GENUS Siphonogobius Shibukawa & Iwata, 1998 - gobies [=Siphonogobius Shibukawa [K.] & Iwata [A.], 1998:142] Notes: [ref. 23381]. Masc. Siphonogobius nue Shibukawa & Iwata, 1998. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Siphonogobius Shibukawa & Iwata, 1998 -- (Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Shibukawa & Iwata 2013:48 [ref. 32580]). Current status: Valid as Siphonogobius Shibukawa & Iwata, 1998. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Species Siphonogobius nue Shibukawa & Iwata, 1998 - Futaba goby (author) [=Siphonogobius nue Shibukawa [K.] & Iwata [A.], 1998:142, Figs. 1-9] Notes: [Ichthyological Research v. 45 (no. 2); ref. 23381] Tomioka Town, Futaba County, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Current status: Valid as Siphonogobius nue Shibukawa & Iwata, 1998. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western North Pacific: Japan. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Speleogobius Zander & Jelinek, 1976 - gobies [=Speleogobius Zander [C. D.] & Jelinek [H.], 1976:275] Notes: [ref. 4828]. Masc. Speleogobius trigloides Zander & Jelinek, 1976. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Speleogobius Zander & Jelinek, 1976 -- (Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1080 [ref. 13677], McKay & Miller 1997:1457 [ref. 24951], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:188 [ref. 31737]). Current status: Valid as Speleogobius Zander & Jelinek, 1976. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Species Speleogobius llorisi Kovacic et al., 2016 - Balearic speleogobius (author) [=Speleogobius llorisi Kovačić [M.], Ordines [F.] & Schliewen [U. K.], 2016:302, Figs. 2-5] Notes: [Zootaxa 4066 (no. 3); ref. 34155] Balearic Islands, Mallorca, Spain, 39°14.23'N, 2°58.66'E, depth 67 meters. Current status: Valid as Speleogobius llorisi Kovačić, Ordines & Schliewen, 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Spain. Habitat: marine. Species Speleogobius tirgloides Zander & Jelinek, 1976 - grotto goby [=Speleogobius trigloides Zander [C. D.] & Jelinek [H.], 1976:275, Figs. 4-5] Notes: [Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut v. 73; ref. 4828] Grotto of Banjole, near Rovinj, [Yugoslavia] Croatia, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea). Current status: Valid as Speleogobius trigloides Zander & Jelinek, 1976. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean Sea endemic. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Stonogobiops Polunin & Lubbock, 1977 - gobies, shrimpgobies [=Stonogobiops Polunin [N. V. C.] & Lubbock [R.], 1977:73] Notes: [ref. 3540]. Masc. Stonogobiops dracula Polunin & Lubbock, 1977. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Stonogobiops Polunin & Lubbock, 1977 -- (Hoese & Randall 1982 [ref. 5297], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:259 [ref. 6441], Birdsong et al. 1988:194 [ref. 7303], Iwata & Hirata 1994:189 [ref. 21443], Larson & Murdy 2001:3587 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1684 [ref. 29097], Allen & Randall 2011:563 [ref. 31615], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Shibukawa et al. 2012:56 [ref. 32036]). Current status: Valid as Stonogobiops Polunin & Lubbock, 1977. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Species Stonogobiops dracula Polunin & Lubbock, 1977 - Dracula shrimpgoby [=Stonogobiops dracula Polunin [N. V. C.] & Lubbock [R.], 1977:74, Figs. 6-7] Notes: [Journal of Zoology (London) v. 183 (pt 1); ref. 3540] Baie Ternay, Mahé, Seychelles, western Indian Ocean, depth about 20 meters. Current status: Valid as Stonogobiops dracula Polunin & Lubbock, 1977. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Seychelles, Réunion (western Mascarenes), Maldives. Habitat: marine.

Species Stonogobiops larsonae (Allen, 1999) - Larson's shrimpgoby [=Myersina larsonae Allen [G. R.], 1999:49, Fig. 1] Notes: [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 26 (no. 1-2); ref. 24275] East side of Cassini Island, Kimberley Coast, Western Australia, 13°57.48'S, 125°38.12'E, depth 30 meters. Current status: Valid as Stonogobiops larsonae (Allen, 1999). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Australia: Western Australia. Habitat: marine. Species Stonogobiops medon Hoese & Randall, 1982 - Hanauu shrimpgoby (author) [=Stonogobiops medon Hoese [D. F.] & Randall [J. E.], 1982:7, Pl. 2 (A-B); Figs. 1-2] Notes: [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 1; ref. 5297] Off point at northern end of Hanauu Bay, Fatu Hiva, Marquesas Islands, depth 35 meters. Current status: Valid as Stonogobiops medon Hoese & Randall, 1982. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Marquesas Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Stonogobiops nematodes Hoese & Randall, 1982 - filamentfinned prawngoby [=Stonogobiops nematodes Hoese [D. F.] & Randall [J. E.], 1982:13, Pl. 3 (B-C); Figs. 1, 4] Notes: [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 1; ref. 5297] Off South Seas Resort Hotel, Dumaguete City, Negros, Philippines, depth 65 feet. Current status: Valid as Stonogobiops nematodes Hoese & Randall, 1982. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles, East Andaman Sea, to Philippines Palau and Ryukyu Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Stonogobiops pentafasciatus Iwata & Hirata, 1994 - Kashiwajima shrimpgoby (author) [=Stonogobiops pentafasciata Iwata [A.] & Hirata [T.], 1994:189, Figs. 1-2] Notes: [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 41 (no. 2); ref. 21443] Kashiwajima Island, 32°45'N, 132°38'E, Otsuki-cho, Hata-gun, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Current status: Valid as Stonogobiops pentafasciatus Iwata & Hirata, 1994. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western North Pacific: Japan. Habitat: marine.

Species Stonogobiops xanthorhinicus Hoese & Randall, 1982 - yellownose prawngoby [=Stonogobiops xanthorhinica Hoese [D. F.] & Randall [J. E.], 1982:10, Pls. 2C, 3A; Figs. 1, 3] Notes: [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 1; ref. 5297] South side of Rausch Pass, Madang, New Guinea, depth 38 meters. Current status: Valid as Stonogobiops xanthorhinicus Hoese & Randall, 1982. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: East Indian region to Palau, to Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine. Species Stonogobiops yasha Yoshino & Shimada, 2001 - orangestriped shrimpgoby [=Stonogobiops yasha Yoshino [T.] & Shimada [K.], 2001:405, Figs. 1-2] Notes: [Ichthyological Research v. 48 (no. 4); ref. 25786] Off Maeda Cape, 26°27'N, 127°47'E, Onna Village, Okinawa Prefecture, Okinawa Island, depth 38 meters. Current status: Valid as Stonogobiops yasha Yoshino & Shimada, 2001. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Bali, Palau, Japan and New Caledoina. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Sueviota Winterbottom & Hoese, 1988 - gobies, dwarfgobies [=Sueviota Winterbottom [R.] & Hoese [D. F.], 1988:3] Notes: [ref. 9274]. Fem. Sueviota lachneri Winterbottom & Hoese, 1988. Type by original designation. •Valid as Sueviota Winterbottom & Hoese, 1988 -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3586, 3589 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1684 [ref. 29097], Dimara et al. 2010:621 [ref. 31108], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731]). Current status: Valid as Sueviota Winterbottom & Hoese, 1988. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Species Sueviota aprica Winterbottom & Hoese, 1988 - sunny dwarfgoby [=Sueviota aprica Winterbottom [R.] & Hoese [D. F], 1988:4, Figs. 3-4] Notes: [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. Current status: Valid as Sueviota aprica Winterbottom & Hoese, 1988. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Chagos Archipelago, Fiji and West Papua (Indonesia). Habitat: marine.

Species Sueviota atrinasa Winterbottom & Hoese, 1988 - blacknose dwarfgoby [=Sueviota atrinasa Winterbottom [R.] & Hoese [D. F.], 1988:7, Fig. 5] Notes: [Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Occasional Paper No. 37; ref. 9274] Off northwestern coast of Western Australia, depth 18-20 meters. Current status: Valid as Sueviota atrinasa Winterbottom & Hoese, 1988. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia, Vanuatu and off-shore reefs of western Australia. Habitat: marine.

Species Sueviota bryozophila Allen et al., 2016 - bryozophila goby [=Sueviota bryozophila Allen [G. R.], Erdmann [M. V.] & Cahyani [N. K. D.], 2016:78, Figs. 1-4] Notes: [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. Current status: Valid as Sueviota bryozophila Allen, Erdmann & Cahyani, 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

Species Sueviota lachneri Winterbottom & Hoese, 1988 - Lachner's dwarfgoby [=Sueviota lachneri Winterbottom [R.] & Hoese [D. F.], 1988:9, Figs. 6-7] Notes: [Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Occasional Paper No. 37; ref. 9274] Drop off on east side of Isle Poule, Salomon Atoll, Chagos Archipelago, central Indian Ocean. Current status: Valid as Sueviota lachneri Winterbottom & Hoese, 1988. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Chagos Archipelago to Fiji, Great Barrier Reef to Ogasawara Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Sueviota larsonae Winterbottom & Hoese, 1988 - Larson's dwarfgoby (author) [=Sueviota larsonae Winterbottom [R.] & Hoese [D. F.], 1988:13, Fig. 9] Notes: [Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Occasional Paper No. 37; ref. 9274] North of Cobourg Peninsula, Arafura Sea, Northern Territory, Australia, 10°35'S, 133°45'E, depth 60 meters. Current status: Valid as Sueviota larsonae Winterbottom & Hoese, 1988. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific and southeastern Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine.

Species Sueviota pyrios Greenfield & Randall, 2017 - pyrios goby [=Sueviota pyrios Greenfield [D. W.] & Randall [J. E.], 2017:9, Figs. 1-3] Notes: [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 25; ref. 35230] Eilat, off Heinz Steinitz Marine Laboratory (now Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat), Israel, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, 29.502°N, 34.929°E, depth 10.5 meters. Current status: Valid as Sueviota pyrios Greenfield & Randall, 2017. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Habitat: marine.

Species Sueviota tubicola Allen & Erdmann, 2017 - tubicola goby [=Sueviota tubicola Allen [G. R.] & Erdmann [M. V.], 2017:3, Figs. 1-4] Notes: [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 25; ref. 35130] Bunama Village, Normanby Island, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, 10°08.696'S, 151°09.235'E, depth 23-28 meters. Current status: Valid as Sueviota tubicola Allen & Erdmann, 2017. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Normanby Island, Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Sufflogobius Smith, 1956 - gobies [=Sufflogobius Smith [J. L. B.], 1956:714] Notes: [ref. 4106]. Masc. Gobius bibarbatus von Bonde, 1923. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Sufflogobius Smith, 1956 -- (Hoese 1986:804 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:377 [ref. 6218], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Schliewen 2011:220 [ref. 31738]). Current status: Valid as Sufflogobius Smith, 1956. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Species Sufflogobius bibarbatus (von Bonde, 1923) - bearded goby, pelagic goby [=Gobius bibarbatus von Bonde [C.], 1923:28, Pl. 6] Notes: [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. Current status: Valid as Sufflogobius bibarbatus (von Bonde, 1923). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: southern Africa. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Thorogobius MIller, 1969 - gobies [=Thorogobius Miller [P. J.], 1969:839] Notes: [ref. 3010]. Masc. Gobius ephippiatus Lowe, 1839. Type by original designation. •Valid as Thorogobius Miller, 1969 -- (Miller 1973:512 [ref. 6888], Miller 1984:382 [ref. 6338], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1081 [ref. 13677], Birdsong et al. 1988:190 [ref. 7303], Sauberer & Ahnelt 2008:277 [ref. 29915], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:188 [ref. 31737], Schliewen 2011:220 [ref. 31738], Kovačić et al. 2012:441 [ref. 32861]). Current status: Valid as Thorogobius Miller, 1969. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Species Thorogobius angolensis (Norman, 1935) - Angolan thorogobius (author) [=Gobius (Gobius) angolensis Norman [J. R.], 1935:16, Figs. 5-6] Notes: [Discovery Reports v. 12; ref. 13911] Off St. Paul de Loanda, Angola. Current status: Valid as Thorogobius angolensis (Norman, 1935). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal to Angola. Habitat: marine.

Species Thorogobius ephippiatus (Lowe, 1839) - leopardspotted goby [=Gobius ephippiatus Lowe [R. T.], 1839:84, Gobius forsteri Corbin [P. G.], 1958:1659, Gobius thori de Buen [F.], 1928:6, Fig. 3] Notes: [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1839 (pt 7); ref. 2829] Madeira, eastern Atlantic. Current status: Valid as Thorogobius ephippiatus (Lowe, 1839). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: Norway to Morocco including Madeira and Canary Islands. Habitat: marine. (forsteri) [Nature (London) v. 181 (no. 4624); ref. 12062] Southern England coast. Current status: Synonym of Thorogobius ephippiatus (Lowe, 1839). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine. (thori) [Notas y résumenes, Instituto Español de Oceanografia; Ministerio de Marin. Madrid (Ser. 2) No. 22; ref. 21112] Bozcaada, Turkey, Mediterranean Sea. Current status: Synonym of Thorogobius ephippiatus (Lowe, 1839). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

Species Thorogobius macrolepis (Kolombatovic, 1891) - largescaled goby [=Gobius macrolepis Kolombatovic [G.], 1891:4] Notes: [Gobii della Dalmazia; ref. 18430] Adriatic. Current status: Valid as Thorogobius macrolepis (Kolombatovic, 1891). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea: Adriatic and Ionian seas. Habitat: marine.

Species Thorogobius rofeni Miller, 1988 - Rofen's thorogobius (author) [=Thorogobius rofeni Miller [P. J.], 1988:1250, Fig. 4] Notes: [Journal of Natural History v. 22 (no. 5); ref. 17698] Gulf of Guinea, about 40 kilometers offshore from the Equatorial Guinean town of Yengue, northeastern Atlantic, 2°09'N, 9°27'E. Current status: Valid as Thorogobius rofeni Miller, 1988. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Gulf of Guinea and Angola. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Tigrigobius Fowler, 1931 - gobies [=Tigrigobius (subgenus of Gobiosoma) Fowler [H. W.], 1931:401] Notes: [ref. 1410]. Masc. Gobiosoma macrodon Beebe & Tee-Van, 1928. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Elacatinus Jordan, 1904 -- (Hoese & Reader 2001:158 [ref. 26035]). •Synonym of Gobiosoma Girard, 1858, but a valid subgenus Tigrigobius as described -- (Rüber et al. 2003:1597 [ref. 26969], Taylor & Akins 2007:45 [ref. 29023]). •Valid as Tigrigobius Fowler, 1931 -- (Van Tassell 2011:165 [ref. 31732]). Current status: Valid as Tigrigobius Fowler, 1931. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Species Tigrigobius digueti (Pellegrin, 1901) - banded cleaner goby [=Gobiosoma digueti Pellegrin [J.], 1901:165, Gobiosoma brocki Ginsburg [I.], 1938:58, Elacatinus inornatus Bussing [W. A.], 1990:109, Fig. 5] Notes: [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 1) v. 7 (no. 4); ref. 14764] Gulf of California, Mexico. Current status: Valid as Tigrigobius digueti (Pellegrin, 1901). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California and Mexico. Habitat: marine. (brocki) [Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin v. 1 (no. 2); ref. 17145] Los Frailes, near Cape San Lucas, Baja California. Current status: Synonym of Tigrigobius digueti (Pellegrin, 1901). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine. (inornatus) [Revista de Biologia Tropical v. 38 (no. 1); ref. 19516] Off Isla Cocinero, Islas Murciélagos, Costa Rica, 10°51'N, 85°54'W, depth 9 meters. Current status: Synonym of Tigrigobius digueti (Pellegrin, 1901). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Costa Rica to Colombia. Habitat: marine.

Species Tigrigobius dilepis (Robins & Bohlke, 1964) - orangesided goby [=Garmannia (Tigrigobius) dilepis Robins [C. R.] & Böhlke [J. E.], 1964:3, Fig. 2] Notes: [Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia) No. 364; ref. 3359] Northwestern end of Conception Island, Bahamas, depth 25 feet. Current status: Valid as Tigrigobius dilepis (Robins & Böhlke, 1964). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Tigrigobius gemmatus (Ginsburg, 1939) - frecklefin goby [=Garmannia gemmata Ginsburg [I.], 1939:3, Fig. 2] Notes: [Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections v. 98 (no. 14); ref. 17194] Old Providence Island, West Indies. Current status: Valid as Tigrigobius gemmatus (Ginsburg, 1939). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Tigrigobius harveyi Victor, 2014 - greenbanded goby [=Tigrigobius harveyi Victor [B. C.], 2014:46, Figs. 29-33] Notes: [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 12; ref. 33549] SW Grand Cayman Island, 19.286°N, -81.391°W. Current status: Valid as Tigrigobius harveyi Victor, 2014. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Grand Cayman Island, Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.

Species Tigrigobius janssi (Bussing, 1981) - spotback goby [=Elacatinus janssi Bussing [W. A.], 1981:251, Fig. 1] Notes: [Revista de Biologia Tropical v. 29 (no. 2); ref. 8627] Bahía Herradura, south of the Gulf of Nicoya, Pacific coast of Costa Rica, 9°38'45"N, 84°40'55"W, depth 14-20 meters. Current status: Valid as Tigrigobius janssi (Bussing, 1981). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Costa Rica and Panama. Habitat: marine.

Species Tigrigobius limbaughi Hoese & Reader, 2001 - widebanded cleaning goby [=Elacatinus limbaughi Hoese [D. F.] & Reader [S.], 2001:158, Figs. 1-2, Gobiosoma limbaughi Burgess [W. E.] & Axelrod [H. R.], 1984:2107, Fig. 353] Notes: [Revista de Biologia Tropical v. 49 (Suppl. 1); ref. 26035] Isla San José, Mexico, Gulf of California. Current status: Valid as Tigrigobius limbaughi (Hoese & Reader, 2001). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to central Mexico. Habitat: marine. (limbaughi B) [Fishes of California and western Mexico. Pacific marine fishes; ref. 22884] Isla Blanca, Sonora, Mexico. Current status: Synonym of Tigrigobius limbaughi Hoese & Reader, 2001. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Gulf of California. Habitat: marine.

Species Tigrigobius macrodon (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1928) - tiger goby [=Gobiosoma macrodon Beebe [W.] & Tee-Van [J.], 1928:226, Fig.] Notes: [Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society v. 10 (no. 1); ref. 15836] Lamentin Reef, Port-au-Prince Bay, Haiti, West Indies. Current status: Valid as Tigrigobius macrodon (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1928). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Tigrigobius multifasciatus (Steindachner, 1876) - greenbanded goby [=Gobiosoma multifasciatum Steindachner [F.], 1876:231 [183], Gobius lineatus Poey [F.], 1861:424, Gobiosoma viridistriatum Silvester [C. F.], 1918:24, Pl. 3 (fig. 3)] Notes: [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 74 (1. Abth.); ref. 4225] St. Thomas Island, and St. Bartholomy Island, West Indies. Current status: Valid as Tigrigobius multifasciatus (Steindachner, 1876). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atantic. Habitat: marine. (lineatus) [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Cuba. Current status: Synonym of Tigrigobius multifasciatus (Steindachner, 1876). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine. (viridistriatum) [Carnegie Institution of Washington Publications v. 252; ref. 15257] Entrance to Guanica Harbor, Puerto Rico. Current status: Synonym of Tigrigobius multifasciatus (Steindachner, 1876). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

Species Tigrigobius nesiotes (Bussing, 1990) - Cocos tigrigobius (author) [=Elacatinus nesiotes Bussing [W. A.], 1990:110, Fig. 6] Notes: [Revista de Biologia Tropical v. 38 (no. 1); ref. 19516] 300 meters southwest of Cabo Descubierto, eastern side of Isla del Coco [Cocos], off Costa Rica, depth 20 meters. Current status: Valid as Tigrigobius nesiotes (Bussing, 1990). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Galápagos Islands, Cocos Island and Gorgona Island. Habitat: marine.

Species Tigrigobius pallens (Ginsburg, 1939) - semiscaled goby [=Garmannia pallens Ginsburg [I.], 1939:63] Notes: [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 29 (no. 2); ref. 12362] Barahona Harbor, Santo Domingo, depth 2-4 feet. Current status: Valid as Tigrigobius pallens (Ginsburg, 1939). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Tigrigobius panamensis (Victor, 2010) - Victor's goby [=Elacatinus panamensis Victor [B. C.], 2010:5, Fig. 3] Notes: [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 3; ref. 30797] Wichubhuala, Kuna Yala, 9.550N, 78.954'W, San Blas Islands, Panama (Caribbean), depth 1 meter. Current status: Valid as Tigrigobius panamensis (Victor, 2010). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Coast of Panama to Colombia and Costa Rican border, Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.

