [ref. 25096], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:188 [ref. 31737], Wirtz et al. 2013:134 [ref. 32972], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2841 [ref. 34618], Carneiro et al. 2019:184 [ref. 37250], Carballo et al. 2021:126 [ref. 39250], Parenti 2021:256 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Vanneaugobius canariensis Van Tassell, Miller & Brito 1988. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Madeira (Portugal), Canary Islands (Spain) and Cape Verde Islands. Habitat: marine.

caniculus, Gobius Amaoka [K.] & Fujii [R.] 1999:163 [Preliminary taxonomic and historical studies on Prof. Ludwig Döderlein's collection of Japanese animals; ref. 26515] Yedo, Japan. Name only listed in association with museum specimen (ZMB 12082), and no description given. Same specimen identified as Acentrogobius pflaumii (Bleeker 1853). Nomen Nudum. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

caninoides, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1852:274 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 3 (no. 2); ref. 16825] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (3) RMNH 4544 (2 or 3 of 6). Original as caninoïdes. •Valid as Oplopomus caninoides (Bleeker 1852) -- (Randall & Goren 1993:15 [ref. 21131], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:297 [ref. 24014], Larson & Williams 1997:369 [ref. 23967], Iwata et al. 1998:117 [ref. 23379], Suzuki et al. 1999:4 [ref. 24395], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:639 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1195 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1195 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Randall 2005:543 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1668 [ref. 29097], Shibukawa 2009:280 [ref. 30449], Allen & Erdmann 2012:983 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:202 [ref. 32988], Prokofiev 2016:648 [ref. 35020], Motomura et al. 2017:199 [ref. 35490], Parenti 2021:204 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:117 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Oplopomus caninoides (Bleeker 1852). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Persian Gulf, Madagascar and Maldives east to Solomon Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

caninus, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:86 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: MNHN A-1369 (1), 7193 to 7194 (1, 1); RMNH 1867 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:28 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Gobius caninus Valenciennes 1837 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:356 [ref. 7348]). •Valid as Creisson caninus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Endruweit 2024:77 [ref. 41040]). •Valid as Acentrogobius caninus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Maugé 1986:358 [ref. 6218], Wu & Ni in Kuang et al. 1986:286 [ref. 26639] with authors as Cuvier & Valenciennes, Ataur Rahman 1989:309 [ref. 24860], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:476 [ref. 23876], Kottelat et al. 1993:141 [ref. 23448], Randall 1995:795 [ref. 22357], Rainboth 1996:197 [ref. 22772], Larson & Williams 1997:367 [ref. 23967], Yoshigou & Yoshino 1999:4 [ref. 24397], Johnson 1999:748 [ref. 25471], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:635 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1243 [ref. 25182], Kottelat 2001:60 [ref. 25482], Sakai et al. 2001:108 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3594 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1243 [ref. 26193], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Ataur Rahman 2003:336 [ref. 31338], Hoese & Larson 2006:1616 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:145 [ref. 29532], Shibukawa 2009:258 [ref. 30449], Allen & Erdmann 2012:953 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:188 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:189 [ref. 34464], Allen 2015:7 [ref. 33699], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2015:78 [ref. 34319], Prokofiev 2016:636 [ref. 35020], Allen 2017:108 [ref. 35601], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:254 [ref. 36460], Parenti 2021:78 [ref. 38603], Taki et al. 2021:435 [ref. 39830], Thu & Thao 2023:640 [ref. 40499]). Current status: Valid as Acentrogobius caninus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Sri Lanka east to Vietnam, Caroline Islands and Fiji, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: brackish, marine.

capensis, Gobius Castelnau [F. L.] 1861:55 [Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe; ref. 767] Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Syntypes: MNHN A-1376 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:28 [ref. 19958]. •Synonym of Caffrogobius nudiceps (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Maugé 1986:363 [ref. 6218], Miller 1990:927 [ref. 19376], Goren 1996:14 [ref. 24415], Parenti 2021:110 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:60 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Caffrogobius nudiceps (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

capitlineata, Silhouettea Randall [J. E.] 2008:293, Figs. 4-6 [Micronesica v. 40 (no 1/2); ref. 29721] Lagoon side of Uligo Island, 7°06'33.2"N, 171°22' 07.1"E, Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands, depth 7 meters. Holotype: BPBM 39679. •Valid as Silhouettea capitlineata Randall 2008 -- (Kovačić et al. 2020:55 [ref. 37377], Akaike et al. 2021:30 [ref. 38809], Parenti 2021:222 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Silhouettea capitlineata Randall 2008. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan); Marshall Islands. IUCN (2024): Not Assessed. Habitat: marine.

capito, Gobius Cuvier [G.] 1829:243 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Available from brief description and reference to "Gesner. 396." Usually dated to Valenciennes 1837, which is based on specimens. Also in Griffith & Smith 1834:Pl. 38 (fig. 1) (opp. p. 238) [ref. 1908]. Current status: Synonym of Gobius. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

capito, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:21 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Martigues and Naples, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: MNHN A-1162 (1) Martiques, A-1167 (1) Naples. See Gobius capito Cuvier 1829. Previously appeared in Griffith & Smith 1834:Pl. 38 (fig. 1) (opp. p. 238) [ref. 1908] (available from figure caption). •Valid as Gobius capito Valenciennes 1837 -- (Herrera 1896:61 [ref. 39336]). •Synonym of Gobius cobitis Pallas 1814 -- (Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1038 [ref. 13677]). •Synonym of Gobius paganellus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Miller 1973:487 [ref. 6888], Miller 1990:937 [ref. 19376], Vasil'eva 2003:S45 [ref. 28444], Parin et al. 2014:483 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:180 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius paganellus Linnaeus 1758. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

capitonellus, Gobius Kessler [K. F.] 1874:228 [38] [Trudy St.-Peterburgskogo Obscestva Estestvoispytatelej = Travaux de la Société des Naturalistes de St. Pétersbourg. v. 5; ref. 18397] Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine. Syntypes: ZIN 2127 (2). •Synonym of Gobius paganellus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Miller 1973:487 [ref. 6888], Miller 1990:937 [ref. 19376], Vasil'eva 2003:S45 [ref. 28444], Parin et al. 2014:483 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:180 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius paganellus Linnaeus 1758. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

capostriatus, Zonogobius Goren [M.] 1981:94, Fig. 1 [Cybium 3e série. Bulletin de la Société Française d'Ichtyologie v. 5 (no. 3); ref. 8597] Canala Bay, New Caledonia. Holotype: MNHN 1980-1072. Paratypes: MNHN 1980-0660 (4). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:46 [ref. 19958], Winterbottom 2019:54 [ref. 37115]. •Synonym of Trimma striatus (Herre 1945) -- (Winterbottom 1996:57 [ref. 22223], Winterbottom 2002:45 [ref. 26166]). •Synonym of Trimma striata (Herre 1945) -- (Randall 2005:553 [ref. 28239], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:352 [ref. 28867]). •Valid as Trimma capostriatum (Goren 1981) -- (Winterbottom et al. 2014:378 [ref. 33402], Winterbottom & Hoese 2015:21, 84 [ref. 33709], Hoese et al. 2015:539 [ref. 33990], Winterbottom 2019:54 [ref. 37115], Parenti 2021:232 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Trimma capostriatum (Goren 1981). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Palau; New Britain (Papua New Guinea) and Queensland (Australia) east to Solomon Islands and Vanuatu; ?Fiji. Habitat: marine.

cardinalis, Kelloggella Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:409, Pl. 53 (fig. 1) [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Pago Pago, American Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51785 (1 of 2). Paratypes: CAS-SU 8699 (1), USNM 51785 (1 of 2). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:126 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:114 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Kelloggella cardinalis Jordan & Seale 1906 -- (Kuramochi 1980:256 [ref. 39544], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:268 [ref. 6441], Myers 1999:257 [ref. 23965], Allen 2000:93 [ref. 37268] as Kellogella c., Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1205 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1205 [ref. 26193], Myers & Donaldson 2003:644 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:540 [ref. 28239], Randall 2009:184 [ref. 30557], Allen & Erdmann 2012:925 [ref. 31980], Koeda et al. 2016:92 [ref. 35333], Tornabene et al. 2017:1 [ref. 35703], Parenti 2021:189 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Kelloggella cardinalis Jordan & Seale 1906. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Christmas Island; Philippines east to Guam, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.

carinata, Ptereleotris Bussing [W. A.] 2001:134 [Revista de Biología Tropical v. 49 (Suppl. 1); ref. 26033] Isla San José, Perlas Islands, Panama, 08°14'N, 79°02'W, depth 12-15 meters. Holotype: USNM 322699. Paratypes: SIO 65-290-58 (3); UCR 2269-1 (2), 2400-1 (1); USNM 322701 (2), 356855 (9). Type catalog: Angulo et al. 2015:382 [ref. 35212]. •Valid as Ptereleotris carinata Bussing 2001 -- (Nelson et al. 2004:174 [ref. 27807], Van Tassell 2011:147 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:179 [ref. 32708], Love et al. 2021:207 [ref. 39279], Parenti 2021:404 [ref. 38603], Page et al. 2023:125 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:328 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Ptereleotris carinata Bussing 2001. Gobiidae: Ptereleotrinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern tip of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Colombia, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.

carolinensis, Pleurosicya Larson [H. K.] 1990:18, Figs. 14-15 [The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences v. 7 (no. 1); ref. 16607] Reef flat in Iwayama Bay, Palau, western Caroline Islands, western Pacific. Holotype: CAS 36875. Paratypes: AMS I.29785-001 (2); ANSP 165111 (5); CAS 36858 (2), 36860 (10), 36868 (1), 36871 (1), 36873-74 (2, 1); USNM 306882 (2). •Valid as Pleurosicya carolinensis Larson 1990 -- (Myers 1999:258 [ref. 23965], Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:189 [ref. 27510], Greenfield & Randall 2004:536 [ref. 28175], Allen & Erdmann 2012:905 [ref. 31980], Parenti 2021:211 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Pleurosicya carolinensis Larson 1990. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines and western Caroline Islands (Federated States of Micronesia). Habitat: marine.

caroliniensis, Gobius Gill [T. N.] 1863:268 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1691] Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): USNM (apparently lost). •Synonym of Bathygobius soporator (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Tornabene et al. 2010:159 [ref. 30990], Parenti 2021:104 [ref. 38603]) Current status: Synonym of Bathygobius soporator (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

carri, Microdesmus Gilbert [C. R.] 1966:326, Figs. 1A-B [Copeia 1966 (no. 2); ref. 9031] Western side of Tortuguero lagoon, Limon Province, Costa Rica. Holotype: UF 12012. Paratypes: ANSP 102210 (2); FMNH 72740 (2); TU 36400 (2); UF 11199 (1), 11297 (20, 2 c&s), 11199 (1), 215387 [ex UMML 15387] (2); UMMZ 187502 (2); USNM 208573 (2), 209096 (2). Type catalog: Suttkus 1970:128 [ref. 20861], Gilbert 1974:111 [ref. 21035], Böhlke 1984:127 [ref. 13621], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:56 [ref. 12367], Bart & Taylor 1993:65 [ref. 20906]. •Valid as Microdesmus carri Gilbert 1966 -- (Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:454 [ref. 24550], Smith & Thacker 2000:1005 [ref. 25199], Amaya et al. 2002:33 [ref. 26089], Smith et al. 2003:66 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:174 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:732 [ref. 28815], Matamoros et al. 2009:26 [ref. 31241], Van Tassell 2011:146 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:179 [ref. 32708], Parenti 2021:384 [ref. 38603], Carvalho-Filho 2023:243 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:125 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:327 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Microdesmus carri Gilbert 1966. Gobiidae: Microdesminae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Gulf of Mexico (Mexico) and Caribbean Sea south to Bahia (Brazil). IUCN (2015); Least Concern. Habitat: brackish, marine.

carri, Microgobius Fowler [H. W.] 1945:322, Figs. 232-234 [Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia No. 7; ref. 1453] Sanibel Island, Florida, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): ANSP 71187. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:105 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Microgobius carri Fowler 1945 -- (Birdsong 1981:281 [ref. 5425], Robins & Ray 1986:252 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:165 [ref. 23239], Schwartz 1999:288 [ref. 25307], Rüber et al. 2003:1598 [ref. 26969], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1794 [ref. 27111], Moura et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:100 [ref. 27192], Ross & Rhode 2004:313 [ref. 27789], Nelson et al. 2004:172 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:718 [ref. 28815], Van Tassell 2011:167 [ref. 31732], Van Tassell et al. 2012:88 [ref. 31948], Tornabene et al. 2012:41 [ref. 32138], Page et al. 2013:178 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:79 [ref. 33341], Robertson et al. 2020:155 [ref. 38098], Parenti 2021:274 [ref. 38603], Carvalho-Filho 2023:241 [ref. 40480] as aff. carri, Martínez-Servín et al. 2023:113 [ref. 40726], Page et al. 2023:123 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:322 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Microgobius carri Fowler 1945. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Georgia (U.S.A.) south to Trinidad and Tobago, including southern and eastern Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: brackish, marine.

casachicus, Benthophilus stellatus Ragimov [D. B.] 1978:725 [705], Fig. [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 18 (no. 5); ref. 8998] Kenderli Spit, eastern shore of the middle Caspian Sea, depth 36 meters. Holotype: ZISP 53661. Paratypes: (3) Caspian Biol. Station IZA 204 (2) whereabouts unknown. Description on p. 705 of English translation. •Mention -- (Kottelat 1997:176 [ref. 22952]). •Synonym of Benthophilus stellatus (Sauvage 1874), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Coad 1995:30 [ref. 23608]). •Valid as Benthophilus casachicus Ragimov 1978 -- (Reshetnikov et al. 1997:752 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:127 [ref. 23591], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:47 [ref. 26178], Vasil'eva & Miller in Miller 2004:182 [ref. 27853], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:215 [ref. 28183], Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2004:132 [ref. 28099], Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:69 [ref. 29150], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487], Esmaeili et al. 2010:376 [ref. 33391], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:897 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:80 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:60 [ref. 36089], Parenti 2021:69 [ref. 38603], Zarei et al. 2022:165 [ref. 39576]). Current status: Valid as Benthophilus casachicus Ragimov 1978. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Caspian Sea basin. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

casamancus, Gobius Rochebrune [A. T. de] 1880:163 [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 4; ref. 3790] Casamance River, Senegal, western Africa. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:55 [ref. 19958] as none at MNHN. •Valid as Bathygobius casamancus (Rochebrune 1880) -- (Maugé 1986:360 [ref. 6218], Miller & Smith 1989:299 [ref. 25535], Miller 1990:925 [ref. 19376], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:814 [ref. 21590], Brito & Miller 2001:254 [ref. 25096], Harrison et al. 2007:531 [ref. 30083], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:184 [ref. 31737], Schliewen 2011:214 [ref. 31738], Wirtz et al. 2013:132 [ref. 32972], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2839 [ref. 34618], Rodríguez-Rey et al. 2017:11 [ref. 35433], Skelton 2019:228 [ref. 36564], Parenti 2021:99 [ref. 38603], Fermon et al. 2022:223 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Bathygobius casamancus (Rochebrune 1880). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania south to Angola, including Cape Verde Islands and islands of the Gulf of Guinea. Habitat: brackish, marine.

