periophthalmus, Eleotris Bleeker [P.] 1853:477 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 4 (no. 3); ref. 336] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 4674. The species epithet periophthalmus is a noun in apposition. •Valid as Amblyeleotris periophthalma (Bleeker 1853) -- (Randall et al. 1990:392 [ref. 15987], Randall & Goren 1993:2 [ref. 21131], Randall et al. 1994:239 [ref. 21645], Randall 1995:326 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:214 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:213 [ref. 23922], Kuiter 1997:346 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:392 [ref. 25919], Chen et al. 1998:115 [ref. 23405], Myers 1999:238 [ref. 23965], Mohlmann & Munday 1999:62 [ref. 24273], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:635 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1229 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:404 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:118 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3594 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1229 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:56 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:642 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:26 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:515 [ref. 28239], Randall et al. 2005:127 [ref. 28745], Hoese & Larson 2006:1619 [ref. 29097], Chen et al. 2006:2563 [ref. 29024], Larson et al. 2008:146 [ref. 29532], Fricke et al. 2009:98 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:203 [ref. 31256], Freinschlag & Patzner 2012:42 [ref. 31789], Allen & Erdmann 2012:865 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:189 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2018:323 [ref. 35805], Eagderi et al. 2019:58 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:270 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:95 [ref. 36871], Parenti 2021:86 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:37 [ref. 39965], Abe et al. 2024:9 [ref. 41435]). •Valid as Amblyeleotris periophthalmus (Bleeker 1853) -- (Hoese & Steene 1978:382 [ref. 8713], Dor 1984:239 [ref. 29757], Moore et al. 2020:110 [ref. 37357], Sato et al. 2023:10 [ref. 40949]). Current status: Valid as Amblyeleotris periophthalmus (Bleeker 1853). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Persian Gulf, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Samoa and Rapa (French Polynesia), north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Kimberley (Western Australia). Former Red Sea records are now assigned to A. triguttata Randall 1994. Habitat: marine.
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