Species Tigrigobius redimiculus Taylor & Akins, 2007 - La Banquilla goby (author) [=Elacatinus redimiculus Taylor [M. S.] & Akins [L.], 2007:48, Figs. 3-4] Notes: [Zootaxa No. 1425; ref. 29023] La Banquilla Reef, Gulf of Mexico, Veracruz, Mexico, 19°13.39'N, 96°05.71'W. Current status: Valid as Tigrigobius redimiculus (Taylor & Akins, 2007). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Tigrigobius rubrigenis (Victor, 2010) - rubrigenis goby [=Elacatinus rubrigenis Victor [B. C.], 2010:3, Fig. 1] Notes: [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 3; ref. 30797] North side of Utila, 16.102N, 86.978W, Bay Islands, Honduras (Caribbean), depth 1 meter. Current status: Valid as Tigrigobius rubrigenis (Victor, 2010). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Bay Islands, Honduras, Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.

Species Tigrigobius saucrus (Robins, 1960) - leopard goby [=Garmannia saucra Robins [C. R.], 1960:281, Fig. 1] Notes: [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 73; ref. 11943] Northern side of South Cay, 3 miles south of Port Royal, Jamaica, depth 3-5 feet. Current status: Valid as Tigrigobius saucrus (Robins, 1960). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Tigrigobius zebrellus (Robins, 1958) - zebretta goby [=Garmannia zebrella Robins [C. R.], 1958:192, Fig. 1] Notes: [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 48 (no. 6); ref. 12109] Monos Island, Trinidad Island, West Indies. Current status: Valid as Tigrigobius zebrellus (Robins, 1958). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Trinidad and Venezuela. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Tomiyamichthys Smith, 1956 - gobies, shrimpgobies [=Tomiyamichthys Smith [J. L. B.], 1956:553, Eilatia Klausewitz [W.], 1974:206, Flabelligobius Smith [J. L. B.], 1956:553] Notes: [ref. 4103]. Masc. Cryptocentrus oni Tomiyama, 1936. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Tomiyamichthys Smith, 1956 -- (Yanagisawa 1978:295 [ref. 7028], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:260 [ref. 6441], Birdsong et al. 1988:194 [ref. 7303], Iwata et al. 2000:771 [ref. 24584], Larson & Murdy 2001:3588 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1687 [ref. 29097], Randall & Chen 2007:651, 655 [ref. 29392], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Bogorodsky et al. 2011:213 [ref. 31666]). Current status: Valid as Tomiyamichthys Smith, 1956. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. (Eilatia) [ref. 2614]. Fem. Eilatia latruncularia Klausewitz, 1974. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Misspelled Elatia by Goren & Dor 1994:64 [ref. 25356]. •Valid as Eilatia Klausewitz, 1974 -- (Goren 1979:37 [ref. 1852]). •Synonym of Tomiyamichthys Smith, 1956. Current status: Synonym of Tomiyamichthys Smith, 1956. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. (Flabelligobius) [ref. 4103]. Masc. Flabelligobius fourmanoiri Smith, 1956. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Flabelligobius Smith, 1956 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:259 [ref. 6441], Birdsong et al. 1988:192 [ref. 7303], Chen & Fang 2003:333 [ref. 27539], Motomura et al. 2010:211 [ref. 31256]). •Synonym of Tomiyamichthys Smith, 1956 -- (Randall & Chen 2007:651 [ref. 29392], Bogorodsky et al. 2011:216 [ref. 31666]). Current status: Synonym of Tomiyamichthys Smith, 1956. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Species Tomiyamichthys alleni Iwata etal., 2000 - Allen's shrimpgoby [=Tomiyamichthys alleni Iwata [A.], Ohnishi [N.] & Hirata [T.], 2000:771, Figs. 1-2] Notes: [Copeia 2000 (no. 3); ref. 24584] Otsuki-cho, Hata-gun, Kochi Prefecture, Kashiwajima Island, Japan, 32°45'N, 132°38'E. Current status: Valid as Tomiyamichthys alleni Iwata, Ohnishi & Hirata, 2000. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indonesia, Fiji and southern Japan. Habitat: marine.

Species Tomiyamichthys dorsostigma Bogorodsky et al., 2011 - Aqaba tomiyamichthys (author) [=Tomiyamichthys dorsostigma Bogorodsky [S. V.], Kovačić [M.] & Randall [J. E.], 2011:214, Figs. 1-2] Notes: [Cybium v. 35 (no. 3); ref. 31666] Gulf of Aqaba, Fjord, 18 km south of Eilat, Red Sea. Current status: Valid as Tomiyamichthys dorsostigma Bogorodsky, Kovačić & Randall, 2011. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Habitat: marine.

Species Tomiyamichthys fourmanoiri (Smith, 1956) - Nosy-Be shrimpgoby (author) [=Flabelliogobius fourmanoiri Smith [J. L. B.], 1956:553, Fig. 1] Notes: [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12) v. 9 (no. 104) (art. 67); ref. 4103] Nosy-Bé [Nossi-Bé], Mozambique Channel, Madagascar, depth 9-10 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Tomiyamichthys fourmanoiri (Smith, 1956). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: Madagascar and Mauritius (Mascarenes). Habitat: marine.

Species Tomiyamichthys gomezi Allen & Erdmann, 2012 - Gomez's shrimpgoby [=Tomiyamichthys gomezi Allen [G. R.] & Erdmann [M. V.], 2012:1174, Figs. 1-5] Notes: [Reef fishes of the East Indies.; ref. 31980] Rawis, 11°21.099'N, 119°31.081E, northeastern tip of Palawan, Philippines, depth 13 meters. Current status: Valid as Tomiyamichthys gomezi Allen & Erdmann, 2012. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Philippines; photographed at Seribu Islands, Java. Habitat: marine.

Species Tomiyamichthys lanceolatus (Yanagisawa, 1978) - lanceolate shrimpgoby [=Vanderhorstia lanceolata Yanagisawa [Y.], 1978:290, Pl. 1 (fig. i); Figs. 12, 13a] Notes: [Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory v. 24 (nos 4/6); ref. 7028] Shirahama, Hatake-zima Island, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, depth 15 meters. Current status: Valid as Tomiyamichthys lanceolatus (Yanagisawa, 1978). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, northern Australia north to Ryukyu Islands and Palau. Habitat: marine.

Species Tomiyamichthys latruncularius (Klausewitz, 1974) - fan shrimpgoby [=Eilatia latruncularia Klausewitz [W.], 1974:206, Figs. 1-4] Notes: [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 55 (nos 4/6); ref. 2614] Sinai coast, near Marsah Murach, Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, depth 4 meters. Current status: Valid as Tomiyamichthys latruncularius (Klausewitz, 1974). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: Oman, Maldives; Java Sea. Habitat: marine.

Species Tomiyamichthys levisquama Hoese et al., 2016 - Vestey's Beach shrimpgoby (author) [=Tomiyamichthys levisquama Hoese [D. F.], Shibukawa [K.] & Johnson [J. W.], 2016:584, Figs. 1-6A-B] Notes: [Zootaxa 4079 (no. 5); ref. 34210] Vestey's Beach Reef, Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia. Current status: Valid as Tomiyamichthys levisquama Hoese, Shibukawa & Johnson, 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia. Habitat: marine.

Species Tomiyamichthys nudus Allen & Erdmann, 2012 - scaleless shrimpgoby [=Tomiyamichthys nudus Allen [G. R.] & Erdmann [M. V.], 2012:1178, Figs. 1-6] Notes: [Reef fishes of the East Indies.; ref. 31980] Narrow passage between Guam and Waigeo Island at western end of Kabui Bay, 0°25.770'S, 130°33.457'E, Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia, depth 8 meters, Current status: Valid as Tomiyamichthys nudus Allen & Erdmann, 2012. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia; plus photographed at Brunnei, Malaysia, northeasteren Kalimanan and West Papua. Habitat: marine.

Species Tomiyamichthys oni (Tomiyama, 1936) - monster shrimpgoby [=Cryptocentrus oni Tomiyama [I.], 1936:82, Fig. 32] Notes: [Japanese Journal of Zoology v. 7 (no. 1); ref. 4413] Tokyo fish market, thought to be from Izu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Current status: Valid as Tomiyamichthys oni (Tomiyama, 1936). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western North Pacific: Sumatra and New Caledonia north to Japan and Palau, East Indian region. Habitat: marine. Species Tomiyamichthys praealta (Lachner & McKinney, 1981) - tailfin shrimpgoby [=Vanderhorstia praealta Lachner [E. A.] & McKinney [J. F.], 1981:965, Figs. 1-2] Notes: [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 93 (no. 4); ref. 8580] D'Arros Island, Amirante Group, Seychelles. Current status: Valid as Tomiyamichthys praealta (Lachner & McKinney, 1981). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine.

Species Tomiyamichthys reticulatus Greenfield, 2017 - reticulate goby [=Tomiyamichthys reticulatus Greenfield [D. W.], 2017:48] Notes: [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 28; ref. 35612] Rabi Island, N.W. shore, Vanua Levu Group, Northern Fiji. Current status: Valid as Tomiyamichthys reticulatus Greenfield, 2017. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Fiji Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Tomiyamichthys russus (Cantor, 1849) - ocellated shrimpgoby [=Gobius russus Cantor [T. E.], 1849:1168 [186], Gobius polyophthalmus Bleeker [P.], 1853:474] Notes: [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 18 (pt 2); ref. 715] Sea of Penang, Malaysia. Current status: Valid as Tomiyamichthys russus (Cantor, 1849). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Yaeyama Islands. Habitat: marine. (polyophthalmus) [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 4; ref. 336] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Current status: Synonym of Tomiyamichthys russus (Cantor, 1849). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indonesia (if valid). Habitat: marine.

Species Tomiyamichthys smithi (Chen & Fang, 2003) - Smith's shrimpgoby [=Flabelligobius smithi Chen [I-S.] & Fang [L.-S.], 2003:334, Figs. 1-3] Notes: [Ichthyological Research v. 50 (no. 4); ref. 27539] Taiwan Strait off Tongkang, Pingtung County, Taiwan, depth about 100 meters. Current status: Valid as Tomiyamichthys smithi (Chen & Fang, 2003). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Taiwan, Philippines, and Yaeyama and Ryukyu iIslands (Japan). Habitat: marine.

Species Tomiyamichthys tanyspilus Randall & Chen, 2007 - longspot shrimpgoby [=Tomiyamichthys tanyspilus Randall [J. E.] & Chen [I-S.], 2007:652, Figs. 1-4] Notes: [Zoological Studies v. 46 (no. 6); ref. 29392] East end of Maumere Bay, Flores, Indonesia, depth 4 meters. Current status: Valid as Tomiyamichthys tanyspilus Randall & Chen, 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Flores and West Papua, Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