caspium, Gobiosoma Kessler [K. F.] 1877:38, Pl. 3 (fig. 9) [The Aralo-Caspian Expedition; ref. 2597] Middle Caspian Sea, depth 66-140 feet [9.5 to 20 Russian fathoms]. Syntypes: (20) BMNH 1897.7.5.12 [ex ZIN] (1), ZIN 3874 (2), 10910 (2). •Valid as Caspiosoma caspium (Kessler 1877) -- (Berg 1949:1104 [ref. 20662], Miller 1973:491 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1028 [ref. 13677], Coad 1995:30 [ref. 23608], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:753 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:131 [ref. 23591], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:47 [ref. 26178], Vasil'eva 2003:S43 [ref. 28444], Pinchuk et al. in Miller 2004:141 [ref. 27853], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:219 [ref. 28183], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:564 [ref. 29996], Vasil'eva 2007:152 [ref. 30517], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:185 [ref. 31737], Freyhof 2011:283 [ref. 31742], Parin et al. 2015:479 [ref. 33547], Manilo 2020:68 [ref. 37795], Parenti 2021:72 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Caspiosoma caspium (Kessler 1877). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Northern Black Sea, Sea of Azov, and Caspian Sea basins. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

caspius, Gobius Eichwald [C. E. von] 1831:76 [Zoologia specialis quam expositis animalibus tum vivis Pars posterior [3]; ref. 5562] Caspian Sea. No types known. Also appeared as new in Eichward 1838:105 [ref. 34622]. •Valid as Neogobius caspius (Eichwald 1831) -- (Berg 1949:1094 [ref. 20662], Coad 1995:31 [ref. 23608], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:755 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:138 [ref. 23591], Coad 1998:103 [ref. 23869], Pinchuk & Miller 2003:173 [ref. 27345], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:229 [ref. 28183], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487], Esmaeili et al. 2010:377 [ref. 33391], Freyhof 2011:284 [ref. 31742], Stepien & Neilson 2013:2 [ref. 35325], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:899 [ref. 34062], Davoodi & Rahimian 2016:82 [ref. 34954], Esmaeili et al. 2017:83 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:65 [ref. 36089], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:236 [ref. 37983], Parenti 2021:73 [ref. 38603], Zarei et al. 2021:[6] [ref. 38262], Zarei et al. 2022:175 [ref. 39576], Çiçek et al. 2024:307 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Neogobius caspius (Eichwald 1831). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Caspian Sea basin. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

castelnaui, Eleotris Macleay [W.] 1881:620 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 5 (pt 4); ref. 2869] Swan River, Western Australia. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-1886 [ex 1875-0193] (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:21-22 [ref. 19958]. Replacement name for Eleotris obscurus Castelnau 1873, preoccupied by Eleotris obscura Temminck & Schlegel 1845. •Synonym of Afurcagobius suppositus (Sauvage 1880) -- (Parenti 2021:82 [ref. 38603]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Afurcagobius suppositus (Sauvage 1880). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

castelnaui, Gobius Macleay [W.] 1881:598 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 5 (pt 4); ref. 2869] Hobson's Bay, Australia. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-1884. Based on a specimen originally identified as Gobius frenatus by Castelnau 1872:123 [ref. 757]. •Synonym of Arenigobius bifrenatus (Kner 1865) -- (Gomon et al. 1994:784 [ref. 22532], Hoese & Larson 2006:1624 [ref. 29097], Kuiter 2018:86 [ref. 36369], Parenti 2021:94 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Arenigobius bifrenatus (Kner 1865). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

catebus, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:76 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Rangoon, Myanmar; Bengal; Puducherry; Malabar. Syntypes: MNHN A-1390 (1, described specimen) Rangoon, A-1907 (4) Bengal, A-2538 (1) Puducherry, 7199 (2) Malabar; ?ZMB 2065 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:29 [ref. 19958]. •Synonym of Glossogobius giuris (Hamilton 1822) -- (Menon 1999:294 [ref. 24904], Kottelat 2013:407 [ref. 32989], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:232 [ref. 37983], Parenti 2021:162 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:93 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Glossogobius giuris (Hamilton 1822). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

catulus, Gobius Girard [C. F.] 1858:169 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 10; ref. 1813] St. Joseph Island, Texas, U.S.A. Syntypes: USNM 648 and 6612 (2). See also Girard 1859:26, Pl. 12 (figs. 9-10) [ref. 13405]. •Synonym of Bathygobius soporator (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Tornabene et al. 2010:159, 163 [ref. 30990], Parenti 2021:104 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Bathygobius soporator (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

caudatus, Gobius Castelnau [F. L.] 1873:47 [Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne v. 2; ref. 758] Victoria market, Australia. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-4559 (half skin). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:29 [ref. 19958]. •Synonym of Arenigobius bifrenatus (Kner 1865) -- (Gomon et al. 1994:784 [ref. 22532], Hoese & Larson 2006:1624 [ref. 29097], Kuiter 2018:86 [ref. 36369], Parenti 2021:94 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Arenigobius bifrenatus (Kner 1865). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

caudilinea, Pascua Randall [J. E.] 2005:21, Figs. 1-4 [Zoological Studies v. 44 (no. 1); ref. 28161] Off western coast of Tahai, Easter Island, 27°09'S, 109°26'W, depth 30 meters. Holotype: BPBM 39325. Paratypes: ASIZP P62876 (2); BPBM 39157 (1), 39168 (3), 39198 (2), 39309 (1), 39326 (8), 39351 (1); CAS 218800 (2); MNHN 2004-0001 (2); MNHNC 7226 (2); NSMT-P 67745 (2); QM I.34898 (2); ROM 74108 (2); USNM 375529 (2). •Valid as Hetereleotris caudilinea (Randall 2005) -- (Hoese & Larson 2005:5 [ref. 28571]). •Valid as Pascua caudilinea Randall 2005 -- (Randall 2006:35 [ref. 28980], Randall 2009:185 [ref. 30557], Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2014:475 [ref. 33169], Parenti 2021:209 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Pascua caudilinea Randall 2005. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southeastern Pacific: Easter Island (Chile) endemic. Habitat: marine.

caudimacula, Cabillus Greenfield [D. W.] & Randall [J. E.] 2004:514, Figs. 40-41, 56-57 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences v. 55 (no. 27); ref. 28175] Oahu, Kane'ohe Bay, Hawaiian Islands, depth 15.2-16.8 meters. Holotype: CAS 218110. Paratypes: AMS I.42940-001 (1), BPBM 22628 (3), 37261 (1), 39246 (1); CAS 218111 (1); FMNH 113491 (1); NSMT P 67809 (1); NTM S.15733-001 (1), USNM 375433 (1) •Valid as Cabillus caudimacula Greenfield & Randall 2004 -- (Mundy 2005:473 [ref. 28379], Randall et al. 2007:41 [ref. 29021], Randall 2007:397 [ref. 30952], Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2013:181 [ref. 32908], Shibukawa & Aizawa 2013:140 [ref. 32945], Parenti 2021:108 [ref. 38603], Ba 2023:5 [ref. 40742]). Current status: Valid as Cabillus caudimacula Greenfield & Randall 2004. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Central Pacific: Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) endemic. Habitat: marine.

caudimaculata, Minysicya Larson [H. K.] 2002:64, Figs. 1-6 [The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory No. 18; ref. 26717] North Reef, Scott Reef, Western Australia, depth 20 meters. Holotype: NTM S.11383-027. Paratypes: AMS I.25121-009 (8), I.34514-011 (4), I.34514-014 (1), I.34515-007 (5), I.34866-003 (1); BLIH 1992241 (10), 1992269 (5); NTM S.11383-033 (3, 1 c&s), S.11373-049 (1); URM P.4686 (1). •Valid as Minysicya caudimaculata Larson 2002 -- (Hoese & Larson 2006:1664 [ref. 29097], Parenti 2021:199 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Minysicya caudimaculata Larson 2002. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: scattered localities. Habitat: marine.

caudipunctatum, Trimma Suzuki [T.] & Senou [H.] 2009:109, Figs. 5-8 [Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science) No. 38; ref. 30452] Tonbarazashi, Kume-jima Island, Okinawa Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, 26°21'09''N 126°50'32''E, depth 70 meters. Holotype: KPM-NI 13301. Paratype: OMNH-P 32317 (1). Plus additional non-type material. Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:34 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Trimma caudipunctatum Suzuki & Senou 2009 -- (Suzuki et al. 2015:67 [ref. 33746], Winterbottom 2019:34 [ref. 37115], Parenti 2021:232 [ref. 38603], Wada et al. 2022:[8] [ref. 39808]). Current status: Valid as Trimma caudipunctatum Suzuki & Senou 2009. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Flores (Indonesia) east to Palau and Papua New Guinea, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

caudomaculata, Trimma Yoshino [T.] & Araga [C.] in Masuda, Araga & Yoshino 1975:272, Pl. 89 (fig. m) [Coastal fishes of southern Japan; ref. 2902] Fringing reef off Nerome, Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, depth about 3 meters. Holotype: FAKU 62255 [ex SMBL 75057]. Paratypes: FAKU 62256-58 [ex SMBL 73035-37] (3), 62259-64 [ex SMBL 75058-63] (6); URB 78-0118 to 35 (18). Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:28, 30 [ref. 37115]. The gender of Trimma is neuter; the adjective should be caudomaculatum. •Synonym of Trimma tevegae Cohen & Davis 1969 -- (Winterbottom 1996:57 [ref. 22223], Winterbottom 2002:45 [ref. 26166], Randall 2005:554 [ref. 28239] with question, Winterbottom 2005:54 [ref. 28347]). •Valid as Trimma caudomaculatum Yoshino & Araga 1975 -- (Yoshino & Shimada in Masuda et al. 1984:245 [ref. 6441] as caudomaculata, Larson & Murdy 2001:3600 [ref. 26293] as caudimaculata and date as 1977, Nakabo 2002:1175 [ref. 26193] as caudomaculata, Winterbottom et al. 2014:426 [ref. 33155], Winterbottom & Hoese 2015:4 [ref. 33709], Suzuki et al. 2015:67 [ref. 33746], Winterbottom 2016:19 [ref. 34613], Viviani et al. 2016:4 [ref. 34831], Winterbottom 2017:568 [ref. 35329], Winterbottom & Erdmann 2018:480 [ref. 36013], Winterbottom 2019:28, 30 [ref. 37115], Parenti 2021:233 [ref. 38603], Winterbottom & Zur in Larson 2022:140 [ref. 39971], Abe et al. 2024:11 [ref. 41435], Chen & Harefa 2024:61 [ref. 41738]). Current status: Valid as Trimma caudomaculatum Yoshino & Araga 1975. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Maldives east to New Britain (Papua New Guinea) and Solomon Islands, Taiwan north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Western Australia. Habitat: marine.

cavicapum, Trimma Winterbottom [R.], Brighton [E.] & Mason-Parker [C.] 2024:39, Figs. 1-5 [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 41; ref. 41327] About 1.7 km south of Bijoutier Islet at Saint Francois Atoll, Alphonse Group, Amirantes, Seychelles, -7.0836°, 52.7328°, depth 22 - 28 meters. Holotype: ROM 114721. Paratypes: ROM. Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Trimma cavicapum Winterbottom, Brighton & Mason-Parker 2024. Current status: Valid as Trimma cavicapum Winterbottom, Brighton & Mason-Parker 2024. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: southernmost Islands of the Amirante chain and Astove Island, Seychelles. Habitat: marine.

cayman, Elacatinus Victor [B. C.] 2014:28, Figs. 2-7 [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 12; ref. 33549] Grand Cayman Island, 9.286°N, -81.392°W. Holotype: UF 237057. Paratypes: UF 237058 (9), SIO 14-110 (4). •Valid as Elacatinus cayman Victor 2014 -- (Parenti 2021:264 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Elacatinus cayman Victor 2014. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Caribbean Sea (Cayman Islands) endemic. IUCN (2015): Endangered. Habitat: marine.

cazinus, Gobius Meyer [A. B.] 1885:29 [Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, Madrid v. 14; ref. 17686] Appeared as Gobius cazinus C.V. Cebú." Not available, no description; perhaps a misspelling of Gobius caninus Valenciennes 1843; from Cebu, Philippines. Nomen Nudum. Gobiidae.

cebuanus, Cryptocentrus Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1927:240, Pl. 19 (fig. 2) [Monographs, Bureau of Science Manila Monogr. 23; ref. 2104] Cebu Island, Philippines. Holotype (unique): BSMP 12025 (destroyed, seen by Koumans). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:189 [ref. 2676]. •Questionably the same as Cryptocentrus pavoninoides (Bleeker 1849) -- (Satapoomin & Winterbottom 2002:60 [ref. 26168]). •Valid as Cryptocentrus cebuanus Herre 1927 -- (Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2004:168 [ref. 28074], Hoese & Larson 2006:1637 [ref. 29097], Allen & Erdmann 2012:870 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:194 [ref. 32988], Parenti 2021:125 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Cryptocentrus cebuanus Herre 1927. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to Philippines, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

celebius, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:74 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Sulawesi, Indonesia. Syntypes: MNHN A-1385 (2 or 1), 2731 (2 or 1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:29 [ref. 19958]. •Synonym of Glossogobius giuris (Hamilton 1822) -- (Menon 1999:294 [ref. 24904]). •Valid as Glossogobius celebius (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Roberts 1978:63 [ref. 8886], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:274 [ref. 6441], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:610 [ref. 25598], Hoese & Allen 1990:118 [ref. 19360], Allen 1991:180 [ref. 21090], Kottelat et al. 1993:145 [ref. 23448], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1202 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:61 [ref. 25191], Buden et al. 2001:7 [ref. 25496], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Sakai et al. 2001:112 [ref. 25693], Unmack 2001:1064 [ref. 25797], Nakabo 2002:1202 [ref. 26193], Larson & Pidgeon 2004:197 [ref. 28107], Parenti & Lim 2005:194 [ref. 28285], Hoese & Larson 2006:1653 [ref. 29097], Shao et al. 2008:261 [ref. 29952], Hoese & Allen 2009:6 [ref. 29998], Hoese & Allen 2012:269, 270 [ref. 31974], Kottelat 2013:407 [ref. 32989], Hoese & Allen 2015:214 [ref. 33880], Miesen et al. 2016:93 [ref. 34492], Koeda et al. 2016:92 [ref. 35333], Parenti 2021:161 [ref. 38603], Jamandre 2023:168 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Glossogobius celebius (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia, East Asia: Sulawesi (Indonesia), Philippines and southern Japan. Habitat: freshwater.

celsus, Psilotris Böhlke [J. E.] 1963:7, Fig. 3 [Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia) No. 362; ref. 4212] North of Green Cay, Nassau vicinity, Bahamas, depth 45 feet. Holotype: ANSP 98427. Paratypes: ANSP 98428-32 (1, 1, 1, 1, 1); UF 205393 [ex UMML 5393] (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:105 [ref. 13621]. Psilotris is feminine, so species should be celsa an adjective on pers. com. D. G. Smith, 4/2/2010. •Valid as Psilotris celsa Böhlke 1963 -- (Greenfield et al. 1993:183 [ref. 20313], Greenfield 1993:773 [ref. 21015], Smith & Baldwin 1999:439 [ref. 24419], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:319 [ref. 25013], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1794 [ref. 27111], Moura et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:100 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:64 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:173 [ref. 27807], Van Tassell 2011:155 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:178 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:79 [ref. 33341], Tornabene et al. 2016:13 [ref. 34435], Tornabene & Baldwin 2019:200 [ref. 36806], Parenti 2021:278 [ref. 38603], Page et al. 2023:124 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Psilotris celsa Böhlke 1963. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bahamas south to Colombia. IUCN (2014): Not Assessed. Habitat: marine.

