wardii, Eleotris Playfair [R. L.] in Playfair & Günther 1867:73, Pl. 9 (fig. 3) [The fishes of Zanzibar; ref. 3490] Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1867.3.7.510. •Valid as Valenciennea wardii (Playfair 1867) -- (Dor 1984:251 [ref. 29757], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:243 [ref. 6441] as wardi, Hoese & Larson 1994:63 [ref. 12483], Kuiter 1997:342 [ref. 25488] as wardi, Randall et al. 1997:537 [ref. 25919], Anderson et al. 1998:28 [ref. 23611], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1170 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:416 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:122 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3600 [ref. 26293] as wardi dated 1866, Nakabo 2002:1170 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:61 [ref. 26830] as wardi, Randall 2005:558 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1695 [ref. 29097] dated 1866, Shibukawa 2009:289 [ref. 30449], Suzuki et al. 2011:61 [ref. 31568], Allen & Erdmann 2012:990 [ref. 31980], Suzuki et al. 2016:2 [ref. 34434], Prokofiev 2016:650 [ref. 35020] dated 1866, Kovačić et al. 2017:[3]1231 [ref. 36099], Fricke et al. 2018:344 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:163 [ref. 36273], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:270 [ref. 36460], Fricke et al. 2019:292 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:251 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:152 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:25 [ref. 40247], Ragul et al. 2023:[2] [ref. 40635]). Current status: Valid as Valenciennea wardii (Playfair 1867). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Tanzania), Seychelles, Madagascar and Maldives east to New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.