micropus, Gobiodon Günther [A.] 1861:89 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] China Seas. Holotype (unique): BMNH 2019.2.1.1 (ex 1848.2.16.--). •Valid as Gobiodon micropus Günther 1861 -- (Yoshino & Yamamoto in Masuda et al. 1984:265 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:403 [ref. 15987], Harold & Winterbottom 1995:687 [ref. 21923], Randall et al. 1997:403 [ref. 25919], Harold & Winterbottom 1999:56 [ref. 23701], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1187 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1187 [ref. 26193], Heemstra et al. 2004:3329 [ref. 27945] as cf. micropis, Harold et al. 2008:120 [ref. 29450], Larson et al. 2008:149 [ref. 29532], Suzuku et al. 2012:60 [ref. 32027], Herler et al. 2013:327 [ref. 32889], Shibukawa et al. 2013:144 [ref. 32951], Prokofiev 2016:652 [ref. 35020], Parenti 2021:170 [ref. 38603], Wada et al. 2021:48 [ref. 38521], Larson 2022:98 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Gobiodon micropus Günther 1861. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf, Mascarenes (Mauritius, ?Rodrigues), Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory). Habitat: marine.