cenderawasih, Acentrogobius Allen [G. R.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2012:1166, Figs. 1-3 [Reef fishes of the East Indies.; ref. 31980] East Wandammen Peninsula, 2°33.390'S, 134°39.221'E, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia, depth 20-25 meters. Holotype: MZB 20576. Paratypes: MZB 20585 (1), WAM P.33045-012 (2). Plus visual sightings. •Valid as Acentrogobius cenderawasih Allen & Erdmann 2012 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2012:953 [ref. 31980], Allen 2015:7, 11 [ref. 33699], Allen 2017:108 [ref. 35601], Parenti 2021:78 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Acentrogobius cenderawasih Allen & Erdmann 2012. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Cenderawasih Bay (West Papua, Indonesia). Habitat: marine.

centralis, Elacatinus Victor [B. C.] 2014:37, Figs. 15-20 [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 12; ref. 33549] SW Grand Cayman Island, 19.286°N, -81.393°W. Holotype: UF 237059. Paratypes: UF 237060 (6); SIO 14-111 (3), 14-113 (1). •Valid as Elacatinus centralis Victor 2014 -- (Parenti 2021:265 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Elacatinus centralis Victor 2014. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Caribbean Sea (Cayman Islands) endemic. IUCN (2015): Endangered. Habitat: marine.

centralis, Kelloggella Hoese [D. F.] 1975:482, Figs. 2-3 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 29 (no. 17); ref. 5294] Nikau, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific. Holotype: BPBM 14660. Paratypes: AMS I.17021-001 (4); BPBM 14661 (19); CAS 31018 (2); LACM 6671-21 (2), USNM 213478 (2). •Synonym of Kelloggella quindecimfasciata (Fowler 1946) -- (Randall 2005:540 [ref. 28239], Tornabene et al. 2017:1 [ref. 35703], Parenti 2021:190 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Kelloggella quindecimfasciata (Fowler 1946). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

centrolepis, Callogobius Weber [M.] 1909:157 [Notes from the Leyden Museum v. 31 (note 4); ref. 4600] Tandjong Lajar, Bawean Island, Sulawesi, Indonesia, depth 32 meters. Holotype (unique): ZMA 111745. Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:96 [ref. 19236]. •Valid as Callogobius centrolepis Weber 1909 -- (McKinney & Lachner 1984:627 [ref. 21192], Goren et al. 1991:299 [ref. 19765], Randall & Goren 1993:6 [ref. 21131], Chen & Shao 2000:459 [ref. 24425], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3595 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Chen et al. 2006:230 [ref. 28778], Allen & Erdmann 2012:963 [ref. 31980], Delventhal & Mooi 2013:156 [ref. 32677], Fricke et al. 2014:160 [ref. 33932], Parenti 2021:112 [ref. 38603], Delventhal & Mooi 2023:460 [ref. 40434]). Current status: Valid as Callogobius centrolepis Weber 1909. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Maldives and Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory) east to Wallis and Futuna, north to Philippines, south to New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

cephalarges, Gobius Pallas [P. S.] 1814:155 [Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica v. 3; ref. 3351] Feodosiya [Feodosia], Crimea, Ukraine. No types known. •Valid as Neogobius cephalarges (Pallas 1814) -- (Berg 1949:1087 [ref. 20662], Miller 1973:502 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1058 [ref. 13677], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:182 [ref. 28369], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:187 [ref. 31737]). •Synonym of Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas 1814) -- (Kottelat 1997:178 [ref. 22952], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:134 [ref. 26753], Pinchuk et al. 2003:293 [ref. 27349], Vasil'eva 2003:S50 [ref. 28444], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:231 [ref. 28183], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487], Parin et al. 2014:494 [ref. 33547], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:237 [ref. 37983], Parenti 2021:73 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas 1814). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

cephalargoides, Neogobius Pinchuk [V. I.] 1976:606 [548] [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 16 (no. 4) (art. 99); ref. 8674] Black Sea. Holotype: ZIN 2134 (129 mm TL). Paratypes:ZIN 2134 (94 mm TL). Additional material: ZIN 37280-82 (3, 2, 10), 40009 (8); ZMMU P-10967-68, P-10973, P-11554-56, P-12897-12904, P-12927. On p. 548 of English translation. •Valid as Neogobius cephalargoides Pinchuk 1976 -- (Pinchuk et al. 2003:181 [ref. 27346], Vasil'eva 2003:S49 [ref. 28444], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:229 [ref. 28183], Vasil'eva 2007:160 [ref. 30517]). •Valid as Ponticola cephalargoides (Pinchuk 1976) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30487], Freyhof 2011:286 [ref. 31742], Stepien & Neilson 2013:2 [ref. 35325], Parin et al. 2014:497 [ref. 33547], Khutornoy & Kvach 2019:919 [ref. 37129], Manilo 2020:69 [ref. 37795], Abliazov et al. 2021:11 [ref. 38576], Parenti 2021:74 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Ponticola cephalargoides (Pinchuk 1976). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Black Sea; Sea of Azov. Habitat: brackish, marine.

cephalocellatus, Varicus Gilmore [R. G.], Van Tassell [J. L.] & Baldwin [C. C.] in Tornabene, Van Tassell, Gilmore, Robertson, Young & Baldwin 2016:33, Figs. 27-30 [Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society v. 177 (no. 4); ref. 34435] Paynes Bay, Barbados, West Indies, 13.162N, -59.658W, depth 159 meters. Holotype: USNM 427232. Paratypes: USNM. •Valid as Varicus cephalocellatus Gilmore, Van Tassell & Baldwin 2016 -- (Tornabene et al. 2016:147 [ref. 34485], Tornabene & Baldwin 2019:200 [ref. 36806], Robertson et al. 2020:155 [ref. 38098], Parenti 2021:282 [ref. 38603], Fuentes et al. 2023:168 [ref. 40497]). Current status: Valid as Varicus cephalocellatus Gilmore, Van Tassell & Baldwin 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Saint Eustatius, Bonaire, Barbados and St. Vincent. Habitat: marine.

cephalotaenius, Cryptocentrus Ni [Y.] 1989:239 (English p. 242), Fig. [Journal of Fisheries of China v. 13 (no. 3); ref. 17719] Maling, Sanya city, Hainan Province, China. Holotype: ECSFRI [spec. 65-0998]. Paratypes: ECSFRI [spec. 65-0550] (1); SFU [spec. 65-0799] (1), [spec. 65-0999] (1). •Valid as Amblyeleotris cephalotaenius (Ni 1989) -- (Hoese & Larson 2004:169 [ref. 28074]). •Valid as Amblyeleotris cephalotaenia (Ni 1989) -- (Prokofiev 2016:369 [ref. 34506]). Current status: Valid as Amblyeleotris cephalotaenia (Ni 1989). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Hainan (China). Habitat: marine.

ceramensis, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1853:704 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 3 (no. 5); ref. 16833] Wahai, Ceram, Indonesia. Syntypes: (4) RMNH 6264 (same of 4). •Synonym of Gobiodon rivulatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Maugé 1986:370 [ref. 6218]). •Valid as Gobiodon ceramensis (Bleeker 1853) -- (Dor 1984:246 [ref. 29757], Harold & Winterbottom 1995:687 [ref. 21923], Harold & Winterbottom 1999:56 [ref. 23701], Munday et al. 1999:54 [ref. 24284], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:58 [ref. 26830], Hoese & Larson 2006:1655 [ref. 29097], Harold et al. 2008:120 [ref. 29450], Suzuku et al. 2012:59 [ref. 32027] with question, Allen & Erdmann 2012:897 [ref. 31980], Shibukawa et al. 2013:144 [ref. 32951], Fricke et al. 2014:166 [ref. 33932], Parenti 2021:168 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gobiodon ceramensis (Bleeker 1853). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Queensland (Australia). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

ceuthoecum, Gobiosoma Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1884:29 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 7 (no. 402); ref. 12325] Key West, Florida, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): USNM 34970. •Valid as Barbulifer ceuthoecus (Jordan & Gilbert 1884) -- (Hoese & Larson 1985:335 [ref. 6787], Robins & Ray 1986:253 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1994:152 [ref. 24488], Allen & Robertson 1994:258 [ref. 22193], Hoese in Fischer et al. 1995:1134 [ref. 22829], Rüber et al. 2003:1596 [ref. 26969], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1792 [ref. 27111], Moura et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:98 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:58 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:169 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:669 [ref. 28815], Joyeux et al. 2009:65 [ref. 30108], Van Tassell 2011:151 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:174 [ref. 32708], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:75 [ref. 38844], Parenti 2021:260 [ref. 38603], Carvalho-Filho 2023:240 [ref. 40480], Martínez-Servín et al. 2023:113 [ref. 40726], Page et al. 2023:120 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:306 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Barbulifer ceuthoecus (Jordan & Gilbert 1884). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific; western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.) south to Santa Catarina (Brazil), including Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.

chaimi, Silhouettea Goren [M.] 1978:197, Fig. 4 [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 59 (nos 3/4); ref. 1851] Nabek, Sinai, Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Holotype: HUJ 10064 [ex HUJ 7579b]. Paratypes: HUJ 11222 [ex 7579c] (orig. 3, now 2), 7581 (1); SMF 13821 (1), 13837 (1). Type catalog: Golani 2006:35 [ref. 28840]. •Valid as Acentrogobius chaimi Goren 1978 -- (Miller 1988:269 [ref. 26483]). •Valid as Silhouettea chaimi Goren 1978 -- (Goren 1979:53 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:250 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:66 [ref. 25356]). •Synonym of Papillogobius melanobranchus (Fowler 1934) -- (Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2013:370 [ref. 32441]). •Synonym of Favonigobius melanobranchus (Fowler 1934) -- (Parenti 2021:155 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:86 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Favonigobius melanobranchus (Fowler 1934). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

chancei, Gobiosoma Beebe [W.] & Hollister [G.] 1933:87, Fig. 17 [Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society v. 12 (no. 9); ref. 16100] St. George's Bay, Grenada, British West Indies. Holotype (unique): USNM 170955 [ex NYZS]. Type catalog: Mead 1958:133 [ref. 20648]. •Valid as Gobiosoma chancei Beebe & Hollister 1933 -- (Cervigón 1994:188 [ref. 24488], Rüber et al. 2003:1596 [ref. 26969]). •Valid as Elacatinus chancei (Beebe & Hollister 1933) -- (Hoese & Reader 2001:157 [ref. 26035], Colin 2002:4 [ref. 26436], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1793 [ref. 27111], Taylor & Akins 2007:47 [ref. 29023], Randall & Lobel 2009:11 [ref. 30249], Colin 2010:38, 46 [ref. 30879], Van Tassell 2011:152 [ref. 31732], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:77 [ref. 33341], Victor 2014:25 [ref. 33549], Robertson et al. 2020:155 [ref. 38098], Parenti 2021:265 [ref. 38603], Fricke et al. 2024:313 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Elacatinus chancei (Beebe & Hollister 1933). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Bahamas south to Trinidad and Tobago, including Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

chefuensis, Gobius Wu [H.-W.] & Wang [K. F.] 1931:6, Fig. 4 [Contributions from the Biological Laboratory of the Science Society of China. (Zoological Series) v. 8 (no. 1); ref. 16407] Chefoo, Shantung Province, China. Syntypes: Mus. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China 7279, 7445. •Synonym of Gobius pflaumii Bleeker 1853 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:359 [ref. 7348] as pflaumi). •Synonym of Acentrogobius pflaumii (Bleeker 1853) -- (Parenti 2021:81 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Acentrogobius pflaumii (Bleeker 1853). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

cheni, Cryptocentrus Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1933:429 [Lingnan Science Journal, Canton v. 12 (no. 3); ref. 10983] Hainan Island, China. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 25494. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:147 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:109 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Cryptocentrus melanopus (Bleeker 1860) -- (Hoese et al. 2011:171 [ref. 31450], Parenti 2021:128 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Cryptocentrus melanopus (Bleeker 1860). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

cheni, Trimma Winterbottom [R.] 2011:133, Figs. 3-5 [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 17 (no. 3); ref. 31449] Waigeo Island, west side, 0°16'26"S, 130°19'01.5"E, Tanjung Manare, Indonesia, depth 52 meters. Holotype: ROM 87481. Paratypes: many at AMS, MZB and ROM. Plus non-type specimens. •Valid as Trimma cheni Winterbottom 2011 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2012:936 [ref. 31980], Winterbottom 2014:215 [ref. 33327], Winterbottom et al. 2014:382 [ref. 33402], Winterbottom & Hoese 2015:55 [ref. 33709], Winterbottom 2019:16 [ref. 37115], Winterbottom et al. 2019:54 [ref. 36502], Parenti 2021:233 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Trimma cheni Winterbottom 2011. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: southern and eastern Indonesia east to Palau and New Britain (Papua New Guinea), north to Philippines. Habitat: marine.

cheraphilus, Amblygobius Allen [G. R.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2016:17, Figs. 1C, 5-7 [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 24; ref. 35073] Alotau, Papua New Guinea, off Nawae Constructions shipyard, 4.8 km west of main Alotau wharf, 10°18.256'S, 150°24.768'E, depth 14.5 meters. Holotype: WAM P.34525-001. Paratypes: USNM, WAM. •Valid as Amblygobius cheraphilus Allen & Erdmann 2016 -- (Parenti 2021:89 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Amblygobius cheraphilus Allen & Erdmann 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Bali and Flores (Indonesia) east to Papua New Guinea, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan) Habitat: marine.

chilo, Gobius Pallas [P. S.] 1814:156 [Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica v. 3; ref. 3351] Feodosiya [Feodosia], Ukraine. No types known. •Synonym of Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas 1814) -- (Berg 1949:1083 [ref. 20662], Miller 1973:503 [ref. 6888], Vasil'eva 1998:140 [ref. 23591], Pinchuk et al. 2003:293 [ref. 27349], Vasil'eva 2003:S50 [ref. 28444], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487], Parin et al. 2014:494 [ref. 33547], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:237 [ref. 37983], Parenti 2021:73 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas 1814). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

chiloensis, Gobius Guichenot [A.] 1848:293, Pl. 6 bis (fig. 1) [Fauna Chilena.... in Gay.; ref. 1939] Isla de Chiloé, near San Carlos, Chile. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:55 [ref. 19958] as probably a Mugiloididae or Notothenioidei. •Valid as Heterogobius chiloensis (Guichenot 1848) -- (Pequeño 1989:66 [ref. 14125]). Current status: Valid as Heterogobius chiloensis (Guichenot 1848). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Chile. Habitat: marine.

