genivittatus, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:64 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Tahiti, Society Islands. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-1344. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:33 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Stenogobius genivittatus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Roberts 1978:64 [ref. 8886] as cf. genivittatus, Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:271 [ref. 6441], Maugé 1986:384 [ref. 6218], Wu & Ni in Kuang et al. 1986:284 [ref. 26639] with authors as Cuvier & Valenciennes, Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:604 [ref. 25598], Watson 1991:610 [ref. 19908], Rainboth 1996:208 [ref. 22772], Marquet et al. 1999:43 [ref. 23934], Keith et al. 2002:136 [ref. 31473], Keith et al. 2002:189 [ref. 26363], Keith & Marquet 2006:141 [ref. 28956] in subgenus Insularigobius and dated 1873, Zhang et al. 2016:207 [ref. 34477], Parenti 2021:370 [ref. 38603], Causse et al. 2023:[14] 154 [ref. 40322], Jamandre 2023:170 [ref. 40455], Causse et al. 2024:[7] [ref. 41111]). Current status: Valid as Stenogobius genivittatus (Valenciennes 1837). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa and East Afica east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and French Polynesia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.