maculatus, Gobius Castelnau [F. L.] 1875:20 [Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Report and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria.; ref. 768] Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:56 [ref. 19958]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Gobius maculatus Nardo 1827. Replaced by Istigobius queenslandicus Prokofiev 2012. •Species inquirenda -- (Parenti 2021:442 [ref. 38603]). •Possibly a species of Istiogobius -- (Hoese & Larson 2006:1697 [ref. 29097]). •Probably a synonym of Istogobius decoratus (Herre 1927) -- (Russell & Bray 2026:55 [ref. 43233]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Uncertain as Istigobius decoratus (Herre 1927). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.