chiquita, Gobius Jenkins [O. P.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1889:146 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 11 (no. 698); ref. 2342] Guaymas, Sonora, western Mexico. Holotype: USNM 39634. Paratypes: (6). •Valid as Gobiosoma chiquita (Jenkins & Evermann 1889) -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:264 [ref. 22193], Hoese in Fischer et al. 1995:1135 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:171 [ref. 24545], Thomson et al. 2000:231 [ref. 25640], Rüber et al. 2003:1597 [ref. 26969], Nelson et al. 2004:171 [ref. 27807], Van Tassell 2011:154 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:177 [ref. 32708], Tornabene & Van Tassell 2014:23 [ref. 33167], Parenti 2021:271 [ref. 38603], Page et al. 2023:122 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:318 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Gobiosoma chiquita (Jenkins & Evermann 1889). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Easten Pacific: western and northern Gulf of California (Mexico) endemic. Habitat: brackish, marine.

chlamydes, Bollmannia Jordan [D. S.] in Jordan & Bollman 1890:164 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 12 (no. 770); ref. 2433] Off Pacific coast of Colombia, 8°51'00"N, 79°31'30"W, Albatross station 2800. Lectotype: USNM 93825 [ex USNM 41234 in part]. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1900.9.29.238 [from Jordan] (1); NMW 79356 (1); CAS-SU 489 (9); USNM 41142 (1), 41158 (2), 41234 (2), 43417 (2). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:133 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:108 [ref. 12291]. Lectotype selected by Ginsburg 1939:58 [ref. 12362]. •Valid as Bollmannia chlamydes Jordan 1890 -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:259 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:142 [ref. 23101], Hoese in Fischer et al. 1995:1134 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:162 [ref. 24545], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:148 [ref. 24555], Rüber et al. 2003:1596 [ref. 26969], Van Tassell 2011:167 [ref. 31732], Parenti 2021:261 [ref. 38603], Fricke et al. 2024:308 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Bollmannia chlamydes Jordan 1890. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Mexico south to northern Peru. IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

chledophilum, Trimma Allen [G. R.] 2015:33, Figs. 3-6 [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 14; ref. 33704] Alotau, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, 4.8 km east of main wharf, 10°18.256’S, 150°24.768’E, depth 17.5 meters. Holotype: WAM P.34319-007. Paratypes: WAM P.34319-007 (18). Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:53 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Trimma chledophilum Allen 2015 -- (Winterbottom 2019:53 [ref. 37115], Parenti 2021:233 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Trimma chledophilum Allen 2015. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Milne Bay and New Britain (Papua New Guinea). May be restricted to Milne Bay (Papua New Guinea). Habitat: marine.

chlorostigma, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1849:27 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [6]; ref. 319] Jakarta, Surabaya, Kammal, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: RMNH 6177 (some of 28). Appeared without distinguishing features in list in Bleeker 1849:5 [ref. 320]. •Synonym of Acentrogobius viridipunctatus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Hoese & Larson 2006:1617 [ref. 29097], Kottelat 2013:398 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:82 [ref. 38603], Endruweit 2024:75 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Synonym of Acentrogobius viridipunctatus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

chlorostigmatoides, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1849:26 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [6]; ref. 319] Madura Straits near Surabaya and Kammal, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: RMNH 6168 (some or all of 12 and holotype of Gobius phaiomelas). Appeared without distinguishing features in list in Bleeker 1849:5 [ref. 320]. •Valid as Acentrogobius chlorostigmatoides (Bleeker 1849) -- (Zheng 1989:347 [ref. 21202], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:478 [ref. 23876], Rainboth 1996:197 [ref. 22772], Thu & Thao 2023:642 [ref. 40499] as chlosotigmatoides). •Valid as Creisson chlorostigmatoides (Bleeker 1849) -- (Chen et al. 1996:2 [ref. 22533]). •Synonym of Aulopareia unicolor (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kottelat et al. 1993:142 [ref. 23448], Kottelat 2013:400 [ref. 32989], Larson & Jaafar 2022:508 [ref. 39363], Parenti 2021:97 [ref. 38603], Endruweit 2024:76 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Synonym of Aulopareia unicolor (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish.

christianeae, Trimma Allen [G. R.] 2019:41, Figs. 1-4, 6A [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 32; ref. 36486] Alotau town, Nawae Construction Company dock, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, -10.3044°, 150.4131°, depth 1-4 meters. Holotype: WAM P.34936-001. Paratypes: ROM, WAM. •Synonym of Trimma meristum Winterbottom & Hoese 2015 -- (Winterbottom 2019:57 [ref. 37115], Parenti 2021:239 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Trimma meristum Winterbottom & Hoese 2015. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

chrysargus, Gobius van Hasselt [J. C.] in Koumans in Weber & de beaufort 1953:88 [Fishes Indo-Australian Archipelago v. 10; ref. 2678] Museum name mentioned in synonymy of Cryptocentrus russus Cantor, not available. •Not available -- (Parenti 2021:446 [ref. 38603]). Nomen Nudum. Gobiidae.

chusanensis, Ctenogobius Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1940:295, Pl. 1 [Philippine Journal of Science v. 73 (no. 3); ref. 2132] Mud puddles on islet across the tidal stream from Tinghai, Chusan Island [Zhoushan Island], Zhejiang, China. Holotype: CAS-SU 32995. Paratypes: CAS-SU 32996 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:110 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Amoya chusanensis (Herre 1940). •Valid as Acentrogobius chusanensis (Herre 1940)-- (Parenti 2021:78 [ref. 38603], Pezold 2022:68 [ref. 39351]). Current status: Valid as Acentrogobius chusanensis (Herre 1940). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Zhoushan Island (Zhejiang, China). Habitat: brackish.

cinctus, Gobiomorphus Regan [C. T.] 1908:240 [The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Second Series. Zoology v. 12 (pt 3); ref. 3634] Salomon Atoll, Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean [ca. 5°20'S 72°16'E]. Syntypes: BMNH 1908.3.23.217-218 (2). Priolepis is feminine; cincta is the correct ending when in Priolepis. •Valid as Quisquilius cinctus (Regan 1908) -- (Goren 1979:50 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:250 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Priolepis cincta (Regan 1908) [sometimes seen as cinctus] -- (Larson & Hoese 1980:41 [ref. 2725], Hoese 1986:801 [ref. 5670], Allen & Swainston 1988:136 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:407 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:353 [ref. 23929], Randall & Goren 1993:19 [ref. 21131], Winterbottom & Burridge 1993:2061 [ref. 21406], Randall et al. 1994:249 [ref. 21645], Goren & Dor 1994:66 [ref. 25356], Goren & Baranes 1995:346 [ref. 21951], Randall 1995:341 [ref. 22896], Aonuma et al. 1996:325 [ref. 22433], Allen 1997:218 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:213 [ref. 23922], Kuiter 1997:346 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:407 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:259 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:520 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:749 [ref. 25471], Allen 2000:93 [ref. 37268] as cinctus, Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:639 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1173 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1173 [ref. 26193], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:645 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:190 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3329 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:547 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1677 [ref. 29097], Fricke et al. 2009:103 [ref. 30213], Shibukawa 2009:284 [ref. 30449], Motomura et al. 2010:217 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:928 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:270 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:171 [ref. 33932], Hoese et al. 2015:539 [ref. 33990], Motomura et al. 2015:30 [ref. 34709], Bogorodsky et al. 2016:170 [ref. 34658], Koeda et al. 2016:94 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:338 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:159 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:17 [ref. 36883], Eagderi et al. 2019:66 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:288 [ref. 36673], Koeda et al. 2021:[8] [ref. 38416], Parenti 2021:215 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:128 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:22 [ref. 40247], Fricke et al. 2024:74 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Priolepis cincta (Regan 1908). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar, Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues), Maldives and Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory) east to Fiji and Tonga, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, Elizabeth and Middleton reefs (Australia), and New Caledonia. Habitat: brackish, marine.

cinctus, Microgobius Nichols [J. T.] 1952:4, Fig. 2 [American Museum Novitates No. 1594; ref. 12793] Carmen Island, Gulf of California, Mexico. Holotype: AMNH 18725. Paratypes: AMNH 20935 (1). •Synonym of Lythrypnus dalli (Gilbert 1890) -- (Wiley 1976:170 [ref. 23169], Birdsong 1981:271 [ref. 5425], Parenti 2021:196 [ref. 38603], Fricke et al. 2024:321 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Synonym of Lythrypnus dalli (Gilbert 1890). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

cinctus, Smilogobius Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1936:12, Pl. 9 [Bulletin of the Raffles Museum No. 12; ref. 10994] Reef in Singapore Harbor. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 29103. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:152 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:117 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Cryptocentrus cinctus (Herre 1936) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:257 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:398 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:214 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:348 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:398 [ref. 25919], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1228 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:119 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293], Satapoomin & Winterbottom 2002:62 [ref. 26168], Nakabo 2002:1228 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Hoese & Larson 2004:169 [ref. 28074], Hoese & Larson 2006:1637 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:147 [ref. 29532], Hoese et al. 2011:168 [ref. 31450], Allen & Erdmann 2012:870 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:161 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:276 [ref. 36673], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 14 [ref. 38321], Parenti 2021:125 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Cryptocentrus cinctus (Herre 1936). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Sea and Indonesia east to Caroline Islands and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Yaeyama Islands, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

cingulatus, Cryptocentrus Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1934:291 [Lingnan Science Journal, Canton v. 13 (no. 2); ref. 10988] Heung Chow, Kwangtung, China. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 30954. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:148 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:109 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Tomiyamichthys papuanus (Peters 1877) -- (Hoese et al. 2016:583 [ref. 34210]). •? Synonym of Myersina papuana (Peters 1877) -- (Parenti 2021:201 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Myersina papuana (Peters 1877). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

cinnamea, Grallenia Allen [G. R.], Erdmann [M. V.] & Cahyani [N. K. D.] in Allen & Erdmann 2024:1328, Figs. 1-5, 8-9 [Reef fishes of the East Indies, second edition; ref. 40796] Lawadi dive site, East Cape region, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, 10°15.633'S, 150°42.740'E, depth 18 - 24 meters. Holotype: WAM P.35047-003. Paratypes: WAM P.35047-027 (6). •Valid as Grallenia cinnamea Allen, Erdmann & Cahyani 2024. Current status: Valid as Grallenia cinnamea Allen, Erdmann & Cahyani 2024. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: East Cape region, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

circumspectus, Gobius Macleay [W.] 1883:267 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 8 (pt 2); ref. 17587] Fresh water of Milne Bay, New Guinea. Holotype (unique): AMS I.9186. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:163 [ref. 2676]. •Valid as Astovelus circumspectus (Macleay 1883) -- (Endruweit 2024:76 [ref. 41040]). •Valid as Glossogobius circumspectus (Macleay 1883) -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:134 [ref. 25477], Kottelat et al. 1993:145 [ref. 23448], Allen 1997:216 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:368 [ref. 23967], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1201 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Sakai et al. 2001:112 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Allen et al. 2002:277 [ref. 25930], Nakabo 2002:1201 [ref. 26193], Hoese & Larson 2006:1653 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:149 [ref. 29532], Motomura et al. 2010:212 [ref. 31256], Hoese & Allen 2012:269 [ref. 31974], Larson et al. 2013:198 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:165 [ref. 33932], Hoese & Allen 2015:214 [ref. 33880], Prokofiev 2016:646 [ref. 35020], Pusey et al. 2017:75 [ref. 35250], Hoese & Hammer 2021:111 [ref. 38350], Parenti 2021:161 [ref. 38603], Koreeda & Motomura 2022:8 [ref. 39907], Furuhashi et al. 2023:28 [ref. 40140], Jamandre 2023:168 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Glossogobius circumspectus (Macleay 1883). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Malaysia and Indonesia east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

cirrifer, Obliquogobius Shibukawa [K.] & Aonuma [Y.] 2007:143, Figs. 1B, 2A-B [Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A) Supplement No. 1; ref. 29107] Off Nago, Okinawa-jima Island, Okinawa Group, Ryukyu Is, Japan, 26°32.18'N, 127°43.96'E to 26°32.64'N, 127°44.29'E, depth 394-404 meters. Holotype: NSMT-P 73000. Paratypes: NSMT-P 73001 (1), NTM S.16179-001 (1). Plus non-type material (p. 145-146) as cf cirrifer from the Philippines and Fiji. •Valid as Obliquogobius cirrifer Shibukawa & Aonuma 2007 -- (Chen et al. 2012:269 [ref. 32041], Parenti 2021:202 [ref. 38603], Fricke 2022:7 [ref. 39459]). Current status: Valid as Obliquogobius cirrifer Shibukawa & Aonuma 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Ryukyu Islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.

citrina, Gobius ophiocephalus var. Ninni [A. P.] 1938:154 [Memoria, Comitato Talassografico Italiano No. 242; ref. 18478] Sea of Marmara (Mediterranean Sea). No types known. •Synonym of Zosterisessor ophiocephalus (Pallas 1814) -- (Miller 1973:514 [ref. 6888], Kottelat 1997:181 [ref. 22952], Pinchuk et al. in Miller 2004:5 [ref. 27853]). •Synonym of Gobius ophiocephalus Pallas 1814 -- (Parenti 2021:179 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius ophiocephalus Pallas 1814. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

citrinus, Gobius Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1838:139, Pl. 32 (fig. 4) [Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3844] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Syntypes: SMF 1873 (6). •Valid as Gobiodon citrinus (Rüppell 1838) -- (Dor 1984:246 [ref. 29757], Yoshino & Yamamoto in Masuda et al. 1984:265 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:791 [ref. 5670], Randall et al. 1990:402 [ref. 15987], Randall & Goren 1993:14 [ref. 21131], Goren & Dor 1994:64 [ref. 25356], Harold & Winterbottom 1995:687 [ref. 21923], Randall 1995:337 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:214 [ref. 23922], Randall et al. 1997:402 [ref. 25919], Harold & Winterbottom 1999:56 [ref. 23701], Myers 1999:255 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:514 [ref. 24106], Munday et al. 1999:54 [ref. 24284], Allen 2000:93 [ref. 37268], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Thacker & Cole 2002:840 [ref. 26548], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:644 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:27 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:537 [ref. 28239], Herler & Hilgers 2005:115 [ref. 28528], Hoese & Larson 2006:1656 [ref. 29097], Harold et al. 2008:120 [ref. 29450], Larson et al. 2008:149 [ref. 29532], Larson et al. 2008:149 [ref. 29532], Fricke et al. 2009:101 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:897 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:270 [ref. 32706], Herler et al. 2013:327 [ref. 32889], Shibukawa et al. 2013:144 [ref. 32951], Fricke et al. 2014:166 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2018:333 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:155 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:64 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:96 [ref. 36871], Parenti 2021:169 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:96 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:15 [ref. 40247], Fricke et al. 2024:74 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Gobiodon citrinus (Rüppell 1838). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Madagascar, Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles) and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Samoa and Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

citrum, Trimma Winterbottom [R.] & Pyle [R. L.] 2022:4, Figs. 1-2 [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 39; ref. 39211] Off west coast of Tutuba Island, Vanuatu, -15.56091, 167.27495, depth 116 meters. Holotype (unique): BPBM 40787. •Valid as Trimma citrum Winterbottom & Pyle 2022. Current status: Valid as Trimma citrum Winterbottom & Pyle 2022. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Tutuba Island, Vanuatu. Habitat: marine.

