lineatum, Crepidogaster Sauvage [H.-E.] 1883:158 [15] [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 7; ref. 3897] New Caledonia, southwestern Pacific. Holotype: MNHN 0089-0902. On p. 15 of separate. •Valid as Diademichthys lineatus (Sauvage 1883) -- (Briggs 1955:141 [ref. 637], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:342 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:38 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:56 [ref. 15987], Randall 1995:349 [ref. 22896], Lindberg et al. 1997:192 [ref. 23547], Allen 1997:62 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:46 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:56 [ref. 25919], Fricke 1999:111 [ref. 24106], Hutchins in Randall & Lim 2000:598 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1123 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:133 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:96 [ref. 25868], Briggs 2001:500 [ref. 25236], Hutchins 2001:22 [ref. 25847], Hutchins 2001:3548 [ref. 26291], Nakabo 2002:1123 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:26 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S99 [ref. 27377], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:171 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:26 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:119 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:505 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Bray 2006:1574 [ref. 29000], Allen & Erdmann 2012:839 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:182 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:153 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:262 [ref. 36673], Fujiwara in Motomura et al. 2021:66 [ref. 38121], Briggs 2022:439 [ref. 39965], Murase et al. 2023:42 [ref. 40935]). Current status: Valid as Diademichthys lineatus (Sauvage 1883). Gobiesocidae: Diademichthyinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Oman and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Fiji and Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.