pallidus, Luciogobius Regan [C. T.] 1940:465 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 11) v. 5 (no. 29) (art. 42); ref. 17245] An artesian well, Japan. Syntypes: ZUMT 11607 (1), 16147 (1), 26342 (1). Based on artesian well specimens of Luciogobius guttatus guttatus of Tomiyama 1936:51, Fig. 10D [ref. 4413]. •Valid as Luciogobius pallidus Regan 1940 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:404 [ref. 7348], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:283 [ref. 6441], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:628 [ref. 25598], Takahashi et al. 1997:46 [ref. 24971], Sato et al. 1998:40 [ref. 24972], Nakabo 2000:1163 [ref. 25182], Romero & Paulson 2001:35 [ref. 26040], Nakabo 2002:1163 [ref. 26193], Proudlove 2006:194 [ref. 28992], Chen et al. 2008:253 [ref. 30075], Kanagawa et al. 2011:67 [ref. 31329], Kim 2012:306 [ref. 39485], Hirashima 2021:10 [ref. 38812], Yamashita et al. 2021:14 [ref. 38516]). Current status: Valid as Luciogobius pallidus Regan 1940. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Sea of Japan and Pacific coasts of southern and central Japan, south to Okinawa (Japan); Jeju Island (Korea). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.