clarki, Drombus Goren [M.] 1978:200, Fig. 6 [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 59 (nos 3/4); ref. 1851] El-Tor, Sinai coast, Egypt, Gulf of Suez, Red Sea. Holotype (unique): HUJ 10065 [ex HUJ 5697b]. Type catalog: Golani 2006:34 [ref. 28840]. Named after Eugenie Clark, therefore name should be clarkae. Currently, clarki is in prevailing usage. •Valid as Drombus clarki Goren 1978 -- (Goren 1979:36 [ref. 1852]). •Synonym of Callogobius bifasciatus (Smith 1958) -- (Randall et al. 1994:240 [ref. 21645], Randall 1995:330 [ref. 22896]). •Valid as Callogobius clarkae (Goren 1978) -- (Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[6] 244 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:149 [ref. 36273], Akihito & Ikeda 2021:107 [ref. 38331] as clarki, Parenti 2021:112 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:62 [ref. 39971]). •Valid as Callogobius clarki (Goren 1978) -- (Goren 1980:213 [ref. 8716], Dor 1984:241 [ref. 29757], Goren et al. 1991:300 [ref. 19765], Goren & Dor 1994:63 [ref. 25356], Delventhal & Mooi 2013:156 [ref. 32677], Delventhal & Mooi 2014:143 [ref. 33337], Delventhal et al. 2016:235 [ref. 34863], Fujiwara et al. 2021:261 [ref. 38707], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:7 [ref. 40247], Delventhal & Mooi 2023:461 [ref. 40434]). Current status: Valid as Callogobius clarki (Goren 1978). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden. Habitat: marine.

clitellus, Callogobius McKinney [J. F.] & Lachner [E. A.] 1978:211, Fig. 5 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 91 (no. 1); ref. 8908] Bay in Krankett Island, Madang Harbor, Papua New Guinea. Holotype: USNM 209249. Paratypes: BPBM 9591 (1); USNM 99574 (1), 209252 (1), 211935 (1). •Valid as Callogobius clitellus McKiney & Lachner 1978 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2012:594 [ref. 31980], Delvinthal & Mooi 2013:155 [ref. 32677], Fricke et al. 2014:160 [ref. 33932], Parenti 2021:112 [ref. 38603], Delventhal & Mooi 2023:461 [ref. 40434], Li & Chen 2024:167 [ref. 41740]). Current status: Valid as Callogobius clitellus McKinney & Lachner 1978. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Vietnam, Philippines to Flores (Indonesia), Taiwan, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Palau. Habitat: marine.

clitellus, Glossogobius Hoese [D. F.] & Allen [G. R.] 2012:280, Figs. 11-12 [Cybium v. 35 (no. 4) (for 2011); ref. 31974] Tekan River crossing west of Arigua plantation, Bougainville, 5°57'S, 155°20'E, Papua New Guinea. Holotype: WAM P.28164-005. Paratypes: BMNH 1983.8.2.10 (1), 1983.8.2.91 (1); CAS 53259 (3); USNM 133186 (2), 245214 (7); ZRC 50315 (1). Plus non-type material. •Valid as Glossogobius clitellus Hoese & Allen 2012 (Kottelat 2013:407 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:166 [ref. 33932], Hoese & Allen 2015:214 [ref. 33880], Keith et al. 2021:114 [ref. 38257], Parenti 2021:161 [ref. 38603], Jamandre 2023:168 [ref. 40455], Endruweit 2024:203 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Valid as Glossogobius clitellus Hoese & Allen 2012. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines and New Guinea east to Solomon Islands. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

cloatus, Ctenogobius Smith [J. L. B.] 1960:302, Fig. 1 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 18; ref. 4126] Knysna, Cape Province, South Africa. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 274. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] (not researched). •Synonym of Nematogobius saldanha (Barnard 1927) -- (Maugé 1986:377 [ref. 6218]). •Synonym of Caffrogobius saldanha (Barnard 1927) -- (Hoese 1986:784 [ref. 5670], Miller 1990:927 [ref. 19376], Parenti 2021:110 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:60 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Caffrogobius saldanha (Barnard 1927). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

coalitus, Gobius Bennett [E. T.] 1832:166 [Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1830-31 (pt 1); ref. 4944] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1856.2.15.20 [ex Zool. Soc.]. •Synonym of Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Maugé 1986:360 [ref. 6218]). •Valid as Bathygobius coalitus (Bennett 1832) -- (Randall & Goren 1993:5 [ref. 21131], Randall et al. 1997:527 [ref. 25919], Fricke 1999:500 [ref. 24106], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3595 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Heemstra et al. 2004:3328 [ref. 27945], Greenfield & Randall 2004:507 [ref. 28175], Randall 2005:520 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:471 [ref. 28379], Hoese & Larson 2006:1626 [ref. 29097], Randall 2007:395 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:99 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:204 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:960 [ref. 31980], Kottelat 2013:401 [ref. 32989], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Koeda et al. 2016:89 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:326 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:16 [ref. 36883], Parenti 2021:99 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:49 [ref. 39971], Fricke et al. 2024:72 [ref. 41255], Allen et al. 2024:52 [ref. 41659]). Current status: Valid as Bathygobius coalitus (Bennett 1832). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania), Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

coatesi, Glossogobius Hoese [D. F.] & Allen [G. R.] 1990:118, Figs. 1, 2, 5a [Records of the Western Australian Museum Suppl. No. 34; ref. 19360] Ramu River, at Usema village, 5°42'S, 145°23'E, Papua New Guinea. Holotype: WAM P.29620-009. Paratypes: AMS I.27880-001 [ex WAM P.27487-002] (3); CAS 63337 (9, now 7); 69672 -73 [ex CAS 63337] (1, 1); WAM P.27847-009 (5), P.29617-001 (3), P.29620-006 (9). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:40 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:44 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Glossogobius coatesi Hoese & Allen 1990 -- (Allen & Coates 1990:108 [ref. 25561], Allen 1991:181 [ref. 21090], Allen et al. 1992:302 [ref. 21400], Hoese & Allen 2009:6 [ref. 29998], Hoese & Allen 2015:214 [ref. 33880], Parenti 2021:161 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Glossogobius coatesi Hoese & Allen 1990. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Papua New Guinea endemic. Habitat: freshwater.

cobalus, Lythrypnus Bussing [W. A.] 1990:102, Fig. 3 [Revista de Biología Tropical v. 38 (no. 1); ref. 19516] Isla del Coco off Isla Iglesias, Costa Rica, 5°33'N, 87°03'W, depth 30 meters. Holotype: LACM 32271-22. Paratypes: LACM 22448 (1), 32268-4 (3), 32271-21 (29); UCR 729-6 (2), 2106-2 (2), 2108-3 (1), 2109-6 (1), 2110-9 (11). Type catalog: Angulo et al. 2015:377 [ref. 35212]. •Valid as Lythrypnus cobalus Bussing 1990 -- (Hoese in Fischer et al. 1995:1135 [ref. 22829], Ahnelt & Bohacek 2004:47 [ref. 27751], Van Tassell 2011:141 [ref. 31732], Sánchez-Jiménez et al. 2018:S8 [ref. 36248], Parenti 2021:195 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Lythrypnus cobalus Bussing 1990. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Cocos Island (Costa Rica). Habitat: marine.

cobenjaminsis, Gobiodon Hildebrandt [C. A.], Froehlich [C. Y. M.], Brodnicke [O. B.], Klanten [O. S.], Møller [P. R.] & Wong [M. Y. L.] 2024:498, Figs. 5-6 [Raffles Bulletin of Zoology v. 72; ref. 41770] Shuman Island, Papua New Guinea, Western Pacific, 5°17'34.3"S, 150°05'23.3"E, depth unknown. Holotype: AMS I.51465-001. Paratypes: (6) AMS, QM. •Valid as Gobiodon cobenjaminsis Hildebrandt, Froehlich, Brodnicke, Klanten, Møller & Wong 2024. Current status: Valid as Gobiodon cobenjaminsis Hildebrandt, Froehlich, Brodnicke, Klanten, Møller & Wong 2024. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: coral reefs in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

cobitis, Gobius Pallas [P. S.] 1814:160 [Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica v. 3; ref. 3351] Feodosiya [Feodosia], Crimea, Ukraine, Black Sea. No types known. •Valid as Gobius cobitis Pallas 1814 -- (Miller 1973:485 [ref. 6888], Miller 1977:342 [ref. 41065], Goren 1979:43 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:247 [ref. 29757], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1038 [ref. 13677], Maugé 1986:372 [ref. 6218], Miller 1990:934 [ref. 19376], Wheeler 1993:652 [ref. 36605], Goren & Dor 1994:64 [ref. 25356], Kottelat 1997:176 [ref. 22952], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:131 [ref. 26753], Vasil'eva 2003:S44 [ref. 28444], Golani 2005:56 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:103 [ref. 29533], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:551 [ref. 29996], Vasil'eva 2007:154 [ref. 30517], Kovačić & Golani 2008:419 [ref. 33214], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:63 [ref. 36649], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:186 [ref. 31737], Parin et al. 2015:481 [ref. 33547], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2840 [ref. 34618], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[22] 260 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:155 [ref. 36273], Artüz & Fricke 2019:559 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:180 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:100 [ref. 36864], Bariche & Fricke 2020:71 [ref. 37515], Kovačić 2020:77 [ref. 37932], Kovačić et al. 2020:24 [ref. 37519], Manilo 2020:73 [ref. 37795], Abliazov et al. 2021:11 [ref. 38576], Bañón & Maño 2021:91 [ref. 38887], Golani 2021:74 [ref. 38303], Iglésias et al. 2021:14 [ref. 38136], Kovačić et al. 2021:40 [ref. 39014], Parenti 2021:176 [ref. 38603], Kovačić et al. 2022: 54 [ref. 39303], Larson 2022:102 [ref. 39971], Niță et al. 2022:82 [ref. 40471], Renoult et al. 2022:62 [ref. 39288], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:16 [ref. 40247], Kesici et al. 2024:107 [ref. 41571]). Current status: Valid as Gobius cobitis Pallas 1814. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; Black Sea; eastern Atlantic: southern Ireland and southern England south to Morocco; Red Sea: Gulf of Suez (Mediterranean Sea immigrant). Habitat: brackish, marine.

cocosensis, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1854:47 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 7 (no. 1); ref. 16938] Indonesia [original locality was Nova Selma, Cocos Island/Cocos-Keeling Islands, eastern Indian Ocean]. Neotype: RMNH 4533. Unique holotype from Cocos-Keeling Is. apparently lost; neotype selected by Akihito & Meguro 1980:225 [ref. 6920]. •Valid as Bathygobius cocosensis (Bleeker 1854) -- (Akihito & Meguro 1980:225 [ref. 6920], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:272 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:781 [ref. 5670], Allen & Swainston 1988:134 [ref. 25477], Miller & Smith 1989:315 [ref. 25535], Randall et al. 1990:395 [ref. 15987], Randall & Goren 1993:5 [ref. 21131], Allen 1997:216 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:395 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:245 [ref. 23965], Chu 1999:70 [ref. 24097], Randall 1999:26 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:92 [ref. 37268], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:635 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1220 [ref. 25182], Randall & Earle 2000:19 [ref. 25806], Sakai et al. 2001:109 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3595 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1221 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:643 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:26 [ref. 27624], Tan & Lim 2004:110 [ref. 27716], Adrim et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27715], Heemstra et al. 2004:3328 [ref. 27945], Greenfield & Randall 2004:508 [ref. 28175], Randall 2005:520 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:472 [ref. 28379], Hoese & Larson 2006:1627 [ref. 29097], Randall 2007:395 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:99 [ref. 30213], Shibukawa 2009:264 [ref. 30449], Motomura et al. 2010:205 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:960 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:191 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:401 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:159 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Fricke et al. 2018:326 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:16 [ref. 36883], Eagderi et al. 2019:59 [ref. 37020], Sadeghi & Esmaeili 2019:118 [ref. 39549], Okamoto in Motomura et al. 2021:68 [ref. 38121], Parenti 2021:99 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:49 [ref. 39971], Mochizuki et al. 2022:23 [ref. 39612], Sreeraj et al. 2022:649 [ref. 40119], Fricke et al. 2024:72 [ref. 41255], Allen et al. 2024:52 [ref. 41659]). Current status: Valid as Bathygobius cocosensis (Bleeker 1854). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Pitcairn, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia and Rapa (French Polynsia). Habitat: marine.

coelidotes, Gobius Kuhl [H.] & van Hasselt [J. C.] in Weber 1913:480 [Die Fische der Siboga-Expedition; ref. 4602] Not available, manuscript name mentioned in synonymy of Callogobius hasselti (Bleeker 1851); from Java. Nomen Nudum. Gobiidae.

coelidotus, Gobius (Oxyurichthys) Sauvage [H.-E.] (ex Cuvier & Valenciennes) 1880:50 [11] [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 4; ref. 3887] Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-2968. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:29 [ref. 19958]. On p. 11 of separate. •Valid as Callogobius coelidotus (Sauvage 1880) -- (Delventhal & Mooi 2013:156 [ref. 32677]). •Synonym of Callogobius hasseltii (Bleeker 1851) -- (Kottelat 2013:404 [ref. 32989], Pezold & Larson 2015:5 [ref. 33894], Parenti 2021:113 [ref. 38603]). •Status uncertain -- (Delventhal & Mooi 2023:460 [ref. 40434]). Current status: Synonym of Callogobius hasseltii (Bleeker 1851). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

coerulea, Pleurosicya Larson [H. K.] 1990:20, Fig. 16 [The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences v. 7 (no. 1); ref. 16607] Japtan Island, Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands. Holotype: NTM S.12658-001. Paratypes: AMS I.18045-033 (16), I.20757-073 (2), I.21318-058 (3); ANSP 165112 (23); CAS 36853 (3); NTM S.12298-001 (2), S.12657-001 (15), S.12658-002 (4); ROM 58022-23 (6, 9); URM P.7518 (2), P.11549 (4); USNM 209600 (27), 306883 (1), 306884 (13); WAM P.28025-044 (36), P.29048-007 (1). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:40 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:45 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Pleurosicya coerulea Larson 1990 -- (Myers 1999:258 [ref. 23965], Ikeda et al. 1999:23 [ref. 24155], Nakabo 2000:1217 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Randall et al. 2002:161 [ref. 26192], Nakabo 2002:1217 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:60 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:645 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Greenfield & Randall 2004:537 [ref. 28175], Randall 2005:546 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1675 [ref. 29097], Allen & Erdmann 2012:905 [ref. 31980], Parenti 2021:212 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:123 [ref. 39971], Furuhashi et al. 2024:17 [ref. 41415]). Current status: Valid as Pleurosicya coerulea Larson 1990. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Amirante Islands (Seychelles) and Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory) east to Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

colini, Elacatinus Randall [J. E.] & Lobel [P. S.] 2009:5, Figs. 2-7 [Zootaxa No. 2133; ref. 30249] Wee WeE Cay, off main dock, 16°45.860'N, 88°8.631'W, Belize, depth 5 meters. Holotype: USNM 395063. Paratypes: ANSP 189240 (4); BPBM 37442 (1); MNHN 2009-0091 (2); SIO 08-180 (1); UF 173046 (1); USNM 347301 (1), 347401 (1), 365031 (4), 394964 (1). •Valid as Elacatinus colini Randall & Lobel 2009 -- (Colin 2010:38, 47 [ref. 30879], Van Tassell 2011:152 [ref. 31732], Lobel & Lobel 2011:49 [ref. 31774], Martínez-Servín et al. 2023:113 [ref. 40726], Parenti 2021:265 [ref. 38603], Page et al. 2023:122 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:313 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Elacatinus colini Randall & Lobel 2009. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Quintana Roo (Mexico), Belize and Bay of Islands (Honduras), northwestern Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