Species Tomiyamichthys zonatus Allen, 2015 - brownbanded shrimpgoby [=Tomiyamichthys zonatus Allen [G. R.], 2015:75, Figs. 6-9] Notes: [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 16; ref. 33923] Alotau, Papua New Guinea, 4.8 km east of main wharf, 10°18.256'S, 150°24.768’E, depth 15 meters. Current status: Valid as Tomiyamichthys zonatus Allen, 2015. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Alotau, Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Trimma Jordan & Seale, 1906 - gobies, pygmygobies, dwarfgobies [=Trimma Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.], 1906:391, Coronogobius Herre [A. W. C. T.], 1945:80] Notes: [ref. 2497]. Trimma caesiura Jordan & Seale, 1906. Type by original designation (also monotypic). The gender of the genus is neuter; Trimma is effectively a neuter noun. •Valid as Trimma Jordan & Seale, 1906 -- (Yoshino & Shimada in Masuda et al. 1984:244 [ref. 6441], Winterbottom 1984 [ref. 5321], Hoese 1986:805 [ref. 5670], Birdsong et al. 1988:194 [ref. 7303], Winterbottom 1995:93 [ref. 21961], Larson & Murdy 2001:3585 [ref. 26293], Winterbottom 2003:1 [ref. 26886], Winterbottom 2005:30 [ref. 28348], Winterbottom 2006:55 [ref. 28810], Hoese & Larson 2006:1688 [ref. 29097], Hagiwara & Winterbottom 2007:163 [ref. 29103], Suzuki & Senou 2007:175 [ref. 29102], Winterbottom & Southcott 2007:70 [ref. 29375], Suzuki & Senou 2008:97 [ref. 29579], Winterbottom 2009:109 [ref. 30147], Suzuki & Senou 2009:107 [ref. 30452], Hoese & Larson 2010:374 [ref. 31045], Dimara et al. 2010:621 [ref. 31108] Winterbottom et al. 2011:295 [ref. 31396], Hoese et al. 2011:104 [ref. 31285], Winterbottom 2011:127 [ref. 31449], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Winterbottom et al. 2014:410 [ref. 33155], Winterbottom 2014:209 [ref. 33327], Winterbottom et al. 2014:367 [ref. 33402]). Current status: Valid as Trimma Jordan & Seale, 1906. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. (Coronogobius) [ref. 2140]. Masc. Coronogobius striatus Herre, 1945. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Porogobius Bleeker, 1874 -- (Maugé 1986:381 [ref. 6218]). •Synonym of Trimma Jordan & Seale, 1906 based on placement of type species. Current status: Synonym of Trimma Jordan & Seale, 1906. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Species Trimma abyssum Allen, 2015 - deep-reef pygmygoby [=Trimma abyssum Allen [G. R.], 2015:30, Figs. 1-2] Notes: [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. Current status: Valid as Trimma abyssum Allen, 2015. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Sulawesi, Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma agrena Winterbottom & Chen, 2004 - fishnet pygmygoby [=Trimma agrena Winterbottom [R.] & Chen [I-S.], 2004:103, Fig. 1] Notes: [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. Current status: Valid as Trimma agrena Winterbottom & Chen, 2004. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma anaima Winterbottom, 2000 - sharpeye pygmygoby [=Trimma anaima Winterbottom [R.], 2000:58, Fig + Fig. 1] Notes: [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. Current status: Valid as Trimma anaima Winterbottom, 2000. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Mozambique Channel, Maldive Islands, east to Solomon Islands, northern Great Barrier Reef and Fiji. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma annosum Winterbottom, 2003 - greybearded pygmygoby [=Trimma annosum Winterbottom [R.], 2003:2, Figs. 1-2] Notes: [Zootaxa No. 218; ref. 26886] Cagilai Island off Ovalau Island, Viti Levu, Bau Waters, Fiji. Current status: Valid as Trimma annosum Winterbottom, 2003. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Maldives to India, east to Solomon Islands, north to China. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma anthrenum Winterbottom, 2006 - honeybee pygmygoby [=Trimma anthrenum Winterbottom [R.], 2006:56, Figs. 1-3, 4A] Notes: [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. Current status: Valid as Trimma anthrenum Winterbottom, 2006. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Fiji and Tonga Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma aturirii Winterbottom et al., 2015 - Aturiri's pygmygoby [=Trimma aturirii Winterbottom [R.], Erdmann [M. V.] & Cahyani [N. K. D.], 2015:203, Figs. 1, 3-6] Notes: [Zootaxa 3973 (no. 2); ref. 33849] Mapia Atoll, south end of Pulau Pegun, 0°47.795'N, 134°18.198'E, depth 60 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma aturirii Winterbottom, Erdmann & Cahyani, 2015. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: West Papua Province, Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma avidori (Goren, 1978) - Taba pygmygoby (author) [=Zonogobius avidori Goren [M.], 1978:198, Fig. 5] Notes: [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 59 (nos 3/4); ref. 1851] [10 kilometers south of Eilat] Taba, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Current status: Valid as Trimma avidori (Goren, 1978). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Gulf of Aden (northwestern Indian Ocean) and Red Sea. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma barralli Winterbottom, 1995 - Red Sea trimma (author) [=Trimma barralli Winterbottom [R.], 1995:93, Figs. 1-2] Notes: [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 22 (nos 3-4); ref. 21961] Ras Abu Galum, Egypt, Red Sea. Current status: Valid as Trimma barralli Winterbottom, 1995. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea endemic. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma bathum Winterbottom, 2017 - bathum goby [=Trimma bathum Winterbottom [R.], 2017:560, Figs. 1-2] Notes: [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. Current status: Valid as Trimma bathum Winterbottom, 2017. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Fiji Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma benjamini Winterbottom, 1996 - ringeye pygmygoby [=Trimma benjamini Winterbottom [R.], 1996:57, Figs. 1-4] Notes: [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 23 (nos 1-2); ref. 22223] Siquijor Island, Tonga Point, 9°12'17"N, 123°27'14"E, Philippines. Current status: Valid as Trimma benjamini Winterbottom, 1996. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: east Indian region to Tonga, south to Australia. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma bisella Winterbottom, 2000 - bisella pygmygoby (author) [=Trimma bisella Winterbottom [R.], 2000:60, Fig + Fig. 2] Notes: [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. Current status: Valid as Trimma bisella Winterbottom, 2000. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean (Mascarenes endemic). Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma burridgeae Winterbottom, 2016 - Burridge's goby [=Trimma burridgeae Winterbottom [R.], 2016:28, Figs. 19-23, 31] Notes: [Zootaxa 4144 (no. 1); ref. 34613] Hatohobei State, South West Islands of Palau. Current status: Valid as Trimma burridgeae Winterbottom, 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific Ocean: Palau. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma caesiura Jordan & Seale, 1906 - caesiura pygmygoby [=Trimma caesiura Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.], 1906:391, Fig. 83] Notes: [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa. Current status: Valid as Trimma caesiura Jordan & Seale, 1906. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Micronesia east to Samoa, south to Great Barrier Reef. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma cana Winterbottom, 2004 - candycane pygmygoby [=Trimma cana Winterbottom [R.], 2004:8, Figs. 1-3, 4A-B, 5A] Notes: [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. Current status: Valid as Trimma cana Winterbottom, 2004. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia, Philippines, east to Marshall Islands and Fiji. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma capostriatum (Goren, 1981) - spotted redlined pygmygoby [=Zonogobius capostriatus Goren [M.], 1981:94, Fig. 1] Notes: [Cybium 3e série. Bulletin de la Société Française d'Ichtyologie v. 5 (no. 3); ref. 8597] Canala Bay, New Caledonia. Current status: Valid as Trimma capostriatum (Goren, 1981). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Papua to Vanuatu, Australia Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma caudipunctatum Suzuki & Senou, 2009 - Tonbarazashi pygmygoby (author) [=Trimma caudipunctatum Suzuki [T.] & Senou [H.], 2009:109, Figs. 5-8] Notes: [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 m. Current status: Valid as Trimma caudipunctatum Suzuki & Senou, 2009. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Ryukyu Islands, Palau (Belau) Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma caudomaculata Yoshino & Araga, in Masuda et al., 1975 - Okinawa trimma (author) [=Trimma caudomaculata Yoshino [T.] & Araga [C.], in Masuda, Araga & Yoshino, 1975:272, Pl. 89 (fig. m)] Notes: [Coastal fishes of southern Japan; ref. 2902] Fringing reef off Nerome, Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, depth about 3 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma caudomaculata Yoshino & Araga, in Masuda et al., 1975. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Japan Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma cheni Winterbottom, 2011 - facestripe pygmygoby [=Trimma cheni Winterbottom [R.], 2011:133, Figs. 3-5] Notes: [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, depth 52 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma cheni Winterbottom, 2011. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Raja Ampat Islands, Palau, Philippines and south-west to Sulawesi and Flores. Habitat: marine. Species Trimma chledophilum Allen, 2015 - mud pygmygoby [=Trimma chledophilum Allen [G. R.], 2015:33, Figs. 3-6] Notes: [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 14; ref. 33704] Alotau, Papua New Guinea, 4.8 km east of main wharf, 10°18.256’S, 150°24.768’E, depth 17.5 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma chledophilum Allen, 2015. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma corallinum (Smith, 1959) - polkadot pygmygoby [=Zonogobius corallinus Smith [J. L. B.], 1959:209, Fig. 29] Notes: [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 13; ref. 4122] Baixo Pinda, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Current status: Valid as Trimma corallinum (Smith, 1959). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma corerefum Winterbottom, 2016 - corerefum goby [=Trimma corerefum Winterbottom [R.], 2016:36, Figs. 24-27] Notes: [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. Current status: Valid as Trimma corerefum Winterbottom, 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Palau, Sulawesi and Philippines. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma dalerocheila Winterbottom, 1984 - Chagos pygmygoby (author) [=Trimma dalerocheila Winterbottom [R.], 1984:697, Figs. 1, 11] Notes: [Canadian Journal of Zoology v. 62 (no. 4); ref. 5321] Chagos Archipelago, central Indian Ocean. Current status: Valid as Trimma dalerocheila Winterbottom, 1984. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma emeryi Winterbottom, 1985 - Emery's pygmygoby [=Trimma emeryi Winterbottom [R.], 1985:752, Fig. 5] Notes: [Canadian Journal of Zoology v. 63 (no. 4); ref. 8123] Salomon Atoll, Chagos Archipelago, [Indian Ocean, ca. 5°20'S 72°16'E], depth 20-25 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma emeryi Winterbottom, 1985. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Comoro Islands east to Christmas Island, Indonesia, north to Ryukyu Islands, east to Tonga. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma erdmanni Winterbottom, 2011 - Erdmann's pygmygoby [=Trimma erdmanni Winterbottom [R.], 2011:138, Figs. 1A, 7-12] Notes: [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 17 (no. 3); ref. 31449] Kawe Island, southwest bay, 0°05'15.2"S, 130°07'25.3"E, depth 50 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma erdmanni Winterbottom, 2011. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Raja Ampat Islands and Sulawesi, Indonesia and the Hermit Islands and Madang, Papua New Guinea; Palawan and the Philippines, east to Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma erwani Viviani et al., 2016 - Erwan's goby [=Trimma erwani Viviani [J.], Williams [J. T.] & Planes [S.], 2016:3, Figs. 1-2] Notes: [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 23; ref. 34831] Marquesas Islands, Fatu Hiva, south of Baie Hanavave (Baie des Vierges) at tip of Pointe Matautu, on steep rock wall with narrow terraces, French Polynesia, 10.47153°S, 138.67794°W, depth 20-30 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma erwani Viviani, Williams & Planes, 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma fangi Winterbottom & Chen, 2004 - spotfaced pygmygoby [=Trimma fangi Winterbottom [R.] & Chen [I-S.], 2004:105, Figs. 2-3] Notes: [Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. No. 11; ref. 27714] Pulau Bajau, Anambas, South China Sea, 3°06'17"N, 106°17'54"E. Current status: Valid as Trimma fangi Winterbottom & Chen, 2004. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Brunei, Indonesia, and Philippines. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma fasciatum Suzuki et al., 2012 - Ngis pygmygoby (author) [=Trimma fasciatum Suzuki [T.], Sakaue [J.], Senou [H.], 2012:68, Figs. 1-2] Notes: [Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A) Supplement No. 6; ref. 32028] Ngemlis Reef, Ngis Island, Palau 7°08'17.0'N, 134°13'18.5"E, depth 30 meters, Current status: Valid as Trimma fasciatum Suzuki, Sakaue & Senou, 2012. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Palau. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma filamentosum Winterbottom, 1995 - Muqebila pygmygoby (author) [=Trimma filamentosus Winterbottom [R.], 1995:94, Figs. 3-4] Notes: [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 22 (nos 3-4); ref. 21961] Muqebila, Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Current status: Valid as Trimma filamentosum Winterbottom, 1995. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northern Red Sea endemic: Gulf of Aqaba. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma finistrinum Winterbottom, 2017 - finistrinum goby [=Trimma finistrinum Winterbottom [R.], 2017:564, Figs. 3-5] Notes: [Zootaxa 4269 (no. 4); ref. 35329] Fiji, between Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, back of cave at base of small vertical wall, 17°13'41"S, 178°31'58.7"E, depth 10.7 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma finistrinum Winterbottom, 2017. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Fiji Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma fishelsoni Goren, 1985 - Aqaba trimma (author) [=Trimma fishelsoni Goren [M.], 1985:64, Figs. 1-3] Notes: [Israel Journal of Zoology v. 33 (nos 1-2); ref. 8157] "University Reef," Sinai, Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, depth 15 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma fishelsoni Goren, 1985. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northern Red Sea endemic: Gulf of Aqaba. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma flammeum (Smith, 1959) - Pinda trimma (author) [=Zonogobius flammeus Smith [J. L. B.], 1959:209, Pl. 10 (fig. G)] Notes: [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 13; ref. 4122] Pinda, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Current status: Valid as Trimma flammeum (Smith, 1959). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa to Seychelles, Maldives and Chagos Archipelago. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma flavatrum Hagiwara & Winterbottom, 2007 - wasp pygmygoby [=Trimma flavatrum Hagiwara [K.] & Winterbottom [R.], 2007:164, Figs. 1-6] Notes: [Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A) Supplement No. 1; ref. 29103] Nishikomi Cave, 28°13'54"N, 129°10'35"E, Amami-Oshima Island, Setouchi Town, Oshima County, Nansei Islands, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, depth 8 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma flavatrum Hagiwara & Winterbottom, 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific and southeastern Indian Ocean: Indonesia to Philippines, south to Great Barrier Reef, east to Fiji and Samoa. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma flavicaudatum (Goren, 1982) - Marsa Bareika pygmygoby (author) [=Quisquilius flavicaudatus Goren [M.], 1982:139, Fig. 1] Notes: [Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) v. 56 (no. 11); ref. 8474] Marsa Bareika, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea, ca. 27°47'N, 34°13'E. Current status: Valid as Trimma flavicaudatum (Goren, 1982). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Gulf of Aden (northwestern Indian Ocean) and Red Sea. Habitat: marine. Species Trimma fraena Winterbottom, 1984 - fraena pygmygoby (author) [=Trimma fraena Winterbottom [R.], 1984:699, Figs. 14-15] Notes: [Canadian Journal of Zoology v. 62 (no. 4); ref. 5321] Chagos Archipelago. Current status: Valid as Trimma fraena Winterbottom, 1984. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-west Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma fucatum Winterbottom & Southcott, 2007 - harlot pygmygoby [=Trimma fucatum Winterbottom [R.] & Southcott [L.], 2007:70, Figs. 1, 2A-B, 3A] Notes: [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 13 (no. 2); ref. 29375] Southeast end of Ko Racha Noi, 7°28'15"N, 98°19'35"E, western Thailand, depth 1.5-9.1 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma fucatum Winterbottom & Southcott, 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: east Andaman Sea and Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma gigantum Winterbottom & Zur, 2007 - giant pygmygoby [=Trimma gigantum Winterbottom [R.] & Zur [M.], 2007:14, Figs. 1, 2A-C, 3A] Notes: [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 13 (no. 1); ref. 29376] Augulpelu reef, cave in steep reef slope, 7°16'24.8'N, 134°01'26.6"E, Palau, depth 73 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma gigantum Winterbottom & Zur, 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Palau and Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma grammistes (Tomiyama, 1936) - Hayama pygmygoby (author) [=Eviota grammistes Tomiyama [I.], 1936:47, Fig. 7] Notes: [Japanese Journal of Zoology v. 7 (no. 1); ref. 4413] Hayama, Japan. Current status: Valid as Trimma grammistes (Tomiyama, 1936). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western North Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma griffithsi Winterbottom, 1984 - Griffith's pygmygoby [=Trimma griffithsi Winterbottom [R.], 1984:701, Figs. 2, 16, 27A] Notes: [Canadian Journal of Zoology v. 62 (no. 4); ref. 5321] Peros Banhos, Chagos Archipelago, central Indian Ocean, depth 25-32 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma griffithsi Winterbottom, 1984. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Central Indian Ocean: Andaman Islands and Chagos Archipelago. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma habrum Winterbottom, 2011 - delicate pygmygoby [=Trimma habrum Winterbottom [R.], 2011:143, Fig. 13-15] Notes: [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 17 (no. 3); ref. 31449] Keru Island, 0°35'15.4"S, 130°17'41.1"E, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia, depth 70 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma habrum Winterbottom, 2011. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: West Papua (Indonesia). Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma haima Winterbottom, 1984 - haima pygmygoby (author) [=Trimma haima Winterbottom [R.], 1984:702, Figs. 3, 17] Notes: [Canadian Journal of Zoology v. 62 (no. 4); ref. 5321] Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean. Current status: Valid as Trimma haima Winterbottom, 1984. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma haimassum Winterbottom, 2011 - bloodspot pygmygoby [=Trimma haimassum Winterbottom [R.], 2011:146, Figs. 1B & C, 16-20] Notes: [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 17 (no. 3); ref. 31449] "Barracuda Rock", 200 meters north of Wayil Island, 2°11'43.4"S, 130°25'37.9"E, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia, depth 19.8-27.4 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma haimassum Winterbottom, 2011. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Sulawesi north to the Philippines and east to the Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma halonevum Winterbottom, 2000 - redspot pygmygoby [=Trimma halonevum Winterbottom [R.], 2000:62, Fig + Fig. 3] Notes: [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 25765] Gippiwall Point, 9°42'42"S, 150°45'12"E, Normanby Island, Papua New Guinea, West Pacific, depth 35 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma halonevum Winterbottom, 2000. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Central to eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific: Maldives, Christmas Island, Indonesia to Vanuatu. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma hamartium Winterbottom, 2018 - hamartium goby [=Trimma hamartium Winterbottom [R.], 2018:124, Figs. 1-4, 7] Notes: [Zootaxa 4370 (no. 2); ref. 35730] Hatohobei State, Helen Reef, outer reef on west side, north of channel but south of large wreck, southwest islands of Palau, 2.91223°N, 131.7443°E, depth 23-34 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma hamartium Winterbottom, 2018. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Palau islands, Indonesia, Niue, Solomon Islands, Fiji, and Kiribati and Great Barrier Reef (Australia). Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma hayashii Hagiwara & Winterbottom, 2007 - foureye pygmygoby [=Trimma hayashii Hagiwara [K.] & Winterbottom [R.], 2007:169, Figs. 7-13] Notes: [Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A) Supplement No. 1; ref. 29103] Chino-ura, 28°09'42"N, 129°17'39"E, Kakeroma Island, Japan, depth 10-20 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma hayashii Hagiwara & Winterbottom, 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific and southeastern Indian Ocean: Indonesia, east to Marshall Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands. Habitat: marine. Species Trimma helenae Winterbottom et al., 2014 - Helen's pygmygoby [=Trimma helenae Winterbottom [R.], Erdmann [M. V.] & Cahyani [K. C.], 2014:421, Figs. 1-6] Notes: [Zootaxa 3760 (no. 3); ref. 33155] Raja Ampat, Penemu Island lagoon, 00°35'32.0"S, 130°17"14.2"E, Indonesia, depth 32 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma helenae Winterbottom, Erdmann & Cahyani, 2014. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma hoesei Winterbottom, 1984 - forktail pygmygoby [=Trimma hoesei Winterbottom [R.], 1984:704, Figs. 7, 18, 19] Notes: [Canadian Journal of Zoology v. 62 (no. 4); ref. 5321] Chagos Archipelago, central Indian Ocean. Current status: Valid as Trimma hoesei Winterbottom, 1984. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Chagos Archipelago to Indonesia, south to Great Barrier Reef, and to Fiji. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma hollemani Winterbottom, 2016 - Holleman's goby [=Trimma hollemani Winterbottom [R.], 2016:42, Figs. 28-31] Notes: [Zootaxa 4144 (no. 1); ref. 34613] Keruo Island off Penemu Island, Fam Islands, West Papua, Indonesia, 00°35'15.4"S, 130°17'41.1"E, depth 18.3-27.4 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma hollemani Winterbottom, 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indonesia, New Britain, Great Barrier Reef of Australia, Sulawesi, Malaysia and Philippines. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma hotsarihiensis Winterbottom, 2009 - Helen Reef pygmygoby [=Trimma hotsarihiensis Winterbottom [R.], 2009:110, Figs. 1-6A] Notes: [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 15 (no. 2); ref. 30147] Southern tip of Helen Reef, South West Islands, Hatohobei State, Palau, 2°47'57"N, 131°45'18"E, depth 22-34 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma hotsarihiensis Winterbottom, 2009. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Helen Reef, Palau Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma imaii Suzuki & Senou, 2009 - Imai's pygmygoby [=Trimma imaii Suzuki [T.] & Senou [H.], 2009:108, Figs. 1-4] Notes: [Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science) No. 38; ref. 30452] North of Izu-ohshima Island, Izu Islands, Japan, 34°47'12''N 139°24'32''E, depth 55 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma imaii Suzuki & Senou, 2009. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western North Pacific: Izu Islands (Japan) and Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma insularum Winterbottom & Hoese, 2015 - Cocos pygmygoby [=Trimma insularum Winterbottom [R.] & Hoese [D. F.], 2015:36, Figs. 17-18] Notes: [Zootaxa 3934 (no. 1); ref. 33709] Direction Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, 12°05'35"S, 96°53'10"E, depth 1.5 to 5 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma insularum Winterbottom & Hoese, 2015. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma irinae Winterbottom, 2014 - Irima's pygmygoby [=Trimma irinae Winterbottom [R.], 2014:210, Figs. 1-5] Notes: [Zootaxa 3802 (no. 2); ref. 33327] Milne Bay Province, on northern shore of East Cape at Lawadi (10°15.395’S, 150°41.975’E), Papua New Giunea, depth 65 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma irinae Winterbottom, 2014. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma kardium Winterbottom et al., 2015 - heart pygmygoby [=Trimma kardium Winterbottom [R.], Erdmann [M. V.] & Cahyani [N. K. D.], 2015:210, Figs. 7-11] Notes: [Zootaxa 3973 (no. 2); ref. 33849] Kaimana, Triton Bay, White Rock Falls, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, 3°53.757'S, 134°06.638'E, depth 50 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma kardium Winterbottom, Erdmann & Cahyani, 2015. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma kitrinum Winterbottom & Hoese, 2015 - citron pygmygoby [=Trimma kitrinum Winterbottom [R.] & Hoese [D. F.], 2015:40, Figs. 18-20] Notes: [Zootaxa 3934 (no. 1); ref. 33709] Great Astrolabe Reef, eastern side of offshore reef about level of Dravuni Island (178°33'42"E, 18°44'51"S), Fiji Islands, depth 10-15 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma kitrinum Winterbottom & Hoese, 2015. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Micronesia to Tonga and Samoa, Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma kudoi Suzuki & Senou, 2008 - Kudo's pygmygoby (author) [=Trimma kudoi Suzuki [T.] & Senou [H.], 2008:98, Figs. 1-4] Notes: [Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A) Supplement No. 2; ref. 29579] Skino-hama, Izu-ohshima Island, Akinohama, Izu Islands, Japan, depth 36 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma kudoi Suzuki & Senou, 2008. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Izu Peninsula of Shizuoka Prefecture, Tanabe Bay of Wakayama Prefecture, Kashiwa-jima Island of Kochi Prefecture, Kinkou Bay of Kagoshima Prefecture and Okinawa Island of the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma lantana Winterbottom & Villa, 2003 - Lantana pygmygoby [=Trimma lantana Winterbottom [R.] & Villa [C. A.], 2003:16, Figs. 1B, 2-3] Notes: [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 7 (no. 1); ref. 26965] Honiara, 2 kilometers west of Point Cruz, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, western Pacific. Current status: Valid as Trimma lantana Winterbottom & Villa, 2003. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific and southeastern Indian Ocean: West Papua to Solomon Islands, south to Australia. Habitat: marine. Species Trimma macrophthalmus (Tomiyama, 1936) - large-eye pygmygoby [=Eviota macrophthalmus Tomiyama [I.], 1936:47, Fig. 6] Notes: [Japanese Journal of Zoology v. 7 (no. 1); ref. 4413] Hatizyo-zima, Idu-sitito, Japan. Current status: Valid as Trimma macrophthalmus (Tomiyama, 1936). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to Palau, south to Australia, north to Japan. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma maiandros Hoese et al., 2011 - zigzag pygmygoby [=Trimma maiandros Hoese [D. F.], Winterbottom [R.] & Reader [S.], 2011:104, Figs. 1-5] Notes: [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 17 (no. 2); ref. 31285] Yonge Reef, 14°37'S, 145°38'E, Queensland, Australia, depth 1-15 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma maiandros Hoese, Winterbottom & Reader, 2011. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Cocos (Keeling) Islands (eastern Indian Ocean) to Japan, Marshall and Mariana Islands to Samoa and Australia. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma marinae Winterbottom, 2005 - princess pygmygoby [=Trimma marinae Winterbottom [R.], 2005:30, Figs. 1-2, 3A, 4A] Notes: [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 10 (no. 1); ref. 28348] Nikko Bay, eastern side, just west of Kaibakku Island, Palau, depth 15-26 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma marinae Winterbottom, 2005. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Palau, Japan, New Guinea, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia, Great Barrier Reef, east to Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma matsunoi Suzuki et al., 2012 - Kashiwa-jima pygmygoby (author) [=Trimma matsunoi Suzuki [T.], Sakaue [J.], Senou [H.], 2012:72, Figs. 3-5] Notes: [Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A) Supplement No. 6; ref. 32028] Near Kashiwa-jima Islad, Itsusai, Otsukicho, Kouchi Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan, depth 56 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma matsunoi Suzuki, Sakaue & Senou, 2012. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Near Kashiwa-jima Island, Otsuki-cho, Kouchi Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma mendelssohni (Goren, 1978) - Mendelssohn's pygmygoby (author) [=Quisquilius mendelssohni Goren [M.], 1978:195, Fig. 3] Notes: [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 59 (nos 3/4); ref. 1851] Nuweiba, Sinai coast, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Current status: Valid as Trimma mendelssohni (Goren, 1978). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: Seychelles, Comores, Madagascar and Mascarenes to Maldives. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma meranyx Winterbottom et al., 2014 - day-night pygmygoby [=Trimma meranyx Winterbottom [R.], Erdmann [M. V.] & Cahyani [N. K. D.], 2014:368, Figs. 1-3] Notes: [Zootaxa 3838 (no. 3); ref. 33402] Sulawesi, Lembeh Strait, Nudi Retreat, 1°29.190'N, 125°14.464'E, Indonesia, depth 45-55 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma meranyx Winterbottom, Erdmann & Cahyani, 2014. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Raja Ampat and Milne Bay district, West Papua, Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma meristum Winterbottom & Hoese, 2015 - splitray pygmygoby [=Trimma meristum Winterbottom [R.] & Hoese [D. F.], 2015:53, Figs. 27-29] Notes: [Zootaxa 3934 (no. 1); ref. 33709] Fiji, Viti Levu, Suva Harbour, Bird Island. Current status: Valid as Trimma meristum Winterbottom & Hoese, 2015. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Great Barrier Reef, Bismark Archipelago and Fiji. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma milta Winterbottom, 2002 - redearth pygmygoby [=Trimma milta Winterbottom [R.], 2002:46, Figs. 1-4] Notes: [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 5 (no. 2); ref. 26166] Just northwest of Papetoai at mouth of Opunohu Bay, 17°29'15"S, 149°52'33"W, Moorea, Society Islands [French Polynesia, South Pacific], depth 9-15 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma milta Winterbottom, 2002. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: western Australia and Indonesia east to Hawaiian Islands and Society Islands, north to Taiwan, south to Queensland (Australia), Chesterfield Islands and Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia). Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma multiclitellum Allen, 2015 - multisaddle pygmygoby [=Trimma multiclitellum Allen [G. R.], 2015:43, Figs. 13-16] Notes: [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 14; ref. 33704] Town of Alotau, Papua New Guinea, 4.8 km east of main wharf, 10°18.256’S, 150°24.768’E, depth 17.5 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma multiclitellum Allen, 2015. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma nasa Winterbottom, 2005 - nasalbar pygmygoby [=Trimma nasa Winterbottom [R.], 2005:34, Figs. 3B, 4B, 5-6] Notes: [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 10 (no. 1); ref. 28348] Tonga Point, 9°12'N, 123°28'E, Siquijor Island, Philippines. Current status: Valid as Trimma nasa Winterbottom, 2005. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia to Solomon Islands, Palau, northern Great Barrier Reef to Fiji. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma nauagium Allen, 2015 - shipwreck pygmygoby [=Trimma nauagium Allen [G. R.], 2015:38, Figs. 8-11] Notes: [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 14; ref. 33704] Waga Waga, Papua New Guinea, outer hull of Muscoota, a World War II shipwreck, 10°24.429’S, 150°24.650’E, depth 24 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma nauagium Allen, 2015. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine. Species Trimma naudei Smith, 1957 - Naude's pygmygoby [=Trimma naudei Smith [J. L. B.], 1957:828, Fig. 5] Notes: [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12) v. 9 (no. 107) (art. 10); ref. 4110] Mahé, Seychelles, western Indian Ocean. Current status: Valid as Trimma naudei Smith, 1957. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Comoro Islands to east Indian region, north to Ryukyu Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma necopinum (Whitley, 1959) - Australian pygmygoby [=Priolepis necopinus Whitley [G. P.], 1959:316] Notes: [Australian Zoologist v. 12 (pt 4); ref. 4729] Heron Island, Capricorn Group, Queensland, Australia. Current status: Valid as Trimma necopinum (Whitley, 1959). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma nomurai Suzuki & Senou, 2007 - lilac pygmygoby [=Trimma nomurai Suzuki [T.] & Senou [H.], 2007:180, Figs. 3-4] Notes: [Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A) Supplement No. 1; ref. 29102] Nakanose-higashi, le-jima Island, Okinawa Group, Ryuku Islands, Japan, depth 40 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma nomurai Suzuki & Senou, 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Japan and Ryukyu Islands, Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma okinawae (Aoyagi, 1949) - orangered pygmygoby [=Eviota caesiura okinawae Aoyagi [H.], 1949:173] Notes: [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 58 (no. 9); ref. 12680] Itoman, Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Current status: Valid as Trimma okinawae (Aoyagi, 1949). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Vietnam east to Ryukyu Islands, south to Australia. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma omanensis Winterbottom, 2000 - Oman trimma (author) [=Trimma omanensis Winterbottom [R.], 2000:65, Fig. + Fig. 4] Notes: [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 25765] 7 miles south east of Sur, 22°32'N, 59°38'E, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea, depth 10-15 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma omanensis Winterbottom, 2000. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Oman. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma pajama Winterbottom et al., 2014 - pajama pygmygoby [=Trimma pajama Winterbottom [R.], Erdmann [M. V.] & Cahyani [N. K. D.], 2014:374, Figs. 4-6] Notes: [Zootaxa 3838 (no. 3); ref. 33402] Sw. side of Fakfak Peninsula near Ekka, 2°58.050'S, 132°06.846'E, Indonesia, depth 10 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma pajama Winterbottom, Erdmann & Cahyani, 2014. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Raja Ampat and Fakfak Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma papayum Winterbottom, 2011 - pawpaw pygmygoby [=Trimma papayum Winterbottom [R.], 2011:151, Figs. 21-24] Notes: [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 17 (no. 3); ref. 31449] Raja Ampat, southwest bay of Kawe Island, 0°05'15.2"S, 130°07'25.3"E, depth 50 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma papayum Winterbottom, 2011. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Flores Island and Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma pentherum Winterbottom & Hoese, 2015 - mourning pygmygoby [=Trimma pentherum Winterbottom [R.] & Hoese [D. F.], 2015:70, Figs. 39-40] Notes: [Zootaxa 3934 (no. 1); ref. 33709] Lau Group, Matuku Island, south side outside channel entrance (19°09'38"S, 179°45'23"E), Fiji, depth 20-23 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma pentherum Winterbottom & Hoese, 2015. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Great Barrier Reef (Australia) to Tonga Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma preclarum Winterbottom, 2006 - exquisite pygmygoby [=Trimma preclarum Winterbottom [R.], 2006:63, Figs. 4B, 5-7] Notes: [Zootaxa No. 1331; ref. 28810] South of Shark City, western side of Koror, south of Ulong Pass, 7°71'03"N, 134°12'00"E, Palau. Current status: Valid as Trimma preclarum Winterbottom, 2006. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: West Pacific: Fiji, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Raja Ampat Islands, Solomon Islands and Saipan. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma quadrimaculatum Hoese et al., 2015 - fourspotted pygmygoby [=Trimma quadrimaculatum Hoese [D. F.], Bogorodsky [S. V.] & Mal [A. O.], 2015:540, Figs. 1-2] Notes: [Zootaxa v. 4027 (no. 4); ref. 33990] Cave of steep slope, Obhur creek (Sharm Obhur), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea, 21°42’31.00"N, 39°05’45.00"E, depth 14 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma quadrimaculatum Hoese, Bogorodsky & Mal, 2015. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma randalli Winterbottom & Zur, 2007 - Randall's pygmygoby [=Trimma randalli Winterbottom [R.] & Zur [M.], 2007:18, Figs. 4, 5A-B] Notes: [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 13 (no. 1); ref. 29376] Due southwest of channel cut between Garreru and Babeldaob Island, 7°20'40.0"N, 134°31'43.2"E. Palau, depth 9.1-13.7 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma randalli Winterbottom & Zur, 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indonesia, Palau islands and Philippines. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma readerae Winterbottom & Hoese, 2015 - redspotted pygmygoby [=Trimma readerae Winterbottom [R.] & Hoese [D. F.], 2015:75, Figs. 42-43] Notes: [Zootaxa 3934 (no. 1); ref. 33709] Yonge Reef, Queensland, (14°37'S, 145°38'E), Australia. Current status: Valid as Trimma readerae Winterbottom & Hoese, 2015. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Australia east to Kiribati. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma rubromaculatum Allen & Munday, 1995 - redspotted dwarfgoby [=Trimma rubromaculatus Allen [G. R.] & Munday [P. L.], 1995:102, Figs. 5-6] Notes: [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 22 (nos 3-4); ref. 21938] Numondo Reef, Kimbe Bay, New Britain Island, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, depth 23 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma rubromaculatum Allen & Munday, 1995. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indonesia to Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma sanguinellum Winterbottom & Southcott, 2007 - Sanguinello pygmygoby [=Trimma sanguinellus Winterbottom [R.] & Southcott [L.], 2007:74, Figs. 3B, 4, 5A-B] Notes: [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 13 (no. 2); ref. 29375] Andaman Sea, Molucca Strait, north of Phuket on eastern coast of Similan Island, 8°38"N, 97°39'E, western Thailand, depth 0-17 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma sanguinellum Winterbottom & Southcott, 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Thailand and Sumatra, Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma sheppardi Winterbottom, 1984 - Sheppard's pygmygoby [=Trimma sheppardi Winterbottom [R.], 1984:709, Figs. 6, 24, 27B] Notes: [Canadian Journal of Zoology v. 62 (no. 4); ref. 5321] Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean. Current status: Valid as Trimma sheppardi Winterbottom, 1984. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea and Indo-West Pacific: Chagos Archipelago to West Papua, north to Ryukyu Islands. Habitat: marine. Species Trimma sostra Winterbottom, 2004 - Sostra pygmygoby [=Trimma sostra Winterbottom [R.], 2004:12, Figs. 4C, 5B, 6-7] Notes: [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 9 (no. 1); ref. 28043] Canton Atoll, 2°48'43"S, 171°43'03"W, depth 17-38 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma sostra Winterbottom, 2004. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Solomon Islands to Kiribati, and Fiji. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma squamicana Winterbottom, 2004 - candyscale pygmygoby [=Trimma squamicana Winterbottom [R.], 2004:14, Figs. 4D, 5C, 8-9] Notes: [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 9 (no. 1); ref. 28043] Canton Atoll, 2°48'58"S, 171°42'59"W, depth 40 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma squamicana Winterbottom, 2004. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Phoenix Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma stobbsi Winterbottom, 2001 - Stobb's pygmygoby [=Trimma stobbsi Winterbottom [R.], 2001:20, Figs. 1-2] Notes: [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 5 (no. 1); ref. 26167] Port de Goro, west of concrete lighthouse, 22°20'00"S, 167°00'20"E, New Caledonia, depth 18.3-25.9 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma stobbsi Winterbottom, 2001. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Vietnam, Philippines, to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma striatum (Herre, 1945) - redlined pygmygoby [=Coronogobius striatus Herre [A. W. C. T.], 1945:81] Notes: [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 58; ref. 2140] Little dock at Coron, Busuanga Island, Philippines. Current status: Valid as Trimma striatum (Herre, 1945). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Maldive Islands to Fiji, Great Barrier Reef to Palau, and Philippines. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma tauroculum Winterbottom & Zur, 2007 - bullseye pygmygoby [=Trimma tauroculum Winterbottom [R.] & Zur [M.], 2007:20, Figs. 3B, 6, 7A-B, 8] Notes: [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 13 (no. 1); ref. 29376] Off west coast of Pelilieu, 7°01'12.9"N, 134°13'51.5"E, Palau, depth 27-41.5 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma tauroculum Winterbottom & Zur, 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Outer reefs of Palau [possibly also Yap Island]. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma taylori Lobel, 1979 - yellow pygmygoby [=Trimma taylori Lobel [P. S.], 1979:3, Fig. 1] Notes: [Breviora No. 456; ref. 8811] Off leeward coast near Makaha Beach, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands, depth 44 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma taylori Lobel, 1979. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Maldives, Chagos Archipelago and Western Australia east to Hawaiian Islands, south to Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia), north to Japan. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma tevegae Cohen & Davis, 1969 - bluestripe pygmygoby [=Trimma tevegae Cohen [D. M.] & Davis [W. P.], 1969:321, Figs. 1, 2A, 3] Notes: [Pacific Science v. 23 (no. 3); ref. 7806] Dawapia Rocks, Simpson Harbor, near Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific, depth 40-50 feet. Current status: Valid as Trimma tevegae Cohen & Davis, 1969. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: widespread, possibly a complex of several species. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma trioculatum Winterbottom et al., 2015 - three-eyed pygmygoby [=Trimma trioculatum Winterbottom [R.], Erdmann [M. V.] & Cahyani [N. K. D.], 2015:217, Figs. 12-17] Notes: [Zootaxa 3973 (no. 2); ref. 33849] West Papua, Cendrawasih Bay, Mark's Delite, about 45 km E of Pilau Roon, Indonesia, 2°25.833'S, 134°59.366'E, depth 20 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma trioculatum Winterbottom, Erdmann & Cahyani, 2015. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: West Papua, Indonesia; Palau, Papua New Guinea and Philippines. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma unisquame (Gosline, 1959) - blackmargined pygmygoby [=Hazeus unisquamis Gosline [W. A.], 1959:70, Fig. 3] Notes: [Pacific Science v. 13 (no. 1); ref. 1861] Reef about 200 yards west of Diamond Head, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands [Western Australia and Indonesia east to Hawaiian and Society islands, north to Taiwan, south to Queensland/Australia]. Current status: Valid as Trimma unisquame (Gosline, 1959). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western and central Pacific: Cocos-Keeling Islands east to Hawaiian Islands and Easter Island, south to Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia) and Tonga. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma volcana Winterbottom, 2003 - volcano pygmygoby [=Trimma volcana Winterbottom [R.], 2003:10, Figs. 1-3] Notes: [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 7 (no. 1); ref. 26964] Pomanji Island, off the north end of airport runway, 12°48'12"S, 45°16'18"E, Mayotte, Comores, depth 0.5-5 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma volcana Winterbottom, 2003. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma winchi Winterbottom, 1984 - Winch's pygmygoby (author) [=Trimma winchi Winterbottom [R.], 1984:712, Figs. 9, 28] Notes: [Canadian Journal of Zoology v. 62 (no. 4); ref. 5321] Salomon Atoll, Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean [ca. 5°20'S 72°16'E]. Current status: Valid as Trimma winchi Winterbottom, 1984. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine. Species Trimma winterbottomi Randall & Downing, in Randall et al., 1994 - Winterbottom's pygmygoby [=Trimma winterbottomi Randall [J. E.] & Downing [N.], in Randall et al., 1994:250, Gobius townsendi Boulenger [G. A.], 1897:421] Notes: [Fauna of Saudia Arabia v. 14; ref. 21645] Mekran coast, Iran. Current status: Valid as Trimma winterbottomi Randall & Downing, 1994. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf to western Thailand. Habitat: marine. (townsendi) [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 20 (no. 119) (art. 49); ref. 14628] Mekran coast, Iran. Current status: Synonym of Trimma winterbottomi Randall & Downing, 1994. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma woutsi Winterbottom, 2002 - Wouts' pygmygoby (author) [=Trimma woutsi Winterbottom [R.], 2002:49, Figs. 5-8] Notes: [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 5 (no. 2); ref. 26166] Northwestern side of Tepuhiaatuua Point, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, depth 1.5-9.1 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma woutsi Winterbottom, 2002. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Marquesas Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma xanthochrum Winterbottom, 2011 - stepspot pygmygoby [=Trimma xanthochrum Winterbottom [R.], 2011:155, Figs. 25-31] Notes: [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 17 (no. 3); ref. 31449] Raja Ampat, about 1.2 km south-southeast of Murus Island, 0°21'01.0"S, 130°21'25.4"E, depth 50 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma xanthochrum Winterbottom, 2011. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: West Papua, Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma xanthum Winterbottom & Hoese, 2015 - yellowred pygmygoby [=Trimma xanthum Winterbottom [R.] & Hoese [D. F.], 2015:92, Figs. 48, 52] Notes: [Zootaxa 3934 (no. 1); ref. 33709] Southwest of Beagle Pass (18°37'06"S, 178°30'21"E), Fiji, depth 12-21 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma xanthum Winterbottom & Hoese, 2015. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Fiji, Australia, Marshall Islands and Palau. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma yanagitai Suzuki & Senou, 2007 - Yanagita's pygmygoby (author) [=Trimma yanagitai Suzuki [T.] & Senou [H.], 2007:176, Figs. 1-2] Notes: [Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A) Supplement No. 1; ref. 29102] Izu Oceanic Park, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, depth 56 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma yanagitai Suzuki & Senou, 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Mainland Japan and Ryukyu Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma yanoi Suzuki & Senou, 2008 - Yano's pygmygoby [=Trimma yanoi Suzuki [T.] & Senou [H.], 2008:102, Figs. 5-7] Notes: [Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A) Supplement No. 2; ref. 29579] Sotobanare-minami, Funauki Bay, Iriomote-jima Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, depth 10 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma yanoi Suzuki & Senou, 2008. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: West Papua (Indonesia), Philippines and Ryukyu Islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.

