maculata, Amblyeleotris Yanagisawa [Y.] 1976:147, Figs. 2, 4a, 5b [Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory v. 23 (nos 1/2); ref. 7088] Sesoko Island, Okinawa Islands, Japan, depth 5 meters. Holotype: SMBL 254 [not seen at FAKU]. Paratypes: SMBL 255-56 (1, 1) [not seen at FAKU]. Type catalog: Harada 1991:221 [ref. 20030]. •Valid as Amblyeleotris maculata Yanagisawa 1976 -- (Yanagisawa 1978:299 [ref. 7028], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:255 [ref. 6441]). •Synonym of Amblyeleotris periophthalma (Bleeker 1853) -- (Randall et al. 1990:392 [ref. 15987], Randall 1995:326 [ref. 22896], Chen et al. 1998:115 [ref. 23405], Randall 2005:515 [ref. 28239], Parenti 2021:86 [ref. 38603]). •Synonym of Amblyeleotris periophthalmus (Bleeker 1853). Current status: Synonym of Amblyeleotris periophthalmus (Bleeker 1853). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.