stigmatias, Chaeturichthys Richardson [J.] 1844:55, Pl. 35 (figs. 1-3) [Ichthyology.--Part 1. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Sulphur; ref. 3739] South Pacific [Chinese seas]. Syntypes: BMNH 1855.9.19.357 (2). •Valid as Chaeturichthys stigmatias Richardson 1844 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:392 [ref. 7348], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:279 [ref. 6441], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:490 [ref. 23876], Cheng & Zhou 1997:388 [ref. 26385], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1206 [ref. 25182], Wang et al. 2001:272 [ref. 26566], Nakabo 2002:1206 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:399, 659 [ref. 26218], Shibukawa & Iwata 2013:44 [ref. 32580], Kim et al. 2020:169 [ref. 39118], Parenti 2021:287 [ref. 38603], Thu & Thao 2023:642 [ref. 40499]). Current status: Valid as Chaeturichthys stigmatias Richardson 1844. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: South China Sea and Yellow Sea to Korea. Habitat: marine.