histrio, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:132, Pl. 347 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Bantam; Java, eastern Indian Ocean; Tongatapu, Tonga Islands, South Pacific. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-3098 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:33 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Gobiodon histrio (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:136 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:403 [ref. 15987], Harold & Winterbottom 1995:687 [ref. 21923], Suzuki et al. 1995:6 [ref. 24355], Allen 1997:218 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:403 [ref. 25919], Harold & Winterbottom 1999:56 [ref. 23701], Munday et al. 1999:55 [ref. 24284], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1188 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1188 [ref. 26193], Thacker & Cole 2002:840 [ref. 26548], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:27 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:537 [ref. 28239], Herler & Hilgers 2005:116 [ref. 28528], Hoese & Larson 2006:1656 [ref. 29097], Harold et al. 2008:120 [ref. 29450], Larson et al. 2008:149 [ref. 29532], Suzuku et al. 2012:60 [ref. 32027], Allen & Erdmann 2012:898 [ref. 31980], Herler et al. 2013:327 [ref. 32889], Shibukawa et al. 2013:144 [ref. 32951], Larson et al. 2013:199 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:166 [ref. 33932], Golani & Fricke 2018:155 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:285 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:169 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:97 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:15 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Gobiodon histrio (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Andaman Islands east to Samoa, north to Philippines, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.