fasciatum, Gobiosoma Playfair [R. L.] in Playfair & Günther 1867:72 [The fishes of Zanzibar; ref. 3490] Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1867.3.7.495 (skin, in jar). •Valid as Cryptocentrus fasciatus (Playfair 1867) -- (Randall et al. 1990:398 [ref. 15987], Randall & Goren 1993:8 [ref. 21131], Randall et al. 1994:245 [ref. 21645], Randall 1995:333 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:213 [ref. 23922], Randall et al. 1997:398 [ref. 25919], Anderson et al. 1998:27 [ref. 23611], Fricke 1999:507 [ref. 24106], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:408 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:119 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293] dated 1866, Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830] dated 1866, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Heemstra et al. 2004:3328 [ref. 27945], Hoese & Larson 2004:169 [ref. 28074], Randall 2005:526 [ref. 28239], Shibukawa et al. 2005:192 [ref. 28614], Hoese & Larson 2006:1637 [ref. 29097], Fricke et al. 2009:100 [ref. 30213], Hoese et al. 2011:168 [ref. 31450], Freinschlag & Patzner 2012:42 [ref. 31789], Allen & Erdmann 2012:872 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:194 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:161 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2018:328 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:151 [ref. 36273], Greenfield & Allen 2018:34 [ref. 35950], Eagderi et al. 2019:62 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:278 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:96 [ref. 36871], Goren & Stern 2021:12 [ref. 38671], Parenti 2021:126 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:73 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:9 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Cryptocentrus fasciatus (Playfair 1867). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to New Britