Aboma etheostoma Jordan & Starks, 1895 .

Scaly Goby, Spotlined Goby; Gobio Escamoso, Gobio Líneas Punteadas.

Distribution: Global: Eastern Pacific Ocean; from the lower Gulf of California, Mexico, to northern Peru; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; Costa Rica: Ba (Pacific), 0–32 m.a.s.l., Per, Dia.

Occurrence and conservation status: Nat, DD.

References: Angulo et al. (2013: 1007; listed, including taxonomic information and distributional data) and Robertson & Allen (2015: 2501; detailed description, including illustrations, information on distribution, with a map, and ecology).