Species Trimma yoshinoi Suzuki et al., 2015 - Funauki pygmygoby (author) [=Trimma yoshinoi Suzuki [T.], Yano [K.] & Senou [H.], 2015:68, Figs. 1-4] Notes: [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 14; ref. 33746] Funauki Bay, Iriomote-jima Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, depth 36 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma yoshinoi Suzuki, Yano & Senou, 2015. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Habitat: marine. Species Trimma zurae Winterbottom et al., 2014 - Marg's pygmygoby [=Trimma zurae Winterbottom [R.], Erdmann [M. V.] & Cahyani [N. K.], 2014:379, Figs. 7-10] Notes: [Zootaxa 3838 (no. 3); ref. 33402] North Sulawesi, west of Manado at Poopoh, 1°24.897'N, 124°37.757'E, Indonesia, depth 70 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimma zurae Winterbottom, Erdmann & Cahyani, 2014. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Trimmatom Winterbottom & Emery, 1981 - gobies [=Trimmatom Winterbottom [R.] & Emery [A. R.], 1981:140] Notes: [ref. 4757]. Masc. Trimmatom nanus Winterbottom & Emery, 1981. Type by original designation. •Valid as Trimmatom Winterbottom & Emery, 1981 -- (Winterbottom 1989 [ref. 14487], Larson & Murdy 2001:3582, 3585 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1691 [ref. 29097], Bogorodsky et al. 2010:126 [ref. 30896], Hoese & Larson 2010:374 [ref. 31045], Dimara et al. 2010:621 [ref. 31108], Motomura et al. 2010:222 [ref. 31256], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731]). Current status: Valid as Trimmatom Winterbottom & Emery, 1981. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Species Trimmatom eviotops (Schultz, 1943) - redbarred rubble goby [=Trimma eviotops Schultz [L. P.], 1943:250, Fig. 22, Eviota corneliae Fricke [R.], 1998:2, Fig. 1] Notes: [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 180; ref. 3957] Reef of Rose Island, American Samoa. Current status: Valid as Trimmatom eviotops (Schultz, 1943). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: marine. (corneliae) [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. Current status: Synonym of Trimmatom eviotops (Schultz, 1943). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimmatom macropodus Winterbottom, 1989 - bigfoot dwarfgoby [=Trimmatom macropodus Winterbottom [R.], 1989:2404, Figs. 1, 2, 7] Notes: [Canadian Journal of Zoology v. 67; ref. 14487] Northern end of Yonge Reef, Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, 14°35'S, 145°56'E, depth 5-15 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimmatom macropodus Winterbottom, 1989. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines, Taiwan, Coral Sea and Great Barrier Reef. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimmatom nanus Winterbottom & Emery, 1981 - midget dwarfgoby [=Trimmatom nanus Winterbottom [R.] & Emery [A. R.], 1981:143, Figs. 4-6] Notes: [Environmental Biology of Fishes v. 6 (no. 2); ref. 4757] Salomon Atoll, Chagos Archipelago, northern Indian Ocean, 5°18'04"S, 72°15'44"E, depth 18-25 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimmatom nanus Winterbottom & Emery, 1981. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, including the Red Sea: Mauritius to the islands of Central Indian Ocean, to Society Islands and Philippines. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimmatom offucius Winterbottom & Emery, 1981 - Salomon dwarfgoby (author) [=Trimmatom offucius Winterbottom [R.] & Emery [A. R.], 1981:146, Figs. 7-8] Notes: [Environmental Biology of Fishes v. 6 (no. 2); ref. 4757] Salomon Atoll, Chagos Archipelago, northern Indian Ocean, 5°20'39"S, 72°12'33"E, depth 20-25 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimmatom offucius Winterbottom & Emery, 1981. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimmatom pharus Winterbottom, 2001 - Lifehouse dwarfgoby [=Trimmatom pharus Winterbottom [R.], 2001:22, Fig. 3] Notes: [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 5 (no. 1); ref. 26167] Inner reef just north of Aonyme Island, Seychelles Islands, depth 0-2.7 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimmatom pharus Winterbottom, 2001. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: western Indian Ocean to east Indian region, north to Japan. Habitat: marine. Species Trimmatom sagma Winterbottom, 1989 - saddled dwarfgoby [=Trimmatom sagma Winterbottom [R.], 1989:2406, Figs. 3, 4, 7] Notes: [Canadian Journal of Zoology v. 67; ref. 14487] Off mouth of Bais Bay, Negros, Philippines, depth 24-36 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimmatom sagma Winterbottom, 1989. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Cocos-Keeling Islands, Indonesia and Philippines. Habitat: marine.

Species Trimmatom zapotes Winterbottom, 1989 - Lizard Island dwarfgoby (author) [=Trimmatom zapotes Winterbottom [R.], 1989:2407, Figs. 5, 6, 7] Notes: [Canadian Journal of Zoology v. 67; ref. 14487] Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, 14°43'S, 145°27'E, depth 3-10 meters. Current status: Valid as Trimmatom zapotes Winterbottom, 1989. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Tryssogobius Larson & Hoese, 2001 - gobies, fairygobies [=Tryssogobius Larson [H. K.] & Hoese [D. F.], 2001:27] Notes: [ref. 25837]. Masc. Tryssogobius colini Larson & Hoese, 2001. Type by original designation. •Valid as Tryssogobius Larson & Hoese, 2001 -- (Larson & Wright 2003:127 [ref. 27481], Randall 2006:105 [ref. 28873], Larson & Chen 2007:155 [ref. 29120], Dimara et al. 2010:621 [ref. 31108], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731]). Current status: Valid as Tryssogobius Larson & Hoese, 2001. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Species Tryssogobius colini Larson & Hoese, 2001 - Colin's fairygoby [=Tryssogobius colini Larson [H. K.] & Hoese [D. F.], 2001:29, Figs. 1-6] Notes: [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. Current status: Valid as Tryssogobius colini Larson & Hoese, 2001. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

Species Tryssogobius fisunovi Prokofiev, 2017 - fisunovi goby [=Tryssogobius fisunovi Prokofiev [A. M.], 2017:231, Fig. 1] Notes: [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 57 (no. 2); ref. 35281] South China Sea to the south of the Anambas Islands (Indonesia), 02°03'N, 105°37'E, depth 73 meters. Current status: Valid as Tryssogobius fisunovi Prokofiev, 2017. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: South China Sea. Habitat: marine.

Species Tryssogobius flavolineatus Randall, 2006 - yellowlined fairygoby [=Tryssogobius flavolineatus Randall [J. E.], 2006:107, Figs. 2-3] Notes: [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 11 (no. 3); ref. 28873] Molucca Islands, Halmahera, Elmoos Reef, 0°10'N, 128°00'E, Indonesia, depth 55 meters. Current status: Valid as Tryssogobius flavolineatus Randall, 2006. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

Species Tryssogobius longipes Larson & Hoese, 2001 - longfin fairygoby [=Tryssogobius longipes Larson [H. K.] & Hoese [D. F.], 2001:32, Figs. 7-9] Notes: [The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory v. 17; ref. 25837] Maumere Bay, eastern end of Sao Wisata Resort, Flores, Indonesia, depth 19.5 meters. Current status: Valid as Tryssogobius longipes Larson & Hoese, 2001. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

Species Tryssogobius nigrolineatus Randall, 2006 - deepreef fairygoby [=Tryssogobius nigrolineatus Randall [J. E.], 2006:111, Fig. 6] Notes: [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 11 (no. 3); ref. 28873] Viti Levu, off Suva Harbour, 18°09'32.7"S, 178°23'58.44"E, Fiji, depth 87-93 meters. Current status: Valid as Tryssogobius nigrolineatus Randall, 2006. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Ryukyu Islands, Indonesia and Fiji. Habitat: marine.

