tangaroai, Ctenogobiops Lubbock [R.] & Polunin [N. V. C.] 1977:511, Pl. 3; Figs. 6, 9 [Revue Suisse de Zoologie v. 84 (no. 2); ref. 7264] Tulutulu Point, Pago Pago Harbor, Tutuila Island, American Samoa, depth 4-5 meters. Holotype: BMNH 1976.9.22.5 (lost). Paratypes: MNHG 1545.37 (1). •Valid as Ctenogobiops tangaroai Lubbock & Polunin 1977 -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:262 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:400 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:214 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:400 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:241 [ref. 23965], Chen et al. 1999:60 [ref. 24094], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1232 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1232 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2003:512 [ref. 27448], Myers & Donaldson 2003:643 [ref. 27495] with author as Pulonin, Randall et al. 2004:27 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:528 [ref. 28239], Randall et al. 2007:26 [ref. 29015], Hoese & Larson 2006:1640 [ref. 29097], Allen & Erdmann 2012:878 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:162 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:90 [ref. 35333], Parenti 2021:131 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Ctenogobiops tangaroai Lubbock & Polunin 1977. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia east to Palau, Guam, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.