feroculus, Ctenogobiops Lubbock [R.] & Polunin [N. V. C.] 1977:509, Pl. 2 (not 3); Figs. 5 & 8 [Revue Suisse de Zoologie v. 84 (no. 2); ref. 7264] North side of Ile Amédéé, Grand Récif Ouest, New Caledonia. Holotype: BMNH 1975.5.5.22. Paratypes: BMNH 1976.9.22.1-2 (2), MHNG 1545.39 (1). •Valid as Ctenogobiops feroculus Lubbock & Polunin 1977 -- (Dor 1984:243 [ref. 29757], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:261 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:399 [ref. 15987], Randall & Goren 1993:9 [ref. 21131], Goren & Dor 1994:64 [ref. 25356], Randall et al. 1997:531 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:240 [ref. 23965], Myers 1999:240 [ref. 23965], Chen et al. 1999:60 [ref. 24094], Nakabo 2000:1232 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:409 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:119 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1232 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2003:508 [ref. 27448], Myers & Donaldson 2003:642 [ref. 27495] with author as Pulonin, Lobel & Lobel 2004:76 [ref. 27576] with author as Pulonin, Randall 2005:528 [ref. 28239], Randall et al. 2007:26 [ref. 29015], Hoese & Larson 2006:1639 [ref. 29097], Kovačić et al. 2011:60 [ref. 31957], Allen & Erdmann 2012:876 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:162 [ref. 33932], Golani & Fricke 2018:151 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:279 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:130 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:76 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:10 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Ctenogobiops feroculus Lubbock & Polunin 1977. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa and Seychelles east to Marshall Islands, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Solomon Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.