rainfordi, Parioglossus McCulloch [A. R.] 1921:471, Pl. 41 (fig. 4) [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 46 (pt. 4) (no. 184); ref. 10020] Bowen, Queensland, Australia. Holotype: AMS IA.176. Paratypes: AMS IA.177 (4). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:167 [ref. 2676]. •Valid as Parioglossus rainfordi McCulloch 1921 -- (Yoshino & Senou in Masuda et al. 1984:247 [ref. 6441], Rennis & Hoese 1985:184 [ref. 5859], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:565 [ref. 25598], Dingerkus & Séret 1992:136 [ref. 19735], Suzuki & Senou 1994:286 [ref. 21557], Suzuki et al. 1994:2 [ref. 24344], Myers 1999:263 [ref. 23965], Nakabo 2000:1265 [ref. 25182], Larson 2001:3608 [ref. 26296], Sakai et al. 2001:121 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:1265 [ref. 26193], Williams & Lecchini 2004:2 [ref. 27684], Keith et al. 2004:343 [ref. 28060], Wang & Winterbottom 2006:15, 25 [ref. 28502], Hoese 2006:1708 [ref. 28998], Suzuki et al. 2010:31 [ref. 30805], Allen & Erdmann 2012:997 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:209 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:436 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:403 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Parioglossus rainfordi McCulloch 1921. Gobiidae: Ptereleotrinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia east to Papua New Guinea, north to Yaeyama Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: brackish, marine.