Species Tryssogobius porosus Larson & Chen, 2007 - Pingtung fairygoby (author) [=Tryssogobius porosus Larson [H. K.] & Chen [I-S.], 2007:156, Figs. 1-4] Notes: [Zoological Studies v. 46 (no. 2); ref. 29120] Off Tungkang, Pingtung County, Taiwan, depth 100 meters. Current status: Valid as Tryssogobius porosus Larson & Chen, 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Hainan Island, China and Taiwan. Habitat: marine.

Species Tryssogobius quinquespinus Randall, 2006 - fivespine fairygoby [=Tryssogobius quinquespinus Randall [J. E.], 2006:114, Fig. 7] Notes: [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 11 (no. 3); ref. 28873] Milne Bay, Waga Waga, near wreck of "Muscoota", Papua New Guinea, depth 27 meters. Current status: Valid as Tryssogobius quinquespinus Randall, 2006. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

Species Tryssogobius sarah Allen & Erdmann, 2012 - Sarah's fairygoby [=Tryssogobius sarah Allen [G. R.] & Erdmann [M. V.], 2012:1182, Figs. 1-5] Notes: [Reef fishes of the East Indies.; ref. 31980] Serbete, 8°07.995'S, 122°59.877'E, Flores, Indonesia, depth 50-50 meters. Current status: Valid as Tryssogobius sarah Allen & Erdmann, 2012. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Palau and Ryukyu Islands. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Valenciennea Bleeker, 1856 - gobies, hover gobies, sleeper gobies [=Valenciennea Bleeker [P.], 1856:412, Calleleotris Gill [T. N.], 1863:270, Eleotriodes Bleeker [P.], 1857:372, Gergobius (subgenus of Calleleotris) Whitley [G. P.], 1930:22, Salarigobius Pfeffer [G. J.], 1893:141 [13], Valenciennesia Bleeker [P.], 1874:307] Notes: [ref. 353]. Fem. Eleotris strigata of Valenciennes, 1837 (= Gobius strigatus Broussonet, 1782). Type by monotypy. See discussion in Jordan 1919:373 [ref. 4904] but type is not hasselti as treated by Jordan. •Valid as Valenciennea Bleeker, 1856 -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:242 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:806 [ref. 5670], Birdsong et al. 1988:194 [ref. 7303], Hoese & Larson 1994 [ref. 12483], Larson & Murdy 2001:3586 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1692 [ref. 29097], Dimara et al. 2010:621 [ref. 31108], Suzuki et al. 2011:61 [ref. 31568], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731]). Current status: Valid as Valenciennea Bleeker, 1856. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. (Calleleotris) [ref. 1691]. Fem. Gobius strigatus Broussonet, 1782. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Valenciennea Bleeker, 1856 -- (Hoese & Larson 1994:4 [ref. 12483]). Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea Bleeker, 1856. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. (Eleotriodes) [ref. 358]. Masc. Eleotris sexguttata Valenciennes, 1837. Type by monotypy. Appeared as above as name with existing species and therefore available. Also appeared in Bleeker 1857:465 [ref. 6220] with several included species. Also appeared in Bleeker 1858:212 [ref. 362] as a new genus based on Bleeker's style, but in conjunction with E. helsdingenii which Bleeker subsequently regarded as type. •Synonym of Valenciennea Bleeker, 1856 -- (Hoese & Larson 1994:4 [ref. 12483]). Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea Bleeker, 1856. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. (Gergobius) [ref. 4671]. Masc. Eleotris taeniura Macleay, 1881. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Valenciennea Bleeker, 1856 -- (Hoese & Larson 1994:5 [ref. 12483]). Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea Bleeker, 1856. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. (Salarigobius) [ref. 3461]. Masc. Salarigobius stuhlmannii Pfeffer, 1893. Type by monotypy. On p. 13 of separate. •Synonym of Valenciennea Bleeker, 1856 -- (Hoese & Larson 1994:5 [ref. 12483]). Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea Bleeker, 1856. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. (Valenciennesia) [ref. 437]. Fem. Eleotris strigata of Valenciennes 1837 (= Gobius strigatus Broussonet, 1782). Type by original designation (also monotypic). Also appeared in Bleeker 1874:372 [ref. 436]. Apparently a variant spelling for Valenciennea Bleeker but unclear from text; it also may stand on its own as a genus description (see discussion by Jordan 1919:373 [ref. 4904]). •Objective synonym of Valenciennea Bleeker, 1856 -- (Hoese & Larson 1994:4 [ref. 12483]). Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea Bleeker, 1856. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Species Valenciennea alleni Hoese & Larson, 1994 - Haggerstone goby (author) [=Valenciennea alleni Hoese [D. F.] & Larson [H. K.], 1994:13, Pls. 1A, 5A] Notes: [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 23; ref. 12483] Haggerstone Island, Queensland, Australia, depth 2-5 meters. Current status: Valid as Valenciennea alleni Hoese & Larson, 1994. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Australia. Habitat: marine.

Species Valenciennea bella Hoese & Larson, 1994 - belle goby [=Valenciennea bella Hoese [D. F.] & Larson [H. K.], 1994:15, Pl. 1B] Notes: [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 23; ref. 12483] Sesoko Island, Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, depth 28 meters. Current status: Valid as Valenciennea bella Hoese & Larson, 1994. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indonesia, Philippines, and Ryukyu Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Valenciennea decora Hoese & Larson, 1994 - Capricorn goby (author) [=Valenciennea decora Hoese [D. F.] & Larson [H. K.], 1994:18, Pls. 1C-D, 5B] Notes: [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 23; ref. 12483] Outer reef on northern side of One Tree Island, 23°30'S, 152°05'E, Capricorn Group, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, depth 20 meters. Current status: Valid as Valenciennea decora Hoese & Larson, 1994. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species Valenciennea helsdingenii (Bleeker, 1858) - twostripe goby [=Eleotriodes helsdingenii Bleeker [P.], 1858:212] Notes: [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 15; ref. 362] Pulau-Pulau Gorong, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Current status: Valid as Valenciennea helsdingenii (Bleeker, 1858). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, South Africa and Mascarenes east to Line Islands and Marquesas Islands, north to southern Japan, south to New South Wales (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine. Species Valenciennea immaculata (Ni, 1981) - redlined sleeper [=Eleotriodes immaculatus Ni [Y.], 1981:362 (English p. 364), Fig. 1] Notes: [Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica v. 12 (no. 4); ref. 8566] Yantian, Baoan County, Guangdong Province, China. Current status: Valid as Valenciennea immaculata (Ni, 1981). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan and Australia. Habitat: marine.

Species Valenciennea limicola Hoese & Larson, 1994 - mud goby [=Valenciennea limicola Hoese [D. F.] & Larson [H. K.], 1994:26, Pls. 2C, 5E] Notes: [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 23; ref. 12483] About 1 kilometer south of Inst. Mar. Res. Univ. S. Pacific, Suva Harbor, Fiji Islands, depth 26 meters. Current status: Valid as Valenciennea limicola Hoese & Larson, 1994. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Gulf of Thailand, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Fiji. Habitat: brackish, marine.

Species Valenciennea longipinnis (Lay & Bennett, 1839) - longfinned goby [=Eleotris longipinnis Lay [G. T.] & Bennett [E. T.], 1839:64, Pl. 20 (fig. 3), Eleotris ikeineur Montrouzier [X.], 1857:466 [188], Eleotris lineatooculatus Kner [R.], 1867:720 [12], Pl. 3 (fig. 1)] Notes: [The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage; ref. 2730] Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Current status: Valid as Valenciennea longipinnis (Lay & Bennett, 1839). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: east Indian region to Australia, Fiji to Yap, and to Ryukyu Islands. Habitat: marine. (ikeineur) [Annales de la Société d'Agriculture, Histoire Naturelle et Arts Utiles de Lyon (sér. 2) v. 8 (1856); ref. 17789] Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea longipinnis (Lay & Bennett, 1839). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. (lineatooculatus) [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 56; ref. 2645] Fiji Islands [original Viti-Inseln]. Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea longipinnis (Lay & Bennett, 1839). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

Species Valenciennea muralis (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837) - mural goby [=Eleotris muralis Valenciennes [A.] (ex Quoy & Gaimard), in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837:253, Pl. 357, Valenciennea aruensis Ogilby [J. D.], 1910:21, Eleotris lineata Castelnau [F. L.], 1875:24, Eleotris nigrifilis Ogilby [J. D.], 1897:754, Eleotris taeniura Macleay [W.], 1881:624, Eleotris trabeatus Richardson [J.], 1843:5, Pl. 2 (fig. 2)] Notes: [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Tikopia, 12°20'S, 168°50'E, Santa Cruz Archipelago, Solomon Islands, western Pacific. Current status: Valid as Valenciennea muralis (Valenciennes, 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Andaman Sea to Solomon Islands, northern Australia to Hong Kong. Habitat: marine. (aruensis) [Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland v. 23; ref. 3288] Aru Islands, Indonesia. Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea muralis (Valenciennes, 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine. (lineata) [Researches on the fishes of Australia No. 2; ref. 768] Cape York, Queensland, Australia. Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea muralis (Valenciennes, 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine. (nigrifilis) [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 21 (pt 4); ref. 3274] Cape York, Queensland, Australia. Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea muralis (Valenciennes, 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine. (taeniura) [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 5 (pt 4); ref. 2869] Low Island, 16°18'S, 145°35'E, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea muralis (Valenciennes, 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine. (trabeatus) [Icones piscium, or plates of rare fishes; ref. 6537] Depuch Island, Western Australia. Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea muralis (Valenciennes, 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

Species Valenciennea parva Hoese & Larson, 1994 - parva goby [=Valenciennea parva Hoese [D. F.] & Larson [H. K.], 1994:37, Pls. 3A, 5H] Notes: [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 23; ref. 12483] Lizard Island lagoon, Queensland, Australia, depth 1-10 meters. Current status: Valid as Valenciennea parva Hoese & Larson, 1994. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles and Maldives to Samoa, Australia and Ryukyu Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Valenciennea persica Hoese & Larson, 1994 - Bahrain goby (author) [=Valenciennea persica Hoese [D. F.] & Larson [H. K.], 1994:42, Pls. 3B, 4A] Notes: [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 23; ref. 12483] About 7 kilometers east of Sitra Island, Bahrain, Persian Gulf, depth 12 meters. Current status: Valid as Valenciennea persica Hoese & Larson, 1994. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine.

Species Valenciennea puellaris (Tomiyama, in Tomiyama & Abe, 1956) - maiden goby [=Eleotriodes puellaris Tomiyama [I.], in Tomiyama & Abe, 1956:1136, Pl. 224 (fig. 575)] Notes: [Figures and descriptions of the fishes of Japan (a continuation of Dr. Shigeho Tanaka's work). v. 55; ref. 22723] Kiragawa, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. Current status: Valid as Valenciennea puellaris (Tomiyama, 1956). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar, Mauritius (Mascarenes) and Maldives east to Tonga and Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

Species Valenciennea randalli Hoese & Larson, 1994 - greenband goby [=Valenciennea randalli Hoese [D. F.] & Larson [H. K.], 1994:52] Notes: [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 23; ref. 12483] Burrow under metal debris, yacht harbor, Honiara, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, western Pacific, depth 16 meters. Current status: Valid as Valenciennea randalli Hoese & Larson, 1994. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Andaman Sea to New Caledonia, Great Barrier Reef to Ryukyu Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Valenciennea sexguttata (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837) - sixspot goby [=Eleotris sexguttata Valenciennes [A.], in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837:254, Eleotris lantzii Thominot [A.], 1878:256, Eleotriodes pallidus Klausewitz [W.], 1960:7, Figs. 1-2, Salarigobius stuhlmannii Pfeffer [G. J.], 1893:141 [13], Pl. 3 (figs. 6-7), Valenciennea violifera Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.], 1906:383, Pl. 52 (fig. 2)] Notes: [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. Current status: Valid as Valenciennea sexguttata (Valenciennes, 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Samoa and Tonga, north to Yaeyama and Ryukyu islands, south to Western Australia and Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine. (lantzii) [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 2; ref. 17901] Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean [Madagascar on Paris register]. Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea sexguttata (Valenciennes, 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine. (pallidus) [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 41 (nos 1/2); ref. 11925] Madewaru Island, Fadiffulu Atoll, Maldives, about 3 meters. Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea sexguttata (Valenciennes, 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine. (stuhlmannii) [Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten v. 10; ref. 3461] Kokotoni, East Africa. Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea sexguttata (Valenciennes, 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine. (violifera) [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa. Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea sexguttata (Valenciennes, 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

Species Valenciennea strigata (Broussonet, 1782) - blueband goby [=Gobius strigatus Broussonet [P. M. A.] (ex Forster), 1782:[11], Pl. [1], Valenciennea strigata arcusbranchiae Fowler [H. W.], 1946:201, Fig. 64, Gobiomorus australis Shaw [G.], 1803:249, Gobiomorus taiboa Lacepède [B. G. E.], 1800:583, 587] Notes: [Ichthyologia, sistens piscium descriptiones et icones. Decas I.; ref. 17287] Oceanus pacificus prope Insulam Otaheite [Tahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific]. Current status: Valid as Valenciennea strigata (Broussonet, 1782). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Mozambique Channel, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Line Islands, Society Islands and Marquesas Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Lord Howe Island, New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine. (arcusbranchiae) [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 98; ref. 1456] Aguni Shima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea strigata (Broussonet, 1782). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine. (australis) [General zoology or systematic natural history v. 4; ref. 4014] Tahiti, Society Islands. Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea strigata (Broussonet, 1782). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine (taiboa) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepéde) v. 2; ref. 2709] Tahiti, Society Islands [French Polynesia, South Pacific]. Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea strigata (Broussonet, 1782). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine. Species Valenciennea wardii (Playfair, in Playfair & Gunther, 1867) - Ward's sleeper [=Eleotris wardii Playfair [R. L.], in Playfair & Günther, 1867:73, Pl. 9 (fig. 3), Eleotris ellioti Day [F.], 1888:262, Valenciennea nigromaculata Herre [A. W. C. T.], 1932:439, Valenciennea phaeochalina Tanaka [S.], 1917:225] Notes: [The fishes of Zanzibar; ref. 3490] Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. Current status: Valid as Valenciennea wardii (Playfair, 1867). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: east Africa to Australia, New Caledonia north to Japan. Habitat: marine. (ellioti) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888 (pt 3); ref. 14480] Madras, India. Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea wardii (Playfair, 1867). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine. (nigromaculata) [Lingnan Science Journal, Canton v. 11 (no. 3); ref. 10975] Canton (= Kwangtung), China. Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea wardii (Playfair, 1867). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine. (phaeochalina) [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 29; ref. 17354] Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea wardii (Playfair, 1867). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

Species Valenciennea yanoi Suzuki et al., 2016 - Yano's goby [=Valenciennea yanoi Suzuki [T.], Senou [H.] & Randall [J. E.], 2016:3, Figs. 1-5] Notes: [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 21; ref. 34434] Iriomote Island, off Akazaki, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, 24°22'27"N, 123°44'52"E, depth 13 meters. Current status: Valid as Valenciennea yanoi Suzuki, Senou & Randall, 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Ryukyu Islands. Additional photographic records from Philippines, Palau, Sabah (Malaysia), Bali and Banda Islands. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Vanderhorstia Smith, 1949 - gobies, shrimpgobies [=Vanderhorstia Smith [J. L. B.], 1949:103] Notes: [ref. 4077]. Fem. Gobius delagoae Barnard, 1937. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Vanderhorstia Smith, 1949 -- (Polunin & Lubbock 1977:68 [ref. 3540], Yanagisawa 1978:286 [ref. 7028], Goren 1979:54 [ref. 1852], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:260 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:806 [ref. 5670], Birdsong et al. 1988:194 [ref. 7303], Gill 1994:59 [ref. 23557], Ikeda et al. 1995 [ref. 22180], Larson & Murdy 2001:3587 [ref. 26293], Shibukawa & Suzuki 2004:113 [ref. 28014], Winterbottom et al. 2005:114 [ref. 28146], Greenfield & Longenecker 2005:619 [ref. 28487], Allen & Randall 2006:40 [ref. 28981], Hoese & Larson 2006:1695 [ref. 29097], Iwata et al. 2007:185 [ref. 29101], Randall 2007:89 [ref. 29222], Randall & Munday 2008:35 [ref. 29503], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Larson 2011:238 [ref. 31740], Bogorodsky et al. 2011:219 [ref. 31666], Suzuki & Chen 2014:207 [ref. 33152], Allen et al. 2014:81 [ref. 33278]). Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia Smith, 1949. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Species Vanderhorstia ambanoro (Fourmanoir, 1957) - Ambanoro prawngoby [=Cryptocentrus ambanoro Fourmanoir [P.], 1957:245, Fig. 159, Cryptocentrus fasciaventris Smith [J. L. B.], 1959:194, Pl. 9 (fig. F)] Notes: [Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar. Série F. Océanographie v. 1; ref. 11992] Ambanoro Bay, Nosy Be [Nossi-Bé], Mozambique Channel, Madagascar. Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia ambanoro (Fourmanoir, 1957). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to East Indian region, Micronesia and Samoa Habitat: marine. (fasciaventris) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 13; ref. 4122] Nosy Be [Nossi-Bé], Mozambique Channel, Madagascar. Current status: Synonym of Vanderhorstia ambanoro (Fourmanoir, 1957). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species Vanderhorstia atriclypea (Garman, 1903) - Moala shrimpgoby (author) [=Gobius atriclypeus Garman [S.], 1903:233, Pl. 2 (fig. 1)] Notes: [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 39 (no. 8); ref. 15030] Bay of Moala, eastern side of Fiji Islands, depth 25 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia atriclypea (Garman, 1903). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine.

Species Vanderhorstia attenuata Randall, 2007 - tapertail shrimpgoby [=Vanderhorstia attenuata Randall [J. E.], 2007:91, Fig. 2] Notes: [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. Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia attenuata Randall, 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indonesia, Philippines and Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Vanderhorstia auronotata Randall, 2007 - goldmarked shrimpgoby [=Vanderhorstia auronotata Randall [J. E.], 2007:94, Fig. 3] Notes: [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. Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia auronotata Randall, 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Molucca Islands, Indonesia (holotype). Habitat: marine.

Species Vanderhorstia auropunctata (Tomiyama, 1955) - Kamegi shrimpgoby (author) [=Mars auropunctatus Tomiyama [I.], 1955:6, Fig. 5] Notes: [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 4 (nos 1/2/3); ref. 4412] Near Kamegi, off Nagai, Japan. Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia auropunctata (Tomiyama, 1955). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western North Pacific: Japan. Habitat: marine.

Species Vanderhorstia bella Greenfield & Longenecker, 2005 - Fiji vanderhorstia (author) [=Vanderhorstia bella Greenfield [D. W.] & Longenecker [K. R.], 2005:619, Figs. 1-4] Notes: [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. Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia bella Greenfield & Longenecker, 2005. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Fiji. Habitat: marine.

Species Vanderhorstia belloides Randall, 2007 - Bella shrimpgoby [=Vanderhorstia belloides Randall [J. E.], 2007:96, Fig. 4] Notes: [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. Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia belloides Randall, 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

Species Vanderhorstia cyanolineata Suzuki & Chen, 2014 - Nago shrimpgoby (author) [=Vanderhorstia cyanolineata Suzuki [T.] & Chen [I-S.], 2014:208, Figs. 1-3] Notes: [Journal of Marine Science and Technology v. 21, Suppl. [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. Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia cyanolineata Suzuki & Chen, 2014. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Ryukyu Islands and Bali, Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

Species Vanderhorstia delagoae (Barnard, 1937) - candystick goby [=Gobius delagoae Barnard [K. H.], 1937:62, Fig. 3] Notes: [Annals of the South African Museum v. 32 (pt 2, no. 6); ref. 197] Inhaca Island, Delagoa Bay, Mozambique, southwestern Indian Ocean. Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia delagoae (Barnard, 1937). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea, western Indian Ocean: East Africa to Seychelles, Madagascar and Rodrigues (Mascarenes). Habitat: marine.

