nigroocellatus, Gobius Günther [A.] 1873:101 [5] [Journal des Museum Godeffroy v. 1 (no. 2); ref. 6423] Bowen, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1873.4.3.186 [ex MGH 221]. On p. 5 of separate. •Valid as Istigobius nigroocellatus (Günther 1873) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:252 [ref. 6441], Murdy & Hoese 1985:21 [ref. 5237], Allen & Swainston 1988:136 [ref. 25477], Allen 1997:218 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:368 [ref. 23967], Johnson 1999:749 [ref. 25471], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1213 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1213 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Randall 2005:539 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1661 [ref. 29097], Allen & Erdmann 2012:980 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:200 [ref. 32988], Robertson & Clements 2015:637 [ref. 34257], Hoese & Erdmann 2018:71 [ref. 35978], Fricke et al. 2019:286 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:188 [ref. 38603], Wada in Motomura et al. 2021:72 [ref. 38121]). Current status: Valid as Istigobius nigroocellatus (Günther 1873). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Malaysia and Indonesia east to Philippines, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Solomon Islands, south to Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.