Gobioides broussonnetii Lacepède, 1800 .

Violet Goby; Esmeralda de Rio, Gobio Violeta.

Distribution: Global: Western Atlantic Ocean; Georgia, USA, to Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; Costa Rica: To and Pa (Atlantic), 0– 3 m.a.s.l., Per, Dia.

Occurrence and conservation status: Nat, LC.

References: Angulo et al. (2013: 1009; listed, including taxonomic information and distributional data) and Robertson & Van Tassell (2019: 4171; detailed description, including illustrations, information on distribution, with a map, and ecology).