Species Vanderhorstia dorsomacula Randall, 2007 - dorsalspot shrimpgoby [=Vanderhorstia dorsomacula Randall [J. E.], 2007:98, Fig. 5] Notes: [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 25 meters. Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia dorsomacula Randall, 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, New Britain and Palau and Ryukyu Islands. Habitat: brackish, marine. Species Vanderhorstia flavilineata Allen & Munday, 1995 - yellowlined shrimpgoby [=Vanderhorstia flavilineata Allen [G. R.] & Munday [P. L.], 1995:103, Figs. 7-8] Notes: [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 22 (nos 3-4); ref. 21938] Hanging Gardens Reef, off Walindi Plantation Resort, Kimbe Bay, New Britain Island, Bismarck Archipelago, depth 27 fathoms. Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia flavilineata Allen & Munday, 1995. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

Species Vanderhorstia fulvopelvis Suzuki & Chen, 2014 - Kyoda shrimpgoby (author) [=Vanderhorstia fulvopelvis Suzuki [T.] & Chen [I-S.], 2014:210, Figs. 3-4] Notes: [Journal of Marine Science and Technology v. 21, Suppl. [for 2013]; ref. 33152] Kyoda, 26°32'48.9"N, 127°57'29.9"E, Nego Inlet, Okinawa-jima Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, depth 5 meters. Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia fulvopelvis Suzuki & Chen, 2014. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Habitat: marine.

Species Vanderhorstia hiramatsui Iwata et al., 2007 - Ostuki shrimpgoby (author) [=Vanderhorstia hiramatsui Iwata [A.], Shibukawa [K.] & Ohnishi [N.], 2007:192, Figs. 1C, 3, 4A-B] Notes: [Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A) Supplement No. 1; ref. 29101] Tsutome-zaki Point, Issai, Ostuki, Kochi Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan, depth 42 meters. Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia hiramatsui Iwata, Shibukawa & Ohnishi, 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southern Japan. Habitat: marine.

Species Vanderhorstia kizakura Iwata et al., 2007 - Kashiwa-jima shrimpgoby (author) [=Vanderhorstia kizakura Iwata [A.], Shibukawa [K.] & Ohnishi [N.], 2007:194, Figs. 1B, 2A, 4C-E] Notes: [Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A) Supplement No. 1; ref. 29101] Kashiwa-jima Island, off southwestern coast of Shikoku, Japan, depth 30 meters. Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia kizakura Iwata, Shibukawa & Ohnishi, 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western North Pacific: Japan and Ryukyu Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Vanderhorstia lepidobucca Allen et al., 2014 - scalycheek shrimpgoby [=Vanderhorstia lepidobucca Allen [G. R.], Peristiwady [T.] & Erdmann [M. V.], 2014:82, Figs.1-3] Notes: [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 20 (no. 2); ref. 33278] Aw Shucks dive site (1°30.013’N, 125°14.573’E), Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, depth 40 meters. Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia lepidobucca Allen, Peristiwady & Erdmann, 2014. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Lembeh Straight, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Habitat: marine.

Species Vanderhorstia longimanus (Weber, 1909) - Weber's shrimpgoby (author) [=Gobius (Oxyurichthys) longimanus Weber [M.], 1909:154] Notes: [Notes from the Leyden Museum v. 31 (note 4); ref. 4600] Indonesia, 2°28.5'S, 131°03.3'E, depth 118 meters. Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia longimanus (Weber, 1909). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indonesia and Australia. Habitat: marine.

Species Vanderhorstia macropteryx (Franz, 1910) - bigfin shrimpgoby [=Ctenogobius macropteryx Franz [V.], 1910:67, Pl. 6 (fig. 45)] Notes: [Abhandlungen der math.-phys. Klasse der K. Bayer Akademie der Wissenschaften v. 4 (Suppl.) (no. 1); ref. 1481] Off Atami Pt., Atami-shi, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, 35°05'14"N, 139°05'15"E, depth 39 meters. Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia macropteryx (Franz, 1910). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia and southern Japan. Habitat: marine. Species Vanderhorstia mertensi Klausewitz, 1974 - Mertens's prawngoby [=Vanderhorstia mertensi Klausewitz [W.], 1974:210, Figs. 5-7] Notes: [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 55 (nos 4/6); ref. 2614] Marsah Murach, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, depth 4 meters. Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia mertensi Klausewitz, 1974. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Oman; Philippines north to Taiwan and southern Japan, south to New Guinea and northern Australia; Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant). Habitat: marine.

Species Vanderhorstia nannai Winterbottom et al., 2005 - moonspotted shrimpgoby [=Vanderhorstia nannai Winterbottom [R.], Iwata [A.] & Kozawa [T.], 2005:110, Figs. 1-5] Notes: [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 9 (no. 3); ref. 28146] Off Ailmeliik on western coast, Babeldaob Island, Palau, depth 9-15 meters. Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia nannai Winterbottom, Iwata & Kozawa, 2005. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Palau and Philippines. Habitat: marine.

Species Vanderhorstia nobilis Allen & Randall, 2006 - majestic shrimpgoby [=Vanderhorstia nobilis Allen [G. R.] & Randall [J. E.], 2006:40, Figs. 1-4] Notes: [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 12 (no. 1); ref. 28981] Halsey Harbour, Culion Island, Calamianes Islands, northern Palawan Province, Philippines, depth 18 meters. Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia nobilis Allen & Randall, 2006. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Philippines and Sulawesi. Habitat: marine.

Species Vanderhorstia opercularis Randall, 2007 - operculate shrimpgoby (author) [=Vanderhorstia opercularis Randall [J. E.], 2007:20, Figs. 1-3] Notes: [Electronic Journal of Ichthyology, Bulletin of the European Ichthyology Society. v. 3 (issue 1); ref. 29032] Off the Interuniversity Institute of Eilat, Israel, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, depth 27 meters. Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia opercularis Randall, 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea endemic: Gulf of Aqaba. Habitat: marine.

Species Vanderhorstia ornatissima Smith, 1959 - ornate prawngoby [=Vanderhorstia ornatissima Smith [J. L. B.], 1959:192, Pl. 10 (fig. C)] Notes: [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 13; ref. 4122] Pinda, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia ornatissima Smith, 1959. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles and Réunion (Mascarenes) east to Marquesas Islands, north to southern Japan and Taiwan, south to Rapa. Habitat: marine.

Species Vanderhorstia papilio Shibukawa & Suzuki, 2004 - butterfly shrimpgoby [=Vanderhorstia papilio Shibukawa [K.] & Suzuki [T.], 2004:114, Figs. 1-2] Notes: [Ichthyological Research v. 51 (no. 2); ref. 28014] Funauki Bay, Iriomote-jima Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, 24°20.0'N, 123°42.8'E, depth 45 meters. Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia papilio Shibukawa & Suzuki, 2004. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indonesia, Philippines and Ryukyu Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Vanderhorstia phaeostictus (Randall et al., 2007) - yellowfoot shrimpgoby [=Ctenogobiops phaeostictus Randall [J. E.], Shao [K.-T.] & Chen [J.-P.], 2007:32, Fig. 12] Notes: [Zoological Studies v. 46 (no. 1); ref. 29015] Lagoon side of Pig. Island, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, depth 10 meters. Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia phaeostictus (Randall, Shao & Chen, 2007). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: East Indian region to New Caledonia, north to Ryukyu Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Vanderhorstia puncticeps (Deng & Xiong, in Xu et al., 1980) - Wenzhou shrimpgoby (author) [=Ctenogobius puncticeps Deng [S.] & Xiong [G.-Q.], in Xu, Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1980:180 [184], Fig. 3] Notes: [Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica v. 11 (no. 2); ref. 8642] East China Sea off Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, depth 80 meters. Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia puncticeps (Deng & Xiong, 1980). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: China and Japan. Habitat: marine.

Species Vanderhorstia rapa Iwata et al., 2007 - Sankakubae shrimpgoby (author) [=Vanderhorstia rapa Iwata [A.], Shibukawa [K.] & Ohnishi [N.], 2007:202, Figs. 1E, 2C, 4F-G, 6B] Notes: [Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A) Supplement No. 1; ref. 29101] Off Sankakubae, Kashiwa-jima Island, off southwestern coast of Shikoku, Japan, depth 37 meters. Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia rapa Iwata, Shibukawa & Ohnishi, 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southern Japan. Habitat: marine.

Species Vanderhorstia steelei Randall & Munday, 2008 - Cook's Bay shrimpgoby (author) [=Vanderhorstia steelei Randall [J. E.] & Munday [P. L.], 2008:36, Figs. 1-4] Notes: [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 14 (no. 1); ref. 29503] Gump Research Station, 17°29'30"S, 149°49'33"W, Cook's Bay, Moorea, Society Islands, depth 5 meters. Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia steelei Randall & Munday, 2008. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Society Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Vanderhorstia stegauchenia Prokofiev, 2017 - stegauchenia goby [=Vanderhorstia stegauchenia Prokofiev [A. M.], 2017:653, Figs. 5c-f] Notes: [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 57 (no. 6); ref. 35721] South China Sea, Indonesia, 02°03'N, 105°37'E, depth 73 meters. Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia stegauchenia Prokofiev, 2017. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indonesia. Habitat: marine. Species Vanderhorstia wayag Allen & Erdmann, 2012 - Wayag shrimpgoby [=Vanderhorstia wayag Allen [G. R.] & Erdmann [M. V.], 2012:1186, Figs. 1-4] Notes: [Reef fishes of the East Indies.; ref. 31980] Wayag Island, 0°09.150'S, 130°03.690'E, Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia, depth 10-12 meters. Current status: Valid as Vanderhorstia wayag Allen & Erdmann, 2012. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia; probably more wisdspread, including the Ryukyu Islands. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Vanneaugobius Brownell, 1978 - gobies [=Vanneaugobius Brownell [C. L.], 1978:135] Notes: [ref. 670]. Masc. Vanneaugobius dollfusi Brownell, 1978. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Vanneaugobius Brownell, 1978 -- (Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1083 [ref. 13677], Birdsong et al. 1988:190 [ref. 7303], Van Tassell et al. 1988:546 [ref. 16289], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:188 [ref. 31737]). Current status: Valid as Vanneaugobius Brownell, 1978. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Species Vanneaugobius canariensis Van Tassell et al., 1988 - Canary Islands goby (author) [=Vanneaugobius canariensis Van Tassell [J. L.], Miller [P. J.] & Brito [A.], 1988:555, Figs. 5-7] Notes: [Journal of Natural History v. 22 (no. 2); ref. 16289] Arguineguin, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Current status: Valid as Vanneaugobius canariensis Van Tassell, Miller & Brito, 1988. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Madeira, Cape Verde Islands and Canary Islands. Habitat: marine.

Species Vanneaugobius dollfusi Brownell, 1978 - Moroccan vanneaugobius (author) [=Vanneaugobius dollfusi Brownell [C. L.], 1978:136, Figs. 1-2, 4] Notes: [Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa v. 43 (pt 2); ref. 670] Off Agadir, Morocco, 30°27'40"N, 9°52'40"W, depth 110 meters. Current status: Valid as Vanneaugobius dollfusi Brownell, 1978. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic. Habitat: marine. Species Vanneaugobius pruvoti (Fage, 1907) - Balearic Islands goby (author) [=Eleotris (Valenceinnea) pruvoti Fage [L.], 1907:78, Pl. 6 (figs. 3-4); Figs. 1-2] Notes: [Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale (Paris) v. 7 (no. 2); ref. 15144] Dragonera, north of Cabrera Island, Balearic Islands, western Mediterranean Sea. Current status: Valid as Vanneaugobius pruvoti (Fage, 1907). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: Morocco and Canary Islands. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Varicus Robins & Bohlke, 1961 - gobies [=Varicus Robins [C. R.] & Böhlke [J. E.], 1961:46] Notes: [ref. 3787]. Masc. Varicus bucca Robins & Böhlke, 1961. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Possible synonym of Chriolepis Gilbert, 1892 -- (see Hastings & Bortone 1981:435 [ref. 5246], see Bussing 1997:1551 [ref. 23500]). •Valid as Varicus Robins & Böhlke, 1961 -- (Greenfield 1981 [ref. 6826], Williams & Gilbert 1983 [ref. 5369], Birdsong et al. 1988:189 [ref. 7303], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1786 [ref. 27111], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Van Tassell 2011:165 [ref. 31732], Hastings & Findley 2013:599 [ref. 33005], Hastings & Findley 2015:589 [ref. 33639]). Current status: Valid as Varicus Robins & Böhlke, 1961. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Species Varicus adamsi Gilmore et al., in Tornabene et al., 2016 - Adams' goby [=Varicus adamsi Gilmore [R. G.], Van Tassell [J. L.] & Tornabene [L.], in Tornabene, Van Tassell, Gilmore, Robertson, Young & Baldwin, 2016:31, Figs. 23-26] Notes: [Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 2016; ref. 34435] Sand Point, San Salvador, Bahamas, 23.957833N, -74.57066W, depth 435.1 meters. Current status: Valid as Varicus adamsi Gilmore, Van Tassell & Tornabene, 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: San Salvador and Tobago, western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Varicus benthonis (Ginsburg, 1953) - benthonis goby [=Chriolepis benthonis Ginsburg [I.], 1953:22] Notes: [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. Current status: Valid as Varicus benthonis (Ginsburg, 1953). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Varicus bucca Robbins & Bohlke, 1961 - Antilles varicus (author) [=Varicus bucca Robins [C. R.] & Böhlke [J. E.], 1961:47, Figs. 1-3] Notes: [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. Current status: Valid as Varicus bucca Robins & Böhlke, 1961. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic:Antilles. Habitat: marine.

Species Varicus cephalocellatus Gilmore et al., in Tornabene et al., 2016 - Gilmore's goby [=Varicus cephalocellatus Gilmore [R. G.], Van Tassell [J. L.] & Baldwin [C. C.], in Tornabene, Van Tassell, Gilmore, Robertson, Young & Baldwin, 2016:33, Figs. 27-30] Notes: [Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 2016; ref. 34435] Paynes Bay, Barbados, West Indies, 13.162N, -59.658W, depth 159 meters. Current status: Valid as Varicus cephalocellatus Gilmore, Van Tassell & Baldwin, 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Bonaire, Barbados and St. Vincent, western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Varicus decorum Van Tassell et al., in Tornabene et al., 2016 - decorum goby [=Varicus decorum Van Tassell [J. L.], Baldwin [C. C.] & Tornabene [L.], in Tornabene, Van Tassell, Gilmore, Robertson, Young & Baldwin, 2016:36, Figs. 31-33] Notes: [Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 2016; ref. 34435] Slope off Playa Forti, Westpoint, leeward side, Curaçao, 12.083N, -68.899W, depth 165 meters. Current status: Valid as Varicus decorum Van Tassell, Baldwin & Tornabene 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Curaçao. Habitat: marine. Species Varicus lacerta Tornabene et al., 2016 - lizard goby [=Varicus lacerta Tornabene [L.], Robertson [D. R.] & Baldwin [C. C.], 2016:145, Figs. 1-5] Notes: [ZooKeys No. 596; ref. 34485] Southern Caribbean, Curaçao, east of downline off Substation Curaçao dock, near 12.083N, -68.899W, depth 129-143 meters. Current status: Valid as Varicus lacerta Tornabene, Robertson & Baldwin, 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Curaçao. Habitat: marine.

Species Varicus marilynae Gilmore, 1979 - orangebelly goby [=Varicus marilynae Gilmore [R. G.], 1979:126, Fig. 1-2] Notes: [Copeia 1979 (no. 1); ref. 8829] Atlantic off Sebastian Inlet, Brevard and Indian River counties, Florida, U.S.A., 27°50.3'N, 79°57.0'W, depth 61-79 meters. Current status: Valid as Varicus marilynae Gilmore, 1979. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Varicus nigritus Gilmore et al., in Tornabene et al., 2016 - nigritus goby [=Varicus nigritus Gilmore [R. G.], Van Tassell [J. L.] & Baldwin [C. C.], in Tornabene, Van Tassell, Gilmore, Robertson, Young & Baldwin, 2016:39, Figs. 34-36] Notes: [Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 2016; ref. 34435] Rocky Pt., San Salvador, Bahamas, 24.10833N, -74.5333W, depth 244 meters. Current status: Valid as Varicus nigritus Gilmore, Van Tassell & Baldwin, 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Bahamas. Habitat: marine.

Species Varicus veliguttatus Van Tassell et al., in Tornabene et al., 2016 - Van Tassell's goby [=Varicus veliguttatus Van Tassell [J. L.], Baldwin [C. C.] & Gilmore [R. G.], in Tornabene, Van Tassell, Gilmore, Robertson, Young & Baldwin, 2016:40, Figs. 37-39] Notes: [Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 2016; ref. 34435] East of Catto Cay, NE, San Salvador, Bahamas, 24.1443N, -74.4591W, depth 287.6 meters. Current status: Valid as Varicus veliguttatus Van Tassell, Baldwin & Gilmore, 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Bahamas and Curaçao & Tobago, western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

Species Varicus vespa (Hastings & Bortone, 1981) - vespa goby [=Chriolepis vespa Hastings [P. A.] & Bortone [S. A.], 1981:428, Figs. 1-3] Notes: [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 94 (no. 2); ref. 5426] Northeastern Gulf of Mexico, 28°24'N, 85°15'W, depth 183 meters. Current status: Valid as Varicus vespa (Hastings & Bortone, 1981). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Vomerogobius Gilbert, 1971 - gobies [=Vomerogobius Gilbert [C. R.], 1971:35] Notes: [ref. 1641]. Masc. Vomerogobius flavus Gilbert, 1971. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Vomerogobius Gilbert, 1971 -- (Birdsong et al. 1988:203 [ref. 7303], Larson 2001:47 [ref. 25522], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1791[ref. 27111], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Van Tassell 2011:145 [ref. 31732]). Current status: Valid as Vomerogobius Gilbert, 1971. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Species Vomerogobius flavus Gilbert, 1971 - lemon goby [=Vomerogobius flavus Gilbert [C. R.], 1971:35, Figs. 4d, 5] Notes: [Copeia 1971 (no. 1); ref. 1641] South side of western end of East Plana Cay, Bahamas, depth 36-42 meters. Current status: Valid as Vomerogobius flavus Gilbert, 1971. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bahamas. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Wheelerigobius Miller, 1981 - gobies [=Wheelerigobius Miller [P. J.], 1981:275] Notes: [ref. 3013]. Masc. Eleotris maltzani Steindachner, 1881. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Wheelerigobius Miller, 1981 -- (Maugé 1986:386 [ref. 6218], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Schliewen 2011:221 [ref. 31738]). Current status: Valid as Wheelerigobius Miller, 1981. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Species Wheelerigobius maltzani (Steindachner, 1881) - Maltzan's goby (author) [=Eleotris maltzani Steindachner [F.], 1881:40 [24], Batanga angustifrons Blanc [M.], Cadenat [J.] & Stauch [A.], 1968:246, Figs. 2-3] Notes: [Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 44 (no. 1); ref. 13333] Rufisque, Senegal. Current status: Valid as Wheelerigobius maltzani (Steindachner, 1881). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal to Cameroon and islands of the Gulf of Guinea. Habitat: marine. (angustifrons) [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. Current status: Synonym of Wheelerigobius maltzani (Steindachner, 1881). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

Species Wheelerigobius wirtzi Miller, 1988 - Cameroon goby [=Wheelerigobius wirtzi Miller [P. J.], 1988:1256, Fig. 7] Notes: [Journal of Natural History v. 22 (no. 5); ref. 17698] Snake Island, Victoria Bay, Cameroon Republic. Current status: Valid as Wheelerigobius wirtzi Miller, 1988. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Cameroon and Bioko and São Tomé. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Yoga Whitley, 1954 - gobies [=Yoga (subgenus of Ctenogobius) Whitley [G. P.], 1954:25] Notes: [ref. 4721]. Fem. Ctenogobius (Yoga) pyrops Whitley, 1954. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Yoga Whitley, 1954 -- (Hoese & Larson 2006:1696 [ref. 29097]). Current status: Valid as Yoga Whitley, 1954. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Species Yoga pyrops (Whitley, 1954) - yoga goby (author) [=Ctenogobius (Yoga) pyrops Whitley [G. P.], 1954:26, Fig. 4] Notes: [Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales v. for 1952-53; ref. 4721] Karumba, Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia. Current status: Valid as Yoga pyrops (Whitley, 1954). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Australia. Habitat: brackish, marine.

