cryptocentrus, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:111, Pl. 346 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Syntypes: MNHN A-1166 (1, primary specimen), ZMB 2077 (4). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:30 [ref. 19958] as holotype and paratypes. •Valid as Cryptocentrus cryptocentrus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Goren 1979:29 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:242 [ref. 29757], Hoese 1986:786 [ref. 5670], Goren & Dor 1994:64 [ref. 25356], Fricke 1999:507 [ref. 24106], Hoese & Larson 2004:168 [ref. 28074], Fricke et al. 2013:269 [ref. 32706], Golani & Fricke 2018:151 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:62 [ref. 37020], Hoese 2019:37 [ref. 36472], Goren & Stern 2021:12 [ref. 38671], Parenti 2021:126 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:72 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:9 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Cryptocentrus cryptocentrus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Mozambique Channel and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory). Habitat: marine.