pomastictus, Ctenogobiops Lubbock [R.] & Polunin [N. V. C.] 1977:506, Pl. 1; Figs. 4, 7 [Revue Suisse de Zoologie v. 84 (no. 2); ref. 7264] North Point, Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, depth 6-9 meters. Holotype: BMNH 1976.9.22.3 (lost). Paratypes: BMNH 1976.9.22.4 (1), MHNG 1545.38 (1). •Valid as Ctenogobiops pomastictus Lubbock & Polunin 1977 -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:261 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:134 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:399 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:216 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:399 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:240 [ref. 23965], Chen et al. 1999:60 [ref. 24094], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1232 [ref. 25182], 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. 2003:511 [ref. 27448], Myers & Donaldson 2003:643 [ref. 27495] with author as Pulonin, Lobel & Lobel 2004:76 [ref. 27576] with author as Pulonin, Adrim et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:528 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1640 [ref. 29097], Randall et al. 2007:26 [ref. 29015], Shibukawa 2009:270 [ref. 30449], Allen & Erdmann 2012:877 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:195 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:162 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:280 [ref. 36673], Fujiwara in Motomura et al. 2021:69 [ref. 38121], Parenti 2021:131 [ref. 38603], Wada et al. 2021:48 [ref. 38521], Mochizuki et al. 2022:27 [ref. 39612]). Current status: Valid as Ctenogobiops pomastictus Lubbock & Polunin 1977. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Sea, Malaysia and Indonesia east to New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Solomon Islands, north to Amami Islands and Osumi Islands (southern Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.