GENUS Yongeichthys Whitley, 1932 - gobies [=Yongeichthys Whitley [G. P.], 1932:302] Notes: [ref. 4676]. Masc. Gobius criniger Valenciennes, 1837. Type by original designation. •Valid as Yongeichthys Whitley, 1932 -- (Goren 1979:56 [ref. 1852], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:255 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:807 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:387 [ref. 6218], Birdsong et al. 1988:194 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:816 [ref. 21590], Gill 1994:59 [ref. 23557], Hoese & Larson 2006:1696 [ref. 29097], Harrison et al. 2007:533 [ref. 30083], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Schliewen 2011:221 [ref. 31738], Kottelat 2013:432 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Yongeichthys Whitley, 1932. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Species Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskal, 1775) - nebulous goby (author) [=Gobius nebulosus Forsskål [P. S.], 1775:24, x, Gobius caninus var. africana Playfair [R. L.], in Playfair & Günther, 1867:71, Pl. 9 (fig. 1), Gobius auchenotaenia Bleeker [P.], 1867:415, Gobius brevifilis Valenciennes [A.], in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837:90, Gobius criniger Valenciennes [A.], in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837:82, Gobius festivus De Vis [C. W.], 1884:687, Rhinogobius lungi Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.], 1907:41, Fig. 13, Gobius petersii Steindachner [F.], 1866:781, Pl. 18 (fig. 7)] Notes: [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. Current status: Valid as Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Society Islands, south to Western Australia and Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (africana) [The fishes of Zanzibar; ref. 3490] Zanzibar, Tanzania; East Indian Archipelago; China. Current status: Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (auchenotaenia) [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 2; ref. 14040] Madagascar. Current status: Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (brevifilis) [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Puducherry, India. Current status: Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (criniger) [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Dorey Harbor, New Guinea; Malabar, India. Current status: Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific [if valid]. Habitat: brackish, marine. (festivus) [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 9 (pt 3); ref. 17383] Cape York, Queensland, Australia. Current status: Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (lungi) [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 26 (Doc. 606) (for 1906); ref. 2498] Panay Island, Philippines. Current status: Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (petersii) [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 16; ref. 18789] Zanzibar, Tanzania, eastern Africa. Current status: Synonym of Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

Species Yongeichthys thomasi (Boulenger, 1916) - Thomas' goby (author) [=Gobius thomasi Boulenger [G. A.], 1916:336, Fig. 195, Gobius bequaerti Fowler [H. W.], 1923:4] Notes: [Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa v. 4; ref. 585] Northern Sherbo District, Sierra Leone. Current status: Valid as Yongeichthys thomasi (Boulenger, 1916). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: West Africa/eastern Atlantic: Senegal to Democratic Republic of Congo. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (bequaerti) [American Museum Novitates No. 103; ref. 1399] Mouth of the Congo River, western Africa. Current status: Synonym of Yongeichthys thomasi (Boulenger, 1916). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

Species Yongeichthys tuticorinensis (Fowler, 1925) - Tuticorin goby (author) [=Ctenogobius tuticorinensis Fowler [H. W.], 1925:645] Notes: [Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society v. 30 (pt 3); ref. 15537] Tuticorin, Madras, India. Current status: Valid as Yongeichthys tuticorinensis (Fowler, 1925). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: India. Habitat: marine.

GENUS Zebrus de Buen, 1930 - gobies [=Zebrus (subgenus of Gobius) de Buen [F.], 1930:135] Notes: [ref. 685]. Masc. Gobius zebrus Risso, 1827. Type by original designation (also by absolute tautonymy). •Valid as Zebrus de Buen, 1930 -- (Miller 1973:513 [ref. 6888], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1084 [ref. 13677], Bogorodsky et al. 2010:217 [ref. 31978], Thacker 2011:131 [ref. 31731], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:188 [ref. 31737], Kovačić et al. 2012:441 [ref. 32861]). Current status: Valid as Zebrus de Buen, 1930. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Species Zebrus zebrus (Risso, 1827) - zebra goby [=Gobius zebrus Risso [A.], 1827:282] Notes: [Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale v. 3; ref. 3757] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Current status: Valid as Zebrus zebrus (Risso, 1827). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea endemic. Habitat: marine *****************************************************************

Unavailable names, uncertain taxa

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Apocryptes Osbeck [P.] 1758:130, 131 [Reise nach Ostindien und China; ref. 3311] Masc. See Murdy 1989:7 [ref. 13628]. Name listed in synonymy. Gobiidae: Oxudercinae.

Gobileptes Bleeker [P.] (ex Swainson) 1874:327 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 9; ref. 437] Masc. Not available, appeared as name in synonymy of Apocryptes Valenciennes. Apparently not later made available. See Gobileptes Swainson. Gobiidae: Oxudercinae.

Gobiopus Gill [T. N.] 1874:160 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 14 (no. 80) (art. 23); ref. 1713] Masc. Not available, no description; Gill states, "The question then arose whether that fin [first dorsal fin] had been atrophied (as in Aspidophoroides, Gobiopus, &c.)..." Gobiidae: Gobionellinae.

Priolepis Bleeker [P.] (ex Ehrenberg) 1874:305 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 9; ref. 437] Fem. Name mentioned in passing in synonymy of Asterropteryx Rüppell; name made available earlier by Valenciennes (see separate entry). Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

Pellucidus de Buen [F.] 1926:78 [Resultado de las Campañas Realizadas por Acuerdos Internacionales, Madrid No. 2; ref. 5054] As a "grupo" for Crystallogobius. Not available on basis of Art. 1.3.5 [see de Buen's definition of "grupo" on p. 11]; see Appendix A in Eschmeyer 1990 [ref. 20647]. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

(species) candy, Lentipes Watson [R. E.] & Allen [G. R.] 1999:117 [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 3 (no. 3); ref. 24140] This species still "in press" and unavailable in Jan. 2000 (R. E. Watson, pers. comm.); from Caroline Islands. •Listed as valid as Lentipes candy Watson -- (Watson & Allen 1999:117 [ref. 24140]). •Nomen nudum and unavailable -- (Jenkins et al. 2008:171 [ref. 29883]). Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. hicklingi, Rewa Whitley [G. P.] 1950:245 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 22 (no. 3); ref. 4712] Rewa River, Fiji Islands. Holotype: AMS IB.1949 (with paratypes, not distinguishable). Paratypes: AMS IB.1950-51 (7). Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. polycynodon, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1849:25 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [6]; ref. 319] Pasuruan, Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique) (?): RMNH 4767 (disintegrated). Appeared without distinguishing features in list in Bleeker 1849:5 [ref. 320]. •Species inquirenda in Sycyopus -- (Kottelat 2013:429 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Uncertain as Sicyopus polycynodon (Bleeker 1863). Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. laokus, Boleophthalmus Valenciennes [A.] (ex Farkhar) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:214 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Malacca, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:52 [ref. 19958]. Based on a painting. •Inquirendae in Gobiidae --.(Kottelat 2013:396 [ref. 32989]). Gobiidae. scintillans, Periophthalmus Blyth [E.] 1858:271 [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 27 (no. 3); ref. 476] Mergui, Myanmar. No typoes known. Proposed conditionally: "If distinct [from P. argentilineatus], P. scintillans, nobis." Regarded as available. Habitat unknown. •Species inquirenda in Periophthalmus -- (Kottelat 2013:418 [ref. 32989]). Gobiidae: Oxudercinae. caeculus, Amblyopus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:165 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Puducherry, India. No types known. Gobiidae: Amblyopinae. hermannii, Taenioides Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1800:532, 533, Pl. 14 (fig. 1) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepéde) v. 2; ref. 2709] No locality stated. No types. Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:187, 188 (vol. 7) [ref. 30473]. As Cepola hermanniana in Shaw 1803:191 [ref. 4014]. See Murdy & Randall 2002:4 [ref. 26391]. •Questionably a synonym of Taenioides anguillaris (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kottelat 2013:434 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Uncertain as Taenioides anguillaris (Linnaeus 1758). Gobiidae: Amblyopinae. sumatranus, Amblyopus Volz [W.] 1903:554 [Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 26 (no. 703); ref. 4531] Brackish water at Banju asin, Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia. Syntypes: (2) NMBE. Species is described in more detail in Volz 1903:364 [ref. 21451]. •Synonym of Taenioides cirratus (Blyth 1860) -- (Kottelat 2013:434 [ref. 32989] with question). Current status: Uncertain as Taenioides cirratus (Blyth 1860). Gobiidae: Amblyopinae. Habitat: brackish. taenioides, Leptocephalus Bleeker [P.] 1864-65:[123], Pl. 192 (fig. 4) [Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises v. 4; ref. 4860] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Bleeker specimens: BMNH 1867.12.26.366 (1). Original as taenioïdes. Plate published in 1864, text in 1865. Habitat: marine.

taenioides, Leptocephalus Pappenheim [P.] 1914:190, Pl. 9 (fig. 2) [Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 v. 15 (Zoologie v. 7); ref. 3361] Atlantic. Syntypes: ZMB 19340-42 (3, 1, 1) Objectively invalid, preoccupied by Leptocephalus taenioides Bleeker 1864. Habitat: marine. eleotris, Gobius Linnaeus [C.] 1758:263 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] China. Syntypes: ?ZMUU Linn. Coll. 105 (1). Type catalog: Wheeler 1991:185-186, Fig. 23 [ref. 20102]. Also appeared in Linnaeus 1759:250 [ref. 24770]. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. elongata, Aboma Ni [Y.] & Wu [H.-L.] 1985:383 (English p. 387), Fig. 1 [Journal of Fisheries of China v. 9 (no. 4); ref. 17258] Nanhui, Shanghai, China (marine). Holotype: DHFRI [spec. SN-0431]. Paratypes: (5) at DHFRI and SFC. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Aboma elongata Fang 1942. •Incorrectly treated as valid as Acanthogobius elongatus (Ni & Wu 1985) -- (Kim 1997:439 [ref. 24032], Lee 2001:50 [ref. 25335], Kim & Park 2002:363 [ref. 25913]). •Incorrectly treated as valid as Acanthogobius elongata (Ni & Wu 1985) -- (Youn 2002:398, 656 [ref. 26218]). Current status: Synonym of Acanthogobius. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: China [if recognized]. Habitat: freshwater. gobiusinnis, Awaous ocellaris Wang [K. F.] & Wang [S.-C.] 1935 [Contributions from the Biological Laboratory of the Science Society of China. (Zoological Series) v. 11 (no. 6); ref. 17227] Still researching; species not in this reference. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. sinensis, Paragobius Bleeker [P.] 1872:152 [Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 4; ref. 431] China. No types known. Based on a painting. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. bombayensis, Gobius Annandale [N.] 1919:138, Pl. 1 (fig. 5) [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 16 (pt 1); ref. 15202] Yenna River at Medha, Satara District, Maharashtra, India. Holotype: ZSI F9698/1. Paratypes: (unknown quantity). See Das 2003:373 [ref. 27706]. •Questionably a synonym of Brachygobius nunus (Hamilton 1822) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:930 [ref. 20764]). •Synonym of Pseudogobiopsis oligactis (Bleeker 1875) -- (Kottelat 2013:421 [ref. 32989] with question). Current status: Uncertain as Pseudogobiopsis oligactis (Bleeker 1875). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish. nigrimembranis, Gobius (Chaenogobius) Wu [H.-W.] & Wang [K. F.] 1931:4, Fig. 3 [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 7446, 7280 (whereabouts unknown). •Valid as Gymnogobius nigrimembranis (Wu & Wang 1931) -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:379 [ref. 7348]). •Status uncertain -- (Stevenson 2002:307 [ref. 26489]). Current status: Uncertain as Gymnogobius nigrimembranis (Wu & Wang 1931). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: China. 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]. Gobiidae. 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]. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine. horai, Ctenogobius Fowler [H. W.] 1925:645 [Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society v. 30 (pt 3); ref. 15537] Tuticorin, Madras, India. Holotype (unique): ANSP 51261. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:107 [ref. 13621]. Current status: Synonym of Acentrogobius. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. vexillifer, Ctenogobius Fowler [H. W.] 1937:252, Fig. 282 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 89; ref. 1425] Bangkok, Thailand. Holotype (unique): ANSP 68252. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:111 [ref. 13621]. Valid as Rhinogobius vexillifer (Fowler 1937) -- (Kottelat 2013:426 [ref. 32989] with question, Takahashi & Okazaki 2017: [3] [ref. 35171]). Current status: Uncertain as Rhinogobius vexillifer (Fowler 1937). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Thailand. Habitat: freshwater. rivalis, Vaimosa Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1927:149, Pl. 11 (fig. 1) [Monographs, Bureau of Science Manila Monogr. 23; ref. 2104] Talakop Creek at foot of Mount Isarog, Calabanga, and Hinaginanan River, both in Camarines Sur Province, Philippines. Syntypes and additional material: (23) BSMP 13061 (16) and 13602 (8) destroyed, seen by Koumans. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:185 [ref. 2676] but with different numbers than in original. •Incertae sedis, perhaps a Redigobius or Eugnathogobius -- (Larson 2001:72 [ref. 25522]). •Nomen dubium in Redigobius or Eugnathogoboius -- (Larson 2010:186 [ref. 30783]). •Specis inquiendae in Redigobius Herre 1927 -- (Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32898]). Gobiidae. feliceps, Eleotris Blyth [E.] 1860:146 [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 29 (no. 2); ref. 477] Port Blair, Andaman Islands. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Gnatholepis or Asterropteryx -- (Larson & Buckle 2012:5 [ref. 32272]). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. pauper, Gobius De Vis [C. W.] 1884:687 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 9 (pt 3); ref. 17383] Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. No types known. •Incertae sedis in Gobiidae, possibly a species of Gnatholepis -- (Hoese & Larson 2006:1697 [ref. 29097]). •Possibly Gnatholepis gymnocara Radall & Greenfield 2001 -- (Larson & Buckle 2012:5 [ref. 32272]). Current status: Uncertain as Gnatholepis gymnocara Randall & Greenfield 2001. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. turneri, Gnatholepis Roxas [H. A.] & Ablan [G. L.] 1940:78, Pl. 1 [Philippine Journal of Science v. 71 (no. 1); ref. 17253] Lingayen Gulf, Pangasinan Province, Luzon Island, Philippines. Holotype (unique): BSMP 41993 (destroyed in WWII). •Possibly a species of Acentrogobius or Exyrias -- (Randall & Greenfield 2001:1 [ref. 25675]). •Possibly genus Acentrogobius ? -- (Larson & Buckle 2012:5 [ref. 32272]). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae.

volcanus, Gnatholepis Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1927:131 [Monographs, Bureau of Science Manila Monogr. 23; ref. 2104] Lake Taal, Batangas Province, Luzon Island, Philippines. Holotype (unique): BSMP 10569 (destroyed, seen by Koumans). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:184 [ref. 2676]. •Possibly in the genus Istigobius or Aulopareia -- (Randall & Greenfield 2001:1 [ref. 25675]). •Possible species of Arcygobius -- (Larson & Wright 2003:128 [ref. 27481]). •Possible in Exyrias -- (Larson & Buckle 2012:5 [ref. 32272]). •Species inquirenda in Exyrias Jordan & Seale 1906 -- (Kottelat 2013:407 [ref. 32989]). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater. melanurus, Gobioides Richardson [J.] (ex Broussonet) 1846:206 [Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]; ref. 3742] Canton, China. No types known. Based on illustration and notes. Gobiidae. smithi, Kraemericus Menon [A. G. K.] & Talwar [P. K.] 1972:55, Fig. 1 [Records of the Zoological Survey of India v. 66 (nos 1/4); ref. 22858] Shampen village, Dogma River, Great Nicobar Island. Holotype: ZSI 5522/2. Paratypes: ZSI 5523/2 (14). See Das 2003:374 [ref. 27706]. •Valid as Kraemericus smithi Menon & Talwar 1972 -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:989 [ref. 20764]). •Valid as Gobiopterus smithi (Menon & Talwar 1972) -- (Kottelat 2013:410 [ref. 32989] with question). Current status: Uncertain as Gobiopterus smithi (Menon & Talwar 1972). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish. nigrimembranis, Gobius (Chaenogobius) Wu [H.-W.] & Wang [K. F.] 1931:4, Fig. 3 [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 7446, 7280 (whereabouts unknown). •Valid as Gymnogobius nigrimembranis (Wu & Wang 1931) -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:379 [ref. 7348]). •Status uncertain -- (Stevenson 2002:307 [ref. 26489]). Current status: Uncertain as Gymnogobius nigrimembranis (Wu & Wang 1931). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: China. mrakovcici, Knipowitschia Mrakovčić [M.], Misetic [S.] & Povz [M.] 1995:185 [Biological Conservation v. 72 (spec. issue); ref. 23079] Not available, name only; from Krka River, Croatia. Described later by Miller 2009:1499 [ref. 30234]. •Placement uncertain -- (Kottelat 1997:184 [ref. 22952] as name only and dated to Mrakovčić , Misetic & Povz 1995:185 [ref. 23079]). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. luzonensis, Mugilogobius Roxas [H. A.] & Ablan [G. L.] 1940:307, Pl. 6 [Philippine Journal of Science v. 73 (no. 3); ref. 13218] Luzon Island, Philippines. Holotype (unique): BSMP 31950 (presumed destroyed). •Valid as Mugilogobius luzonensis Roxas & Ablan 1940 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:268 [ref. 6441]). •Questionably a synonym of Mugilogobius chulae (Smith 1932) -- (Larson 2001:109 [ref. 25522]). •Questionably a synonym of Mugilogobius fuscus or chuae (Herre 1940) -- (Larson 2001:123 [ref. 25522], Kottelat 2013:413 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Uncertain as Mugilogobius fuscus (Herre 1940). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish. magniloquus, Gobius Day [F.] 1876:296 [The fishes of India Part 2; ref. 1081] Madras, India. Syntypes: ZSI 159 (1, lost). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:161 [ref. 23762]. •Possibly a Mugilogobius -- (Larson 2001:196 [ref. 25522]). •See Larson 2010:185 [ref. 30783]. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. poeyi, Gobius Steindachner [F.] 1867:350 [44] [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 56 (1. Abth.); ref. 14188] Barbados, West Indies [possibly in error]. Holotype (unique): NMW 30608. On p. 44 of separate. •Possibly a Mugilogobius -- (Larson 2001:196 [ref. 25522]). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. tagala, Tamanka Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1927:222 [Monographs, Bureau of Science Manila Monogr. 23; ref. 2104] Malabon, Rizal Province, Luzon Island, Philippines. Holotype: BSMP 820 (destroyed, seen by Koumans). Paratypes: BSMP 804 (1) destroyed, seen by Koumans. Additional material: BSMP (2) presumed destroyed. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:188 [ref. 2676]. •Valid as Mugilogobius tagala (Herre 1927) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:268 [ref. 6441], Zhu 1995:179 [ref. 25213]). •Questionably a synonym of Mugilgobius cavifrons (Weber 1909) -- (Larson 2001:102 [ref. 25522], Kottelat 2013:413 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Uncertain as Mugilogobius cavifrons (Weber 1909). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish. villa, Vaimosa Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1927:154, Pl. 12 (fig. 2) [Monographs, Bureau of Science Manila Monogr. 23; ref. 2104] Villa, Iloilo Province, Panay, Philippines. Holotype: BSMP (destroyed, seen by Koumans). Paratypes: BSMP 13228 (1) destroyed, seen by Koumans. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:186 [ref. 2676]. •Possibly a Mugilogobius -- (Larson 2001:197 [ref. 25522]). •Questionably valid as Mugilogobius villa (Herre 1927) -- (Kottelat 2013:414 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Uncertain as Mugilogobius villa (Herre 1927). Gobiidae. Habitat: freshwater. heterolepidotus, Synechogobius Koumans [F. P.] 1940:133 [Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) v. 22; ref. 2676] Name mentioned with possible type (USNM 6292, probably from Japan), with, "I do not know who described Synechogobius heterolepidotus." Not treated as valid when mentioned by Koumans, therefore not available from Koumans 1940. •Unavailable -- (Pezold & Larson 2015:87 [ref. 33894]). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. ornatus, Oxyurichtys Fourmanoir [P.] & Crosnier [A.] 1964:21 [Cahiers O. R. S. T. O. M. (Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer) Série Océanographie No. 6 (1963); ref. 5568] Nosy Be [Nossi-Bé] Island, Madagascar. Holotype (unique): IRSMNB (probably lost) (not at MNHN). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:60 [ref. 19958]. Correct spelling of genus is Oxyurichthys. •Synonym of Oxyurichthys or Amblyelotris -- (Pezold & Larson 2015:6 [ref. 33894]). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: marine. uniporus, Papuligobius Chen [I-S.] & Kottelat [M.] in Kottelat 2001:61, Fig. 137 [Freshwater fishes of northern Vietnam. A preliminary check-list; ref. 25482] Papuligobius also is not available in Kottelat 2001:157 [ref. 25780]. •Not available as it appeared above; cited as Chen & Kottelat, in press, but that work not yet seen by us. •Treated as valid as Papuligobius uniporus Chen & Kottelat 2001 -- (Kottelat 2001:157 [ref. 25780] as "in press" in bibliography). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater. bombayensis, Gobius Annandale [N.] 1919:138, Pl. 1 (fig. 5) [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 16 (pt 1); ref. 15202] Yenna River at Medha, Satara District, Maharashtra, India. Holotype: ZSI F9698/1. Paratypes: (unknown quantity). See Das 2003:373 [ref. 27706]. •Questionably a synonym of Brachygobius nunus (Hamilton 1822) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:930 [ref. 20764]). •Synonym of Pseudogobiopsis oligactis (Bleeker 1875) -- (Kottelat 2013:421 [ref. 32989] with question). Current status: Uncertain as Pseudogobiopsis oligactis (Bleeker 1875). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish. chilkensis, Gobius Jenkins [J. T.] 1910:137, Pl. 6 (fig. 2) [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 5 (art. 12); ref. 14478] Lake Chilka, Gopkuda Island, India. Syntypes: (12). •Synonym of Stigmatogobius javanicus (Bleeker 1856) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:947 [ref. 20764]). •Species inquirenda in Pseudogobius -- (Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32989]). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. magniloquus, Gobius Day [F.] 1876:296 [The fishes of India Part 2; ref. 1081] Madras, India. Syntypes: ZSI 159 (1, lost). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:161 [ref. 23762]. •Possibly a Mugilogobius -- (Larson 2001:196 [ref. 25522]). •See Larson 2010:185 [ref. 30783]. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. micrognathus, Stigmatogobius Visweswara Rao [V.] 1971:50, Figs. 3a, c [Journal of the Zoological Society of India v. 23 (no. 1); ref. 7657] Backwaters of Godavari Estuary, India. Holotype (unique): ZMAU. •Nomen dubium in Redigobius or Pseudogobius -- (Larson 2010:186 [ref. 30783]). •Species inquirenda in Pseudogobius -- (Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32989]). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish.

