Gobioides broussonnetii Lacepède 1800 . Violet Goby; Esmeralda de Rio, Gobio Violeta

Vouchers: Not available. Distribution: Western Atlantic Ocean; from Georgia, USA, to Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; (Nicaragua) KP and Es (Atlantic); 0–5 masl; Per, Dia, Amp. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2019), population trend unknown. Literature: Villa (1982: 228; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Robertson & Van Tassell (2019: 4171; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology) and Angulo (2021: 37; listed, including information on distribution).