strigatus, Gobius Broussonet [P. M. A.] (ex Forster) 1782:[11], Pl. [1] [Ichthyologia, sistens piscium descriptiones et icones. Decas I.; ref. 17287] Oceanus pacificus prope Insulam Otaheite [Tahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific]. Lectotype: Mus. Britannic [now BMNH] not found. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:59 [ref. 19958]. On unnumbered p. 11, and unnumbered Pl. 1. Lectotype selected by Fricke 1999:525 [ref. 24106] as the specimen in the plate in the original description. Based on description and illustration in manuscript by Forster (Johann Reinhold Forster, 1729-1798, German zoologist, member of James Cook's second voyage). •Valid as Valenciennea strigata (Broussonet 1782) -- (Shen & Lin 1984:22 [ref. 13822], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:243 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:806 [ref. 5670], Randall et al. 1990:411 [ref. 15987], Randall & Goren 1993:24 [ref. 21131], Kuiter 1993:362 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:167 [ref. 25479], Hoese & Larson 1994:59 [ref. 12483], Allen 1997:220 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:344 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:411 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:244 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:524 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:93 [ref. 37268], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1171 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:416 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:20 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:122 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3600 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1171 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:61 [ref. 26830] dated 1872, Myers & Donaldson 2003:643 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3330 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:558 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1695 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:151 [ref. 29532], Fricke et al. 2009:104 [ref. 30213], Shibukawa 2009:289 [ref. 30449], Motomura et al. 2010:222 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:35 [ref. 39915], Suzuki et al. 2011:61 [ref. 31568], Allen & Erdmann 2012:989 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:270 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:176 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988], Suzuki et al. 2016:2 [ref. 34434], Koeda et al. 2016:96 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:344 [ref. 35805], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:123 [ref. 40104], Fricke et al. 2019:292 [ref. 36673], Mochizuki et al. 2021:52 [ref. 38974], Parenti 2021:251 [ref. 38603], Dewa et al. 2022:29 [ref. 40001], Larson 2022:151 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Valenciennea strigata (Broussonet 1782). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Line Islands (Kiribati), Society Islands and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Western Australia, Lord Howe Island (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.