microstomia, Vaimosa Seale [A.] 1910:538 [The Philippine Journal of Science Section A v. 4 (no. 6) (for 1909); ref. 4000] Malabon, Rizal Province, Philippines. Holotype (unique): BSMP 827 (destroyed, but seen by Koumans). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:185 [ref. 2676]. •Nomen dubium in Redigobius (Larson 2010:186 [ref. 30783]). •Synonym of Pseudobagrus javanicus (Bleeker 1856) -- (Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32989] with question). Current status: Uncertain as Pseudogobius javanicus (Bleeker 1856). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. tessellata, Vaimosa Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1927:153, Pl. 12 (fig. 1) [Monographs, Bureau of Science Manila Monogr. 23; ref. 2104] Titunod River, Kolambugan, Lanao Province, Mindanao, Philippines. Syntypes: BSMP 12999 (5) destroyed, seen by Koumans. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:185 [ref. 2676]. •Nomen dubium in Redigobius or Pseudogobius -- (Larson 2010:186 [ref. 30783]). •Synonym of Pseudogobius javanicus (Bleeker 1856) -- (Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32989] with question). Current status: Uncertain as Pseudogobius javanicus (Bleeker 1856). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater.

yanamensis, Stigmatogobius Visweswara Rao [V.] 1971:48, Figs. 2b, d-f [Journal of the Zoological Society of India v. 23 (no. 1); ref. 7657] Small creek, Godavari Estuary, India, depth 1.5 feet. Holotype: ZMAU. Paratypes: ZMAU (6). Additional material: at least 3. •Questionably a synonym of Stigmatogobius minima (Hora 1923) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:948 [ref. 20764]). •In Pseudogobius -- (Larson 2005:348 [ref. 28521]). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish. amblyrhynchus, Stigmatogobius Bleeker [P.] 1878:207 [Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2) v. 12; ref. 17117] Jakarta and Tjisakat, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: (6) apparently lost. •Valid as Redigobius amblyrhynchus (Bleeker 1878) -- (Kottelat et al. 1993:151 [ref. 23448], Larson 2005:348 [ref. 28521] as Redigobius sp.?). •Nomen dubium in Redigobius Herre 1927 -- (Larson 2010:185 [ref. 30783]). •Species inquindae in Redigobius Herre 1927 -- (Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32898]). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish. micrognathus, Stigmatogobius Visweswara Rao [V.] 1971:50, Figs. 3a, c [Journal of the Zoological Society of India v. 23 (no. 1); ref. 7657] Backwaters of Godavari Estuary, India. Holotype (unique): ZMAU. •Nomen dubium in Redigobius or Pseudogobius -- (Larson 2010:186 [ref. 30783]). •Species inquirenda in Pseudogobius -- (Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32989]). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish. microstomia, Vaimosa Seale [A.] 1910:538 [The Philippine Journal of Science Section A v. 4 (no. 6) (for 1909); ref. 4000] Malabon, Rizal Province, Philippines. Holotype (unique): BSMP 827 (destroyed, but seen by Koumans). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:185 [ref. 2676]. •Nomen dubium in Redigobius (Larson 2010:186 [ref. 30783]). •Synonym of Pseudobagrus javanicus (Bleeker 1856) -- (Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32989] with question). Current status: Uncertain as Pseudogobius javanicus (Bleeker 1856). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. rivalis, Vaimosa Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1927:149, Pl. 11 (fig. 1) [Monographs, Bureau of Science Manila Monogr. 23; ref. 2104] Talakop Creek at foot of Mount Isarog, Calabanga, and Hinaginanan River, both in Camarines Sur Province, Philippines. Syntypes and additional material: (23) BSMP 13061 (16) and 13602 (8) destroyed, seen by Koumans. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:185 [ref. 2676] but with different numbers than in original. •Incertae sedis, perhaps a Redigobius or Eugnathogobius -- (Larson 2001:72 [ref. 25522]). •Nomen dubium in Redigobius or Eugnathogoboius -- (Larson 2010:186 [ref. 30783]). •Specis inquiendae in Redigobius Herre 1927 -- (Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32898]). Gobiidae. tessellata, Vaimosa Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1927:153, Pl. 12 (fig. 1) [Monographs, Bureau of Science Manila Monogr. 23; ref. 2104] Titunod River, Kolambugan, Lanao Province, Mindanao, Philippines. Syntypes: BSMP 12999 (5) destroyed, seen by Koumans. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:185 [ref. 2676]. •Nomen dubium in Redigobius or Pseudogobius -- (Larson 2010:186 [ref. 30783]). •Synonym of Pseudogobius javanicus (Bleeker 1856) -- (Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32989] with question). Current status: Uncertain as Pseudogobius javanicus (Bleeker 1856). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater. 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]. Gobiidae. atribranchiostegus, Rhinogobius Koumans [F. P.] 1940:135 [Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) v. 22; ref. 2676] Den Pasar, southern Bali, Indonesia. Holotype: USNM 56333. See Rhinogobius melanobranchus Fowler. Gobiidae. amblyrhynchus, Stigmatogobius Bleeker [P.] 1878:207 [Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2) v. 12; ref. 17117] Jakarta and Tjisakat, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: (6) apparently lost. •Valid as Redigobius amblyrhynchus (Bleeker 1878) -- (Kottelat et al. 1993:151 [ref. 23448], Larson 2005:348 [ref. 28521] as Redigobius sp.?). •Nomen dubium in Redigobius Herre 1927 -- (Larson 2010:185 [ref. 30783]). •Species inquindae in Redigobius Herre 1927 -- (Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32898]). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish. chilkensis, Gobius Jenkins [J. T.] 1910:137, Pl. 6 (fig. 2) [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 5 (art. 12); ref. 14478] Lake Chilka, Gopkuda Island, India. Syntypes: (12). •Synonym of Stigmatogobius javanicus (Bleeker 1856) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:947 [ref. 20764]). •Species inquirenda in Pseudogobius -- (Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32989]). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. micrognathus, Stigmatogobius Visweswara Rao [V.] 1971:50, Figs. 3a, c [Journal of the Zoological Society of India v. 23 (no. 1); ref. 7657] Backwaters of Godavari Estuary, India. Holotype (unique): ZMAU. •Nomen dubium in Redigobius or Pseudogobius -- (Larson 2010:186 [ref. 30783]). •Species inquirenda in Pseudogobius -- (Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32989]). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish. yanamensis, Stigmatogobius Visweswara Rao [V.] 1971:48, Figs. 2b, d-f [Journal of the Zoological Society of India v. 23 (no. 1); ref. 7657] Small creek, Godavari Estuary, India, depth 1.5 feet. Holotype: ZMAU. Paratypes: ZMAU (6). Additional material: at least 3. •Questionably a synonym of Stigmatogobius minima (Hora 1923) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:948 [ref. 20764]). •In Pseudogobius -- (Larson 2005:348 [ref. 28521]). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish. niger, Tridentiger Fang [P.-W.] 1942:84 [Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France v. 67; ref. 13123] Chefoo, Shantung Province, China. Holotype (unique): MNHN 1941-0180. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:45 [ref. 19958]. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. punctulatus, Tridentiger Döderlein [F.] An unpublished manuscript name mentioned by Fricke 1995:14 [ref. 28100], with specimens at SMNS from Tokyo Bay, Japan Gobiidae. 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). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. margariturus, Gobius Richardson [J.] 1846:205 [Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]; ref. 3742] Macao, China. Holotype: Cambridge Philos. Inst. (apparently lost). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. mbudyae, Acentrogobius Nalbant [T. T.] & Mayer [R. F.] 1975:238, Pl. 2 (fig. 6) [Travaux du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle "Grigore Antipa" v. 16; ref. 17766] Mbudya Island, Tanzania, depth 7 meters. Holotype: MGAB 360. Paratypes: MGAB 361 (1). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine. microps, Acentrogobius Chu [Y.-T.] & Wu [H. W.] in Chu, Chan & Chen 1963:420, Fig. 316 [Ichthyofauna of the East China Sea; ref. 18002] Kan-men, Zhejiang Province, China. Holotype: SFI 59-0048. Paratypes: SFI 59-0071 (1). Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

modestus, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1849:28 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [6]; ref. 319] Surabaya, Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Appeared without distinguishing features in list in Bleeker 1849:5 [ref. 320]. •Inquirendae in Gobiidae --.(Kottelat 2013:396 [ref. 32989]). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. raveni, Gobius Nichols [J. T.] 1952:2 [American Museum Novitates No. 1594; ref. 12793] Fiji Islands. Holotype: AMNH 18591. Paratypes: AMNH 15294 (2). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. zonalternans, Gobius Day [F.] 1876:289 [The fishes of India Part 2; ref. 1081] Adyair River, Madras, India. Syntypes: ZSI 109 (1, lost), 110 (1, lost). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:162 [ref. 23762]. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater. mertensii, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:110 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] No locality. Holotype (unique): apparently lost. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:57 [ref. 19958]. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. 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." Gobiidae. mediterraneus, Gobius Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:71 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Questionably a synonym of Gobius paganellus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Miller 1973:487 [ref. 6888], Miller 1990:937 [ref. 19376]). •Synonym of Aphia minuta (Risso 1810), but a valid subspecies mediterranea -- (Kovačić & Patzner 2011:184 [ref. 31737]). •Synonym of Aphia minuta (Bloch & Schner 1801) with question -- (Parin et al. 2015:476 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Uncertain as Aphia minuta (Risso 1810). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. albilosus, Asterropteryx Koumans [F. P.] (ex Ogilby) 1940:176 [Zoologische Mededelingen (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. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. everetti, Asterropteryx Boulenger [G. A.] 1895:186 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 15 (no. 86) (art. 20); ref. 14549] Palawan Island, Philippines. Syntypes: BMNH 1894.6.30.172-177 (6). •Species inquendae in Hypseleotris -- (Kottelat 2013:394 [ref. 32989]). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

feliceps, Eleotris Blyth [E.] 1860:146 [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 29 (no. 2); ref. 477] Port Blair, Andaman Islands. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Gnatholepis or Asterropteryx -- (Larson & Buckle 2012:5 [ref. 32272]). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. 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. haackei, Gobius Steindachner [F.] 1883:194 [Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 20 (no. 22); ref. 20488] South Australia. Holotype (unique): NMW (apparently lost). Species later described in more detail in Steindachner 1884:1074 [p. 10 of separate] [ref. 4234]. •Incertae sedis in Gobiidae -- (Hoese & Larson 2006:1697 [ref. 29097]). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. vaillanti, Gobius Rochebrune [A. T. de] 1885:92 [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 9; ref. 3791] Mangukrougou, Casamance, Senegal, western Africa. Museo Bouvieri. •Perhaps a Bathygobius -- (D. Hoese/H.K. Larson data). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. 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. Gobiidae. pavo, Gobius Steindachner [F.] 1867:120 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 4 (no. 14) (for 16 May 1867); ref. 21724] Philippines. Syntypes: NMW 29826 (1). Species also appeared on p. 80 of English version [ref. 18764]; later described in more detail in Steindachner 1867:715 [p. 15 of separate] [ref. 6393]. •Species Inquirendae in Callogobius pavo (Steindachner 1867) -- (Kottelat 2013:407 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Uncertain as Glossogobius pavo (Steindachner 1867). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. 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). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine. haydeni, Mars Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1936:363, Pl. 2 (fig. 6) [Philippine Journal of Science v. 59 (no. 3); ref. 5609] Tide flats at Bais, Oriental Negros, Philippines. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 30962. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:151 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:115 [ref. 12291]. Current status: Unknown. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine. pallida, Gobiosoma Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1934:91 [Notes on fishes in the Zoological Museum of Stanford University. 1. The fishes of the Herre Philippine expedition of 1931.; ref. 2108] Sitankai, Sulu Province, Philippines. Holotype: CAS-SU 28609. Paratypes: CAS-SU 16962 (3). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:149 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:113 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Schismatogobius pallidus (Herre 1934) -- (Chen et al. 2001:141 [ref. 25462]). •Not in Schismatogobius -- (Keith et al. 2004:237 [ref. 27963]). •Synonym of Cryptocentroides insignis (Seale 1910) -- (Kottelat 2013:405 [ref. 32989] with question). •Valid as Gobiosoma pallida Herre 1834 -- (Keith et al. 2017:65 [ref. 35180], Keith et al. 2017:195 [ref. 35442]). Current status: Uncertain as Gobiosoma pallida Herre 1934. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Philippines (if valid). Habitat: freshwater. 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. Gobiidae. papuensis, Cryptocentrus Bleeker [P.] 1878:54 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 13 3; ref. 456] Appeared as Cryptocentrus papuensis Blkr = Gobius papuensis Peters (nec CV)." This corresponds to Gobius papuanus Peters 1877, so Bleeker's name is an incorrect subsequent spelling. Gobiidae. princeps, Gobius De Vis [C. W.] 1884:685 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 9 (pt 3); ref. 17383] Cape York, Queensland, Australia. No types known. •Incertae sedis in Gobiidae, probably belongs in the genus Cryptocentrus -- (Hoese & Larson 2006:1697 [ref. 29097]). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine. rubropunctatus, Cryptocentrus Seymour Sewell [R. B.] 1914:134, Pl. 8 (fig. 3) [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 10; ref. 14175] Fisher Bay in Port Owen, Tavoy Island, Myanmar, Investigator. Holotype (unique): ZSI F8033/1. Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:152 [ref. 20743], Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:42 [ref. 22148]. •Status uncertain -- (Hoese & Larson 2004:169 [ref. 28074]). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine. sexfasciatus, Gobius Day [F.] 1876:285, Pl. 59 (fig. 4) [The fishes of India Part 2; ref. 1081] Madras, India. Holotype (unique): ZSI 2870 (lost). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:162 [ref. 23762]. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. vagus, Cryptocentrus Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1927:243, Pl. 19 (fig. 3) [Monographs, Bureau of Science Manila Monogr. 23; ref. 2104] Mindoro or Mindanao, Philippines. Holotype: BSMP 12138 (destroyed, seen by Koumans). Paratypes or additional material: BSMP (1) presumed destroyed. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:189-190 [ref. 2676]. •Status uncertain -- (Hoese & Larson 2004:169 [ref. 28074]). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine. voigtii, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1854:83 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 7 (no. 1); ref. 16939] Ulakan, Sumatra, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): in RMNH 6183. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. xanthotaenia, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1855:308 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 9 (no. 2); ref. 16847] Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6183 [with other specimens]. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. marsionus, Gobius Nardo [G. D.] (ex Chiereghini) 1847:col. 119 [Sinonimia moderna delle specie registrate nell' opera intitolata: ...; ref. 17994] Not available, Chiereghini name mentioned in synonymy. •Questionably in the synonymy of Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Miller 1973:494 [ref. 6888], Miller 1990:930 [ref. 19376]). Current status: Uncertain as Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. 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 [doubtfil]. Syntypes: MNHN A- 1922 (5), A-1923 (6). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:27 [ref. 19958]. On p. 5 of separate. Not same as Gobius bosc Lacepède 1800. •Senior synonym of Glossogobius aureus Akihito & Meguro 1975 -- (Kottelat 1823:407 [ref. 32989] with question). Current status: Uncertain as Glossogobius aureus Akihito & Meguro 1975. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine. fusiformis, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1849:30 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [6]; ref. 319] Patjitan, Purworedjo [Purworejo], Bogowonto, Java. Holotype (unique): ?RMNH 31309 [ex 4939] (poor condition). Bleeker specimens or syntypes: ?RMNH 26334 (1 of 3). •Species inquirendae in Glossogobus fusiformis (Bleeker 1849) -- (Kottelat 2013:407 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Uncertain as Glossogobius fusiformis (Bleeker 1849). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. pavo, Gobius Steindachner [F.] 1867:120 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 4 (no. 14) (for 16 May 1867); ref. 21724] Philippines. Syntypes: NMW 29826 (1). Species also appeared on p. 80 of English version [ref. 18764]; later described in more detail in Steindachner 1867:715 [p. 15 of separate] [ref. 6393]. •Species Inquirendae in Callogobius pavo (Steindachner 1867) -- (Kottelat 2013:407 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Uncertain as Glossogobius pavo (Steindachner 1867). Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

phaiosoma, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1849:30 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [6]; ref. 319] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): ?RMNH 5174 (1 of the 2 of 84 mm out of 53 spec.). Number of type specimens not clear from original. •Species inquirenae in Glossogobius phaiosoma (Bleeker 1849) -- (Kottelat 2013:407 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Uncertain as Glossogobius phaiosoma (Bleeker 1849). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. sauroides, Gobius Castelnau [F. L.] 1878:48 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 3 (pt 1); ref. 762] Norman River, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:59 [ref. 19958] as none at MNHN and possibly not a gobiid. Originally as Gobius ? sauroides. •Incertae sedis, possibly not a gobioid fish -- (Hoese & Larson 2006:1697 [ref. 29097]). •Species Iiquirendae with question in Glossogobius-- (Kottelat 2013:407 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Uncertain as Glossogobius sauroides (Castelnau 1878). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater. erythrophaios, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1849:29 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [6]; ref. 319] Bima, Sumbawa Island, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: RMNH 6264 (2 or 3 of 3). Appeared first in Bleeker 1848:637 [ref. 315] without distinguishing features. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. flavidus, Gobiodon De Vis [C. W.] 1884:449 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 8 (pt 4); ref. 1089] Banks Group, Vanuatu, southwestern Pacific. Holotype (unique): QM I.105 (poor condition, bottle empty in 1997). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:174 [ref. 2676]. Gobiidae: Gobiinae.

flavus, Gobiodon Sauvage [H.-E.] 1880:51 [12] [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 4; ref. 3887] Poulo Condor, Vietnam. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-1322. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:23 [ref. 19958]. On p. 12 of separate. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. inornatus, Gobiodon De Vis [C. W.] 1884:449 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 8 (pt 4); ref. 1089] Banks Group, Vanuatu, southwestern Pacific. No types known. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. macrochir, Pseudogobiodon Bleeker [P.] 1875:116 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 10; ref. 12599] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 4463. •Status uncertian, one specimen known -- (Shibukawa et al. 2013:144 [ref. 32951]). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine. macrostomus, Gobius Heckel [J. J.] in Steindachner 1861:291 [Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften v. 42 (for 1860); ref. 4205] Not available, manuscript name mentioned under Gobiopsis macrostomus Steindachner. Gobiidae. pallida, Gobiosoma Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1934:91 [Notes on fishes in the Zoological Museum of Stanford University. 1. The fishes of the Herre Philippine expedition of 1931.; ref. 2108] Sitankai, Sulu Province, Philippines. Holotype: CAS-SU 28609. Paratypes: CAS-SU 16962 (3). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:149 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:113 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Schismatogobius pallidus (Herre 1934) -- (Chen et al. 2001:141 [ref. 25462]). •Not in Schismatogobius -- (Keith et al. 2004:237 [ref. 27963]). •Synonym of Cryptocentroides insignis (Seale 1910) -- (Kottelat 2013:405 [ref. 32989] with question). •Valid as Gobiosoma pallida Herre 1834 -- (Keith et al. 2017:65 [ref. 35180], Keith et al. 2017:195 [ref. 35442]). Current status: Uncertain as Gobiosoma pallida Herre 1934. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Philippines (if valid). Habitat: freshwater.