japonicus, Amblyeleotris Takagi [K.] 1957:105, Pl. 5 (figs. a-b); Fig. 2 [Journal of the Tokyo University of Fisheries v. 43 (no. 1); ref. 4310] Tide pool at Kan-no-se, Kagoshima Bay, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Holotype: LFBKU. Paratypes: (4) LFBKU. •Valid as Amblyeleotris japonica Takagi 1957 -- (Hoese & Steene 1978:382 [ref. 8713], Yanagisawa 1978:299 [ref. 7028], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:255 [ref. 6441], Hosoya et al. 1996:3 [ref. 24605], Chen et al. 1998:113 [ref. 23405], Aonuma et al. 2000:117 [ref. 24522], Nakabo 2000:1231 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3594 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1231 [ref. 26193], Mohlmann & Randall 2002:219 [ref. 26405], Chen et al. 2006:2565 [ref. 29024], Senou & Aonuma 2007:106 [ref. 29109], Motomura et al. 2010:203 [ref. 31256], To & Shea 2016:1 [ref. 34792], Parenti 2021:85 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Amblyeleotris japonica Takagi 1957. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Hong Kong (China) north to Japan. Habitat: marine.