aureus, Glossogobius Akihito [Prince] & Meguro [K.] 1975:128, Figs. 1-2 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 22 (no. 3); ref. 9185] Sumiyoshi, Iriomote-jima, Okinawa, Japan. Holotype: NSMT-P 18200. Paratypes: NSMT-P 18201-210 (10). Non-type material at AMS and LICPP. •Valid as Glossogobius aureus Akihito & Meguro 1975 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:274 [ref. 6441], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:611 [ref. 25598], Larson & Martin 1990:63 [ref. 16606], Allen 1991:179 [ref. 21090], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:464 [ref. 23876], Kottelat et al. 1993:144 [ref. 23448], Zhu 1995:180 [ref. 25213], Rainboth 1996:200 [ref. 22772], Pusey et al. 2000:72 [ref. 24466], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1202 [ref. 25182], Kottelat 2000:88 [ref. 25486], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:104 [ref. 26368], Allen et al. 2000:121 [ref. 27467], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Kottelat 2001:155 [ref. 25780], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Sakai et al. 2001:111 [ref. 25693], Unmack 2001:1064 [ref. 25797], Allen et al. 2002:266 [ref. 25930], Nakabo 2002:1202 [ref. 26193], Hoese & Larson 2006:1652 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:149 [ref. 29532], Allen et al. 2008:166 [ref. 30265], Hoese & Allen 2009:2 [ref. 29998], Hoese & Allen 2012:269 [ref. 31974], Larson et al. 2013:198 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:407 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:191 [ref. 34464], Hoese & Allen 2015:214 [ref. 33880], Pusey et al. 2017:72 [ref. 35250], Motomura et al. 2017:198 [ref. 35490], Hammer et al. 2021:[5] 91 [ref. 39008], Hoese & Hammer 2021:111 [ref. 38350], Parenti 2021:160 [ref. 38603], Taki et al. 2021:431 [ref. 39830], Hasan et al. 2022:6035 [ref. 39888], Jamaluddin et al. 2022:[7] [ref. 39245], Jamandre 2023:168 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Glossogobius aureus Akihito & Meguro 1975. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: west coast of India east to Philippines and Papua New Guinea, north to Taiwan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.