ornatus, Gobius Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1830:135 [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Lectotype: SMF 1738. Paralectotypes: ?BMNH 1860.12.3.10 [from Rüppell] (1), SMF 4918-19 (2). Lectotype established by Dor 1984:238 [ref. 29757] if not designated earlier. •Valid as Acentrogobius ornatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Goren 1979:21 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:238 [ref. 29757], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:296 [ref. 24014]). •Valid as Istigobius ornatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:253 [ref. 6441], Murdy & Hoese 1985:9 [ref. 5237] with holotype and paratypes, Murdy 1985:124 [ref. 21599], Hoese 1986:793 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:374 [ref. 6218], Allen & Swainston 1988:136 [ref. 25477], Kottelat et al. 1993:146 [ref. 23448], Goren & Dor 1994:65 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:339 [ref. 22896], Rainboth 1996:202 [ref. 22772], Allen 1997:218 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:369 [ref. 23967], Kuiter 1997:352 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:534 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:257 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1212 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:120 [ref. 25868], Sakai et al. 2001:113 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:1214 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:644 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:186 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:539 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1661 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:149 [ref. 29532], Ghanbarifardi & Malek 2009:[4] 498 [ref. 37937], Shibukawa 2009:278 [ref. 30449], Motomura et al. 2010:215 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:980 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:201 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:411 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:168 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:92 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:334 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:157 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:65 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:286 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:96 [ref. 36871], Parenti 2021:188 [ref. 38603], Wada in Motomura et al. 2021:73 [ref. 38121], Koreeda et al. 2022:31 [ref. 39102], Larson 2022:111 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:18 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Istigobius ornatus (Rüppell 1830). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Society Islands and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: brackish, marine.
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