colini, Tryssogobius Larson [H. K.] & Hoese [D. F.] 2001:29, Figs. 1-6 [The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory v. 17; ref. 25837] Loloata Island, near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, depth 27 meters. Holotype: NTM S.12561-001. Paratypes: AMS I.38428-001 (1); BPBM 29281 (4), 32504 (1), 34063 (1), 34220 (1), 36936 (2), 37676 (1), 37696 (1); KPM-NI004151 (1); NTM S.12561-002 (1), S.13169-003 (6); OMNH P-8100 (1); WAM P.27826-094 (1). Plus non-type material. Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:46 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Tryssogobius colini Larson & Hoese 2001 -- (Nakabo 2002:1250 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:60 [ref. 26830], Randall 2006:107 [ref. 28873], Larson & Chen 2007:155 [ref. 29120], Allen & Erdmann 2012:950 [ref. 31980], Parenti 2021:247 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Tryssogobius colini Larson & Hoese 2001. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

coloniamus, Gobius Navarrete [A.] 1898:108, 158 [Manual de ictiología marina; ref. 18474] No types known. Unneeded new name for and objective synonym of Gobius filamentosus Risso 1827. Original as Gobius coloniamus (Mor.). •Synonym of Gobius ophiocephalus Pallas 1814 -- (Parenti 2021:179 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius ophiocephalus Pallas 1814. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

cometa, Eviota Jewett [S. L.] & Lachner [E. A.] 1983:796, Figs. 8-9 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 96 (no. 4); ref. 5368] Totoya Island, Fiji Islands, 18°58'57"S, 179°52'12"W, depth 30 meters. Holotype: USNM 235817. Paratypes: AMS I.24027-001 (1); ANSP 151996 (2); CAS 52831 (2); USNM 235832 (8), 235863 (1), 260328 (1). •Valid as Eviota cometa Jewett & Lachner 1983 -- (Shimada & Yoshino 1992:3 [ref. 24310], Myers 1999:253 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1181 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1181 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:58 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:644 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:27 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:530 [ref. 28239], Randall et al. 2005:129 [ref. 28745], Hoese & Larson 2006:1643 [ref. 29097], Randall 2008:298 [ref. 29721], Greenfield & Suzuki 2011:66 [ref. 31244], Greenfield & Jewett 2011:56 [ref. 31687], Allen & Erdmann 2012:913 [ref. 31980], Greenfield & Randall 2016:30, 36 [ref. 34356], Tornabene et al. 2016:1826 [ref. 34439], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:59 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Greenfield et al. 2019:66 [ref. 36616], Greenfield & Erdmann 2021:106 [ref. 38936], Parenti 2021:139 [ref. 38603], Tornabene et al. 2021:172 [ref. 38592]). Current status: Valid as Eviota cometa Jewett & Lachner 1983. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Fiji and Tonga. Habitat: marine.

cometes, Gobius Alcock [A. W.] 1890:208, Pl. 8 (fig. 2) [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 6 (no. 33) (art. 26); ref. 82] Off Madras coast, India, 18°30'N, 84°46'E, Investigator station 96, depth 98-102 fathoms. Syntypes: (about 350) BMNH 1890.11.28.13-17 [ex ZSI F12730] (5), MNHN 1890-0327 to 0334 (1 ea. = 8), ZMA 114487 (1), ZSI F12729 (1). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:153 [ref. 20743], Menon and Rama-Rao 1970:377 [ref. 27516], Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:42 [ref. 22148], Bauchot et al. 1991:29 [ref. 19958]. Figured in Alcock 1898: Pl. 20 (fig. 3) [ref. 20534]. •Valid as Obliquogobius cometes (Alcock 1890) -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Shibukawa & Aonuma 2007:138 [ref. 29107], Chen et al. 2012:269 [ref. 32041], Psomadakis et al. 2020:549 [ref. 37272], Fujiwara et al. 2021:547 [ref. 38898], Parenti 2021:202 [ref. 38603], Fricke 2022:7 [ref. 39459], Larson 2022:116 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Obliquogobius cometes (Alcock 1890). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, India and Myanmar east to the Philippines, north to East China Sea and Japan. Habitat: marine.

communis, Bollmannia Ginsburg [I.] 1942:364 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 32 (no. 12); ref. 13203] Gulf of Mexico, 28°59'N, 89°29'W, depth 10 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 119873. Paratypes: YPM 3922 (1), 3988-92 (8, 15, 2, 3, 1); USNM 119879-84 (1 ea.) 119885-93 (6, 3, 5, 1, 2, 1, 5, 7, 7). Type catalog: Moore & Boardman 1991:12 [ref. 16741]. •Valid as Bollmannia communis Ginsburg 1942 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:253 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:162 [ref. 23239], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:447 [ref. 24550], Rüber et al. 2003:1596 [ref. 26969], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1793 [ref. 27111], Ross & Rhode 2004:303 [ref. 27789], Nelson et al. 2004:169 [ref. 27807], Dennis et al. 2004:81 [ref. 31601], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:674 [ref. 28815], Van Tassell 2011:167 [ref. 31732], Van Tassell et al. 2012:77 [ref. 31948], Page et al. 2013:175 [ref. 32708], Parenti 2021:261 [ref. 38603], Page et al. 2023:120 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:308 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Bollmannia communis Ginsburg 1942. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico (U.S.A., Mexico) endemic. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

compita, Priolepis Winterbottom [R.] 1985:748, Figs. 1, 2, 4 [Canadian Journal of Zoology v. 63 (no. 4); ref. 8123] Salomon Atoll, Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean, ca. 5°20'S 72°16'E. Holotype: ROM 40241. Paratypes: AMS I.22909-10 (1, 2); ROM 40242 (11), 40243-51 (9), ROM 512CS (2, c&s). •Valid as Priolepis compita Winterbottom 1985 -- (Winterbottom & Burridge 1993:499 [ref. 20895], Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:xiii [ref. 21953], Randall & Earle 2000:20 [ref. 25806], Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:60 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3329 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:548 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1678 [ref. 29097], Allen & Erdmann 2012:928 [ref. 31980], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988], Bogorodsky et al. 2016:175 [ref. 34658], Golani & Fricke 2018:159 [ref. 36273], Parenti 2021:215 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:128 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:22 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Priolepis compita Winterbottom 1985. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, eastern Mascarenes (Rodrigues) and Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory) east to Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

compressus, Oxymetopon Chan [W. L.] 1966:2, Fig. 1 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 14 (nos 1-3); ref. 7948] Taitam Bay, about 1500 yards northwest of Beaufort Island, Lemma Channel, Hong Kong, depth 8-9 fathoms. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1965.11.6.2. •Valid as Oxymetopon compressus Chan 1966 -- (Ikeda et al. 2000:2 [ref. 25036], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1262 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1262 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:61 [ref. 26830], Allen & Erdmann 2012:994 [ref. 31980], Prokofiev 2016:135 [ref. 34651] as compressum, Koeda & Ho 2019:87 [ref. 36584], Parenti 2021:400 [ref. 38603] as compressum, Ragul et al. 2024:126 [ref. 41189]). Current status: Valid as Oxymetopon compressus Chan 1966. Gobiidae: Ptereleotrinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: southern India; Indonesia and Gulf of Thailand east to Papua New Guinea, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to northern Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.

compta, Grallenia Allen [G. R.] & Erdmann [M. V.] 2017:22, Figs. 1-2, 3A, 4, 5A [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 27; ref. 35533] Papua New Guinea, Milne Bay Province, patch reef off Sideia Island, 10°35.772’S, 150°46.005’E, depth 14 meters. Holotype: WAM P.34656-001. Paratypes: USNM, WAM. •Valid as Grallenia compta Allen & Erdmann 2017 -- (Allen & Hammer 2018:95 [ref. 36325], Parenti 2021:182 [ref. 38603], Allen et al. 2024:1351 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Grallenia compta Allen & Erdmann 2017. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Milne Bay Province (Papua New Guinea) endemic. Habitat: marine.

concavifrons, Gobius Ramsay [E. P.] & Ogilby [J. D.] 1886:12 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (Series 2) v. 1 (pt 1); ref. 14464] Strickland River, Papua New Guinea. Holotype (unique): AMS B.9950. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:163 [ref. 2676]. •Valid as Glossogobius concavifrons (Ramsay & Ogilby 1886) -- (Allen 1991:181 [ref. 21090], Allen et al. 2000:122 [ref. 27467] dated 1887, Unmack 2001:1064 [ref. 25797], Allen et al. 2002:267 [ref. 25930], Hoese & Larson 2006:1653 [ref. 29097], Allen et al. 2008:167 [ref. 30265], Hoese & Allen 2009:2 [ref. 29998], Hoese & Allen 2012:269 [ref. 31974], Larson et al. 2013:198 [ref. 32988], Hoese & Allen 2015:214 [ref. 33880], Pusey et al. 2017:73 [ref. 35250], Hoese & Hammer 2021:111 [ref. 38350], Parenti 2021:162 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Glossogobius concavifrons (Ramsay & Ogilby 1886). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Australia and New Guinea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

concolor, Gobius De Vis [C. W.] 1884:689 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 9 (pt 3); ref. 17383] Cape York, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): QM I.86. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:174 [ref. 2676]. •Synonym of Exyrias puntang (Bleeker 1851) -- (Murdy 1985:10 [ref. 19200], Hoese & Larson 2006:1649 [ref. 29097], Kottelat 2013:407 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:153 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Exyrias puntang (Bleeker 1851). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

congoensis, Gobius Sauvage [H.-E.] 1884:205 [7] [Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France v. 9 (no. 3/4); ref. 21731] Majumpa, Congo. Syntypes: MNHN 1884-0026 to 0030 (5). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:29 [ref. 19958]. On p. 7 of separate. •Questionably a synonym of Bathygobius casamancus (Rochebrune 1880) -- (Maugé 1986:360 [ref. 6218], Miller 1990:925 [ref. 19376]). •Synonym of Bathygobius casamancus (Rochebrune 1880) -- (D. Hoese/H.K. Larson data). Current status: Synonym of Bathygobius casamancus (Rochebrune 1880). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

constructor, Gobius Nordmann [A. von] 1840:427, Pl. 9 (fig. 2) [Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée; ref. 3209] Black Sea, rapid torrents in Abasie, Drandarium, Ghouriel. Syntypes: ?MNHN A-1196 (1) from Abasie, ZMB 2096 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:29 [ref. 19958] as Gobius constructor. •Synonym of Neogobius cephalarges (Pallas 1814), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Berg 1949:1087 [ref. 20662]). •Synonym of Neogobius platyrostris (Pallas 1814), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Pinchuk 1977:590 [ref. 8999], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:756 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:142 [ref. 23591]). •Synonym of Gobius constructor Nordmann 1840, but a valid subspecies -- (Michajlova 1989:25 [ref. 20062]). •In part a synonym of Neogobius rhodioni Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev 1994 -- (Vasil'eva 1998:142 [ref. 23591]). •See also Coad 1995:31 [ref. 23608]. •Synonym of Neogobius rhodioni Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev 1994 -- (Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev 2003:370 [ref. 27347]). •Valid as Neogobius constructor (Nordmann 1840) -- (Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev 1994:747 [ref. 22082], Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev 2003:193 [ref. 27347], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:229 [ref. 28183], Kovačić & Engín 2008:79 [ref. 29624], Fricke et al. 2007:105 [ref. 29533], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:577 [ref. 29996], Ninua & Japoshvili 2008:172 [ref. 31251]). •Valid as Ponticola constructor (Nordmann 1840) -- (Neilson & Stepien 2009:97 [ref. 30487], Freyhof 2011:286 [ref. 31742], Stepien & Neilson 2013:2 [ref. 35325], Bayçelebi et al. 2015:792 [ref. 41410], Çiçek et al. 2015:152 [ref. 35151], Vasil'eva et al. 2016:9 [ref. 34347], Çiçek et al. 2020:256 [ref. 37644], Kuljanishvili et al. 2020:[5] [ref. 37535], Parenti 2021:74 [ref. 38603], Çiçek et al. 2023:432 [ref. 40625], Epitashvili et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40224], Çiçek et al. 2024:310 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Ponticola constructor (Nordmann 1840). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: eastern Black Sea basin. Habitat: freshwater.

convictor, Evermannichthys Böhlke [J. E.] & Robins [C. R.] 1969:11, Fig. 2 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 121 (no. 1); ref. 7800] West of Green Cay, Great Bahama Bank, Bahamas, depth 45 feet. Holotype: ANSP 111862. Paratypes: ANSP 111863 (2), 111864 (1, c&s). Additional material: ANSP 110893-94 (1, 1), 111376 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:105 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Evermannichthys convictor Böhlke & Robins 1969 -- (Gilbert & Burgess 1986:160 [ref. 5949], Thacker 2001:3 [ref. 25217], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1793 [ref. 27111], Van Tassell 2011:153 [ref. 31732], Parenti 2021:269 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Evermannichthys convictor Böhlke & Robins 1969. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.) and Bahamas south to Curacao, including Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.

copleyi, Paragobioides Smith [J. L. B.] 1951:521, Fig. 1-2 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12) v. 4 (no. 41) (art. 52); ref. 12918] Western Indian Ocean: Mozambique, Baixo Pinda, Mombassa. Syntypes: (5) SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 130 (2), 173 (1), 53797 (1). •Valid as Gunnellichthys copleyi (Smith 1951) -- (Myers 1999:262 [ref. 23965], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Heemstra et al. 2004:3330 [ref. 27945], Hoese 2006:1704 [ref. 28998], Fricke et al. 2018:345 [ref. 35805], Parenti 2021:382 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:188 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Gunnellichthys copleyi (Smith 1951). Gobiidae: Microdesminae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: East Africa, Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Madagascar and Mascarenes (Rodrigues). Habitat: marine.

corallinus, Rhinogobius Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:400, Fig. 89 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Pago Pago, American Samoa. Holotype (unique): USNM 51780. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:125 [ref. 2676]. •Synonym of Bathygobius cocosensis (Bleeker 1854) -- (Kottelat 2013:401 [ref. 32989], Suzuki et al. 2017:80 [ref. 35202], Parenti 2021:100 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Bathygobius cocosensis (Bleeker 1854). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

corallinus, Thalassogobius Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1953:183 [Philippine Journal of Science v. 82 (no. 2); ref. 2143] Arji Island, Bikini Atoll, western Pacific. Holotype: USNM 202526. Paratypes: (1) ?UW [whereabouts unknown]. Species as corralinus in main heading on p. 183 regarded as a misspelling (as corallinus in 2 other places). •Synonym of Fusigobius neophytus (Günther 1877) -- (Parenti 2021:158 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Fusigobius neophytus (Günther 1877). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

corallinus, Zonogobius Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:209, Fig. 29 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 13; ref. 4122] Baixo Pinda, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 179. Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:47 [ref. 37115]. The gender of the genus is neuter; the adjective should be corallinum. •Valid as Trimma corallinus (Smith 1959) -- (Hoese 1986:805 [ref. 5670]). •Valid as Trimma corallina (Smith 1959) -- (Hagiwara & Winterbottom 2007:164 [ref. 29103]). •Valid as Trimma corallinum (Smith 1959) -- (Winterbottom & Southcott 2007:75 [ref. 29375], Winterbottom & Hoese 2015:19, 93 [ref. 33709], Fricke et al. 2018:341 [ref. 35805], Allen 2019:45 [ref. 36486], Winterbottom 2019:47 [ref. 37115], Parenti 2021:233 [ref. 38603], Winterbottom & Zur in Larson 2022:141 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Trimma corallinum (Smith 1959). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and East Africa to Madagascar and Seychelles; possibly Maldives. Habitat: marine.

