janthinopterus, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1853:702 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 3 (no. 5); ref. 16833] Wahai, Ceram, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6167. •Valid as Acentrogobius janthinopterus (Bleeker 1853) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:249 [ref. 6441], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:566 [ref. 25598], Kottelat et al. 1993:141 [ref. 23448], Myers 1999:244 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:635 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1243 [ref. 25182], Sakai et al. 2001:108 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3594 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1243 [ref. 26193], Tan & Lim 2004:110 [ref. 27716], Hoese & Larson 2006:1616 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:145 [ref. 29532], Shao et al. 2008:261 [ref. 29952], Allen & Erdmann 2012:954 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:188 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:397 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:156 [ref. 33932], Miesen et al. 2016:92 [ref. 34492], Prokofiev 2016:636 [ref. 35020] dated 1852, Koeda et al. 2016:88 [ref. 35333], Parenti 2021:79 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Acentrogobius janthinopterus (Bleeker 1853). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: brackish, marine.