puntang, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1851:486 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 2 (no. 3); ref. 16898] Rio [Rhio or Riouw], Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6170. Bleeker specimens: AMS B.8030 (1), RMNH 29338 [ex RMNH 6170] (14). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:160 [ref. 2676]. •Valid as Exyrias puntang (Bleeker 1851) -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:250 [ref. 6441], Murdy 1985:10 [ref. 19200], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:569 [ref. 25598], Randall et al. 1990:401 [ref. 15987], Kottelat et al. 1993:144 [ref. 23448], Rainboth 1996:199 [ref. 22772], Allen 1997:220 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:352 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:533 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:255 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1211 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:69 [ref. 25191], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Randall & Greenfield 2001:1 [ref. 25675], Sakai et al. 2001:111 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:1211 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:58 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:644 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:182 [ref. 27510], Randall 2005:535 [ref. 28239], Allen & Randall 2005:231 [ref. 28537], Hoese & Larson 2006:1649 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:148 [ref. 29532], Motomura et al. 2010:211 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:969 [ref. 31980], Kottelat 2013:407 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:164 [ref. 33932], Prokofiev 2016:645 [ref. 35020], Koeda et al. 2016:91 [ref. 35333], Parenti 2021:153 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Exyrias puntang (Bleeker 1851). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Sri Lanka to Vanuatu and New Caledonia, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan). Habitat: brackish, marine.