corerefum, Trimma Winterbottom [R.] 2016:36, Figs. 24-27 [Zootaxa 4144 (no. 1); ref. 34613] Uchelbeluu Reef (aka the Short Drop-off), SE of Koror Island, 07°16'28.7"N, 134°31'32.1"E, depth 13.7-25.9 meters. Holotype: ROM 100151. Paratypes: ROM. Plus non-type material. Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:28 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Trimma corerefum Winterbottom 2016 -- (Viviani et al. 2016:4 [ref. 34831], Winterbottom 2017:568 [ref. 35329], Winterbottom & Erdmann 2018:480 [ref. 36013], Winterbottom 2019:28 [ref. 37115], Parenti 2021:233 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Trimma corerefum Winterbottom 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Sulawesi (Indonesia) east to Palau, north to Philippines. Habitat: marine.

corneliae, Eviota Fricke [R.] 1998:2, Fig. 1 [Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie). No. 577; ref. 23756] Cap Wabao, 150 meters north-northeast of cape, Maré Island, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, 21°35'45"S, 167°50'06"E, depth 2.8-3.8 meters. Holotype: SMNS 19870. Paratypes: SMNS 19895 (1). Type catalog: Fricke 2005:39 [ref. 29864]. •Synonym of Trimmatom eviotops (Schultz 1943) -- (Gill & Jewett 2004:236 [ref. 27775] on Winterbottom advice, Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:352 [ref. 28867], Parenti 2021:246 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Trimmatom eviotops (Schultz 1943). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

coryphaenula, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:131 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific. Holotype: MNHN 0000-3097 [or A-1376]. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:30 [ref. 19958] as coryphoenula. •Synonym of Gobiodon rivulatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Maugé 1986:370 [ref. 6218], Fricke et al. 2018:333 [ref. 35805], Larson 2022:99 [ref. 39971] with question, Parenti 2021:171 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobiodon rivulatus (Rüppell 1830). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

cotticeps, Gobius Steindachner [F.] 1879:137 [19], Pl. 1 (figs. 2-2a) [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 80 (nos 1-2); ref. 4229] Society Islands [French Polynesia, South Pacific]. Holotype (unique): NMW 30439. On p. 19 of separate. •Valid as Bathygobius cotticeps (Steindachner 1879) -- (Akihito & Meguro 1980:229 [ref. 6920], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:273 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:781 [ref. 5670], Miller & Smith 1989:315 [ref. 25535], Randall et al. 1997:527 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:245 [ref. 23965], Chu 1999:70 [ref. 24097], Fricke 1999:501 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:26 [ref. 25829], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:635 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1219 [ref. 25182], Randall & Earle 2000:19 [ref. 25806], Larson & Murdy 2001:3595 [ref. 26293] dated 1880, Miller & Stefanni 2001:151 [ref. 26034], Nakabo 2002:1219 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:643 [ref. 27495] dated 1880, Randall et al. 2004:26 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3328 [ref. 27945], Greenfield & Randall 2004:510 [ref. 28175], Randall 2005:520 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:472 [ref. 28379], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:349 [ref. 28867], Hoese & Larson 2006:1627 [ref. 29097] dated 1880 and wrong reference, Randall 2007:396 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:99 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:205 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:961 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:269 [ref. 32706], Kottelat 2013:401 [ref. 32989], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988] dated 1880, Arndt & Fricke 2019:16 [ref. 36883], Parenti 2021:100 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:50 [ref. 39971], Mochizuki et al. 2022:25 [ref. 39612], Sreeraj et al. 2022:650 [ref. 40119], Abe et al. 2024:9 [ref. 41435], Fricke et al. 2024:72 [ref. 41255], Allen et al. 2024:52 [ref. 41659]). Current status: Valid as Bathygobius cotticeps (Steindachner 1879). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Mozambique Channel and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Pitcairn Group, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan) and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.

couchi, Gobius Miller [P. J.] & El-Tawil [M. Y.] 1974:546, Fig. 2 [Journal of Zoology (London) v. 174 (no. 4); ref. 7520] Helford, Cornwall, English Channel, England. Holotype: BMNH 1974.2.8.1. Paratypes: BMNH 1974.2.8.2-11 (10). •Valid as Gobius couchi Miller & El-Tawil 1974 -- (Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1039 [ref. 13677], Stefanni & Mazzoldi 1999:1128 [ref. 40399], Kovačić 2001:4 [ref. 39539], Herler et al. 2005:1044 [ref. 28118], Kovačić & Golani 2007:89 [ref. 39536], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:64 [ref. 36649], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:186 [ref. 31737], Kovačić et al. 2011:247 [ref. 32868], Kovačić et al. 2012:439 [ref. 32861], Kovačić et al. 2014:234 [ref. 33190], Kovačić & Šanda 2016:1121 [ref. 34173], Carneiro et al. 2019:180 [ref. 37250], Iglésias et al. 2020:300 [ref. 37987], Kovačić 2020:77 [ref. 37932], Kovačić et al. 2020:24 [ref. 37519], Manilo 2020:73 [ref. 37795], Iglésias et al. 2021:181 [ref. 38818], Kovačić et al. 2021:40 [ref. 39014], Parenti 2021:176 [ref. 38603], Renoult et al. in Santín et al. 2021:203 [ref. 38223], Bilecenoğlu & Yokeş 2022:45 [ref. 39524], Gus'kov et al. 2022:73 [ref. 39564], Kovačić et al. 2022: 55 [ref. 39303], Renoult et al. 2022:72 [ref. 39288]). Current status: Valid as Gobius couchi Miller & El-Tawil 1974. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; Black Sea; eastern Atlantic: British Isles south to Portugal. Habitat: brackish, marine.

crassiceps, Mapo Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:403, Fig. 92 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51777 (1 of 5). Paratypes: CAS-SU 8706 (1), USNM 51777 (4 of 5). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:125 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:115 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Bathygobius crassiceps (Jordan & Seale 1906) -- (Shao et al. 2008:261 [ref. 29952]). •Synonym of Bathygobius cyclopterus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Akihito & Meguro 1980:228 [ref. 6920], Randall 2005:520 [ref. 28239], Kottelat 2013:401 [ref. 32989], Larson 2022:50 [ref. 39971], Parenti 2021:100 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Bathygobius cyclopterus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

crassus, Callogobius McKinney [J. F.] & Lachner [E. A.] 1984:627, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 97 (no. 3); ref. 21192] Southern tip of Massas Island, Papua-New Guinea, 5°10'18"S, 145°51'24"E, depth 0-18 meters. Holotype: USNM 220088. Paratypes: AMNH 51499 (3); BPBM 18535 (1); USNM 210005 (1), 220086-87 (1, 1). •Valid as Callogobius crassus McKinney & Lachner 1984 -- (Goren et al. 1991:299 [ref. 19765], Chen & Shao 2000:459 [ref. 24425], Nakabo 2000:1168 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3595 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1168 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Dimara et al. 2010:621 [ref. 31108], Allen & Erdmann 2012:964 [ref. 31980], Delventhal & Mooi 2013:156 [ref. 32677], Delventhal & Mooi 2014:146 [ref. 33337], Fujiwara et al. 2021:261 [ref. 38707], Parenti 2021:112 [ref. 38603], Delventhal & Mooi 2023:461 [ref. 40434]). Current status: Valid as Callogobius crassus McKinney & Lachner 1984. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia, Philippines and Papua New Guinea east to Society Islands. Habitat: marine.

crescentalis, Gobiosoma Gilbert [C. H.] 1892:557 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 14 (no. 880); ref. 1626] Gulf of California (off Isla Espíritu Santo), Mexico [eastern Pacific], 24°22'15"N, 110°19'15"W, Albatross station 2825, depth 7 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 48258. •Valid as Gobulus crescentalis (Gilbert 1892) -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:265 [ref. 22193], Hoese in Fischer et al. 1995:1135 [ref. 22829], Thomson et al. 2000:237 [ref. 25640], Hoese & Reader 2001:172 [ref. 26036], Nelson et al. 2004:172 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:162 [ref. 37547], Van Tassell 2011:154 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:177 [ref. 32708], Tornabene et al. 2016:13 [ref. 34435], Love et al. 2021:205 [ref. 39279], Parenti 2021:273 [ref. 38603], Page et al. 2023:123 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:319 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Gobulus crescentalis (Gilbert 1892). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of central Baja California (Mexico) south to Panama, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.

criniger, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:82 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Dorey Harbor, New Guinea; Malabar, India. Syntypes: MNHN A-1348 (1, main specimen) Dorey Harbor, New Guinea; MNHN A-1350 (1) Malabar, India. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:30 [ref. 19958] as holotype and paratype. •Valid as Rhinogobius criniger (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Miller 1973:515 [ref. 6888]). •Valid as Ctenogobius criniger (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Geevarghese & John 1982:660 [ref. 8476], Wu & Ni in Kuang et al. 1986:295 [ref. 26639] with authors as Cuvier & Valenciennes). •Valid as Yongeichthys criniger (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:254 [ref. 6441], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:571 [ref. 25598], Rema Devi 1993:173 [ref. 24020], Randall 1995:795 [ref. 22357], Takahashi & Okamoto 2000:6 [ref. 24464], Nakabo 2000:1205 [ref. 25182], Sakai et al. 2001:120 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:1205 [ref. 26193], Randall et al. 2004:29 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:559 [ref. 28239], Kottelat 2013:432 [ref. 32989], Suresh et al. 2018:292 [ref. 36495]). •Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775) -- (Dor 1984:252 [ref. 29757], Maugé 1986:387 [ref. 6218], Hoese & Larson 2006:1697 [ref. 29097], Parenti 2021:257 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:155 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål 1775). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

crinitus, Lythrypnus Ginsburg [I.] 1939:54 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 29 (no. 2); ref. 12362] 1/4 miles from White Rock, Cartage Bay, Isabela Island [Albemarle Island], Galápagos Islands, depth 32 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 107281. •Synonym of Lythrypnus dalli (Gilbert 1890) -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:266 [ref. 22193], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:557 [ref. 24023], Thomson et al. 2000:247 [ref. 25640], Parenti 2021:195 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Lythrypnus dalli (Gilbert 1890). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

cristagalli, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:130 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Havana, Cuba. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-1403. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:30 [ref. 19958] as cristi galli. Originally as crista galli. •Synonym of Lophogobius cyprinoides (Pallas 1770) -- (Koumans 1937:xx [ref. 2675], Akihito & Meguro 2000:xxx [ref. 24803], Parenti 2021:193 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Lophogobius cyprinoides (Pallas 1770). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

cristatus, Gobius Macleay [W.] 1881:610 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 5 (pt 4); ref. 2869] Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia. Syntypes: AMS I.16391-001 [ex MAMU F993] (10). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:158 [ref. 2676], Stanbury 1969:208 [ref. 19518]. Secondarily preoccupied by Euctenogobius cristatus Day 1873; replaced by Gobius gobioides Ogilby 1886. •Valid as Cryptocentroides cristatus (Macleay 1881) -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293]). •Synonym of Cryptocentroides gobioides (Ogilby 1886) -- (Hoese & Larson 2006:1636 [ref. 29097], Parenti 2021:124 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Cryptocentroides gobioides (Ogilby 1886). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

cristulatus, Lophogobius Ginsburg [I.] 1939:52 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 29 (no. 2); ref. 12362] Pacific coast of Panama (probably on Farfan Beach near Balboa). Holotype (unique): USNM 107294. •Valid as Lophogobius cristulatus Ginsburg 1939 -- (Dawson 1972:372 [ref. 35161], Hoese in Fischer et al. 1995:1135 [ref. 22829], Thacker & Cole 2002:838 [ref. 26548], Van Tassell 2011:141, 144 [ref. 31732], Angulo et al. 2013:1009 [ref. 33194], Parenti 2021:193 [ref. 38603], Fricke et al. 2024:320 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Lophogobius cristulatus Ginsburg 1939. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Panama. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

crocatus, Cryptocentrus Wongratana [T.] 1975:8, Fig. 4; Pl. 1 (fig. 4) [Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin No. 6; ref. 22942] Bangkok Fish Market (said to come from east coast of Gulf of Thailand). Holotype (unique): PMBC 4620 [ex Ph. 2094]. Type catalog: Nateewanthana 1990:71 [ref. 20165] as crocratus. •Valid as Cryptocentrus crocatus Wongratana 1975 -- (Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122]). •Valid as Myersina crocatus (Wongratana 1975) -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Satapoomin & Winterbottom 2002:62 [ref. 26168], Winterbottom 2002:70 [ref. 25955], Hoese & Larson 2004:168 [ref. 28074], Shibukawa 2009:280 [ref. 30449], Yoshida et al. 2013:192 [ref. 34464], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:262 [ref. 36460]). •Valid as Myersina crocata (Wongratana 1975) -- (Shibukawa & Satapoomin 2006:29 [ref. 28710], Allen & Randall 2011:563 [ref. 31615], Allen & Erdmann 2012:879 [ref. 31980], Prokofiev 2016:647 [ref. 35020], Greenfield & Randall 2018:98 [ref. 36091], Parenti 2021:200 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Myersina crocata (Wongratana 1975). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Sea, Gulf of Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines and southern China. Habitat: marine.

crocatus, Microgobius Birdsong [R. S.] 1968:193, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 81; ref. 7870] Pacific coast of Panama, about 1.3 miles south-southeast of Miraflores Locks, western Panama Canal, near Cocoli, depth 4 feet. Holotype (unique): USNM 202587. •Valid as Microgobius crocatus Birdsong 1968 -- (Birdsong 1981:296 [ref. 5425], Hoese in Fischer et al. 1995:1135 [ref. 22829], Van Tassell 2011:168 [ref. 31732], Tornabene et al. 2012:41 [ref. 32138], Parenti 2021:274 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Microgobius crocatus Birdsong 1968. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: El Salvador south to Peru. IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: brackish, marine.

crocineus, Ctenogobiops Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:191, Pl. 11 (fig. K) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 13; ref. 4122] Mahé, Seychelles, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 201. Paratypes: AMS I.19409-001 (1), SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 894 (1). •Synonym of Ctenogobiops maculosus (Fourmanoir 1955) -- (Randall et al. 2003:511 [ref. 27448], Hoese & Larson 2006:1640 [ref. 29097], Randall et al. 2007:26 [ref. 29015]). •Valid as Ctenogobiops crocineus Smith 1959 -- (Lubbock & Polunin 1977:505 [ref. 7264], Yanagisawa 1978:293 [ref. 7028], Goren 1979:33 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:243 [ref. 29757], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:261 [ref. 6441], Randall & Goren 1993:8 [ref. 21131], Goren & Dor 1994:64 [ref. 25356], Randall et al. 1997:530 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:240 [ref. 23965], Chen et al. 1999:60 [ref. 24094], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1233 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:119 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1233 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa 2009:270 [ref. 30449], Kovačić et al. 2011:60 [ref. 31957], Golani & Fricke 2018:151 [ref. 36273], Parenti 2021:130 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:75 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:10 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Ctenogobiops crocineus Smith 1959. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles and Comoros east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

crocodilus, Leptophilypnus Beebe [W.] & Tee-Van [J.] 1928:219, Fig. [Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society v. 10 (no. 1); ref. 15836] Lamentin Reef, Port-au-Prince Bay, Haiti, West Indies. Holotype (unique): USNM 170905 [ex NYZS 7467]. Type catalog: Mead 1958:133 [ref. 20648]. •Valid as Lythrypnus crocodilus (Beebe & Tee-Van 1928) -- (Böhlke & Robins 1960:85 [ref. 11896], Greenfield 1988:465 [ref. 6413], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1794 [ref. 27111], Smith et al. 2003:63 [ref. 27621], Van Tassell 2011:141 [ref. 31732], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:79 [ref. 33341], Parenti 2021:195 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Lythrypnus crocodilus (Beebe & Tee-Van 1928). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.

crossogenion, Ptereleotris Randall [J. E.] & Suzuki [T.] 2008:94, Fig. 3 [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 14 (no.2); ref. 29664] Patch reef in lagoon east of Nagada Harbor, 5°09'44"S, 145°49'08"E, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, depth 27 meters. Holotype (unique): BPBM 32556. •Valid as Ptereleotris crossogenion Randall & Suzuki 2008 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2012:999 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:178 [ref. 33932], Parenti 2021:405 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Ptereleotris crossogenion Randall & Suzuki 2008. Gobiidae: Ptereleotrinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Madang (Papua New Guinea). Habitat: marine.

cruentatus, Gobius Gmelin [J. F.] 1789:1197 [Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 3); ref. 18139] Marseille, France, western Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Based on 'Gobius No. 42' of Brünnich 1768:30 [ref. 17290]. See also Gobius pustulatus Bonnaterre 1788. Declared a nomen protectum by Parenti 2021:177 [ref. 38603]. •Valid as Gobius cruentatus Gmelin 1789 -- (Herrera 1896:61 [ref. 39336], Miller 1973:486 [ref. 6888], Miller 1977:342 [ref. 41065], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1039 [ref. 13677], Miller 1990:934 [ref. 19376], Kovačić & Miller 2000:234 [ref. 25014], Ahnelt 2001:266 [ref. 25667], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:131 [ref. 26753], Gil et al. 2002:161 [ref. 25974], Golani 2005:56 [ref. 37112], Engin et al. 2007:87 [ref. 29213], Fricke et al. 2007:103 [ref. 29533], Vasil'eva 2007:154 [ref. 30517], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:64 [ref. 36649], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:186 [ref. 31737], Schliewen 2011:217 [ref. 31738], Parin et al. 2015:482 [ref. 33547], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2840 [ref. 34618], Artüz & Fricke 2019:559 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:180 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:100 [ref. 36864], Bariche & Fricke 2020:71 [ref. 37515], Kovačić 2020:77 [ref. 37932], Kovačić et al. 2020:24 [ref. 37519], Manilo 2020:74 [ref. 37795], Abliazov et al. 2021:11 [ref. 38576], Bañón & Maño 2021:91 [ref. 38887], Golani 2021:74 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:40 [ref. 39014], Parenti 2021:176 [ref. 38603], Gus'kov et al. 2022:73 [ref. 39564], Kovačić et al. 2022: 55 [ref. 39303], Renoult et al. 2022:84 [ref. 39288], Kesici et al. 2024:107 [ref. 41571]). Nomen Protectum. Current status: Valid as Gobius cruentatus Gmelin 1789. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; Black Sea; eastern Atlantic: Ireland south to Senegal. Habitat: marine.

cryptocentrus, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:111, Pl. 346 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Syntypes: MNHN A-1166 (1, primary specimen), ZMB 2077 (4). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:30 [ref. 19958] as holotype and paratypes. •Valid as Cryptocentrus cryptocentrus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Goren 1979:29 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:242 [ref. 29757], Hoese 1986:786 [ref. 5670], Goren & Dor 1994:64 [ref. 25356], Fricke 1999:507 [ref. 24106], Hoese & Larson 2004:168 [ref. 28074], Fricke et al. 2013:269 [ref. 32706], Golani & Fricke 2018:151 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:62 [ref. 37020], Hoese 2019:37 [ref. 36472], Goren & Stern 2021:12 [ref. 38671], Parenti 2021:126 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:72 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:9 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Cryptocentrus cryptocentrus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Mozambique Channel and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory). Habitat: marine.

ctenolepidus, Benthophilus Kessler [K. F.] 1877:48, Pl. 4 (fig. 11) [The Aralo-Caspian Expedition; ref. 2597] Caspian Sea, 40°08'N, 0°26'E of Baku, Azerbaijan. Lectotype: ZIN 10897. Paralectotypes: (4) BMNH 1897.7.5.13 [ex ZIN] (1), ZIN (lost). Lectotype selected by Ragimov [Rahimov] 1982:48 [ref. 8985]. •Valid as Benthophilus ctenolepidus Kessler 1877 -- (Coad 1995:29 [ref. 23608], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:753 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:128 [ref. 23591], Coad 1998:103 [ref. 23869], Pinchuk & Miller in Miller 2004:187 [ref. 27853], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:216 [ref. 28183], Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2004:134 [ref. 28099], Boldyrev & Bogutskaya 2007:70 [ref. 29150], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:897 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:80 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:61 [ref. 36089], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:226 [ref. 37983], Parenti 2021:69 [ref. 38603], Zarei et al. 2022:165 [ref. 39576], Çiçek et al. 2024:300 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Benthophilus ctenolepidus Kessler 1877. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Caspian Sea basin. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

culionensis, Ctenogobius Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1934:84 [Notes on fishes in the Zoological Museum of Stanford University. 1. The fishes of the Herre Philippine expedition of 1931.; ref. 2108] Culion Harbor, Palawan Province, Philippines. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 26387. Herre specimens: BMNH 1933.3.11.677 [from Herre] (1). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:148 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:110 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Cryptocentrus caeruleomaculatus (Herre 1933) -- (Hoese 2019:31 [ref. 36472], Parenti 2021:125 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:71 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Cryptocentrus caeruleomaculatus (Herre 1933). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

cuneata, Chriolepis Bussing [W. A.] 1990:113, Fig. 7 [Revista de Biología Tropical v. 38 (no. 1); ref. 19516] Off Isla San José, Islas Murciélagos, Costa Rica, depth 10-14 meters. Holotype: LACM 44828-1 [ex UCR 382-5]. Paratypes: LACM 32499-47 (2), 32539-35 (2), 32546-50 (2), 32548-56 (1); UCR 432-22 (1), 631-8 (1), 689-15 (2). Non-type material: UCR 684-8 (1). Type catalog: Angulo et al. 2015:371 [ref. 35212]. •Valid as Chriolepis cuneata Bussing 1990 -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:260 [ref. 22193], Hoese in Fischer et al. 1995:1134 [ref. 22829], Thomson et al. 2000:244 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:170 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:161 [ref. 37547], Van Tassell 2011:151 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:175 [ref. 32708], Tornabene et al. 2016:13 [ref. 34435], Love et al. 2021:204 [ref. 39279], Parenti 2021:263 [ref. 38603], Page et al. 2023:121 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:309 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Chriolepis cuneata Bussing 1990. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern tip of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Panama, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.

cunicularia, Kraemeria Rofen [R. R.] 1958:187, Pls. 6 (figs. 16-17), 8 (fig. 21) [The Natural History of Rennell Island, British Solomon Islands, Copenhagen v. 1 (no. 10); ref. 12110] Behes stream, Ngermelech Village, eastern side of Babelthuap Island, Palau Islands, 7°29'54"N, 134°38'25"E. Holotype: CAS-SU 52007. Paratypes: CAS-SU 52008 (15). •Valid as Kraemeria cunicularia Rofen 1958 -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:287 [ref. 6441], Myers 1999:261 [ref. 23965], Nakabo 2000:1260 [ref. 25182], Larson 2001:3604 [ref. 26294], Sakai et al. 2001:120 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:1260 [ref. 26193], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:195 [ref. 27510], Allen & Erdmann 2012:858 [ref. 31980], Kottelat 2013:396 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:380 [ref. 38603], Furuhashi et al. 2024:18 [ref. 41415]). Current status: Valid as Kraemeria cunicularia Rofen 1958. Gobiidae: Kraemeriinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia east to Palau, north to China, Ryukyu Islands and Yaeyama Islands (Japan). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

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], Fricke et al. 2024:307 [ref. 41622]). 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.

curasub, Coryphopterus Baldwin [C. C.] & Robertson [D. R.] 2015:126, Figs. 1-2A [ZooKeys No. 513; ref. 33884] Southern Caribbean, Curaçao, east of downline off Substation Curaçao dock, near 12°05.069'N, 68°53.886'W, depth 80 meters. Holotype: USNM 406373. Paratypes: USNM. •Valid as Coryphopterus curasub Baldwin & Robertson 2015 -- (Parenti 2021:119 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Coryphopterus curasub Baldwin & Robertson 2015. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Caribbean Sea (Curaçao). Habitat: marine.

curiosus, Gunnellichthys Dawson [C. E.] 1968:54, Figs. 1-4 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 81; ref. 7885] Southeast of point forming south end of Laraie Bay, Curieuse Island, Seychelles, western Indian Ocean, depth about 30 feet. Holotype (unique): ANSP 103611. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:127 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Gunnellichthys curiosus Dawson 1968 -- (Randall et al. 1990:413 [ref. 15987], Randall & Goren 1993:26 [ref. 21131], Allen 1997:220 [ref. 23977] with genus as Gunnelichthys, Senou et al. 1997:4 [ref. 24381], Randall et al. 1997:413 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:262 [ref. 23965] with genus as Gunnelichthys, Nakabo 2000:1261 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:419 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:122 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Larson 2001:3608 [ref. 26296], Nakabo 2002:1261 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:61 [ref. 26830] with genus as Gunnelichthys, Kimura et al. 2003:2 [ref. 27051], Myers & Donaldson 2003:645 [ref. 27495], Heemstra et al. 2004:3330 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:396 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:562 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:483 [ref. 28379], Hoese 2006:1704 [ref. 28998], Randall 2007:409 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:104 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:990 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:177 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2018:345 [ref. 35805], Parenti 2021:382 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:189 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Gunnellichthys curiosus Dawson 1968. Gobiidae: Microdesminae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to Taiwan and southern Japan, south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

curticauda, Oxymetopon Prokofiev [A. M.] 2016:131, Figs. 1-2 [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 56 (no. 2); ref. 34651] Van Phong Bay, Vietnam, 12°35'144"-12°37'763"N, 109°27'068"-109°27'009"E, depth 29-44 meters. Holotype: ZMMU 23147. Paratypes: ZMMU 23148 (22). •Valid as Oxymetopon curticauda Prokofiev 2016 -- (Parenti 2021:400 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Oxymetopon curticauda Prokofiev 2016. Gobiidae: Ptereleotrinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Vietnam. Habitat: marine.

curticeps, Bathygobius ramosus Ginsburg [I.] 1947:281 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 37 (no. 8); ref. 19997] Cape San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. Holotype: USNM 30739. Paratypes: (50) FMNH 42666 (17). •Synonym of Bathygobius ramosus Ginsburg 1947 -- (Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:425 [ref. 24550], Parenti 2021:104 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Bathygobius ramosus Ginsburg 1947. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

curtus, Microgobius Ginsburg [I.] 1939:56 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 29 (no. 2); ref. 12362] Mangrove swamp, Salada, Guayaquil, Ecuador. Holotype: USNM 107292. Paratypes: USNM 88788 (5). •Valid as Microgobius curtus Ginsburg 1939 -- (Birdsong 1981:291 [ref. 5425], Allen & Robertson 1994:267 [ref. 22193], Hoese in Fischer et al. 1995:1135 [ref. 22829], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:149 [ref. 24555], Van Tassell 2011:168 [ref. 31732], Tornabene et al. 2012:41 [ref. 32138], Parenti 2021:274 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Microgobius curtus Ginsburg 1939. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: El Salvador south to Peru. IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: brackish, marine.

cyanocephala, Priolepis Hoese [D. F.] & Larson [H. K.] 2010:380, Figs. 2, 5c-d [Ichthyological Research v. 57; ref. 31045] Clovelly, New South Wales, Australia, depth 12 meters. Holotype: AMS I.19717-001. Paratypes: AMS I.17417-001 (1). •Valid as Priolepis cyanocephala Hoese & Larson 2010 -- (Parenti 2021:216 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Priolepis cyanocephala Hoese & Larson 2010. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: New South Wales (Australia) and Lord Howe Island (Australia). Habitat: marine.

cyanoclavis, Gobius Cantor [T. E.] 1849:1167 [185] [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 18 (pt 2); ref. 715] Sea of Penang, Malaysia. Syntypes: BMNH 1860.3.19.561-562 (2, half skins). On p. 185 of separate. •Synonym of Acentrogobius cyanomos (Bleeker 1849) -- (Parenti 2021:78 [ref. 38603]). •Synonym of Aulopareia cyanomos (Bleeker 1849) -- (Larson & Jaafar 2022:500 [ref. 39363]). Current status: Synonym of Aulopareia cyanomos (Bleeker 1849). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

cyanoctenosum, Oxymetopon Klausewitz [W.] & Condé [B.] 1981:71, Figs. 1, 10-17, 19e [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 8 (no. 3); ref. 5479] Probably from off Cebu Island, Philippines. Holotype (unique): SMF 15390. •Valid as Oxymetopon cyanoctenosum Klausewitz & Condé 1981 -- (Allen 1997:222 [ref. 23977], Ikeda et al. 2000:2 [ref. 25036], Larson 2001:3608 [ref. 26296], Allen & Adrim 2003:61 [ref. 26830], Allen & Erdmann 2012:995 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:178 [ref. 33932], Prokofiev 2016:136 [ref. 34651], Koeda & Ho 2019:85 [ref. 36584], Parenti 2021:400 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Oxymetopon cyanoctenosum Klausewitz & Condé 1981. Gobiidae: Ptereleotrinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia and Philippines, north to Taiwan, south to Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

cyanolineata, Vanderhorstia Suzuki [T.] & Chen [I-S.] 2014:208, Figs. 1-3 [Journal of Marine Science and Technology v. 21, Supplement [for 2013]; ref. 33152] Kyoda, 26°32'48.9"N, 127°57'29.9"E, Nago Inlet, Okinawa-jima Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, depth 30 meters. Holotype: OMNH-P 37882. Other material (photographs): KPM -NR 80594, KPR-NR 44940. •Valid as Vanderhorstia cyanolineata Suzuki & Chen 2014 -- (Parenti 2021:253 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia cyanolineata Suzuki & Chen 2014. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Bali (Indonesia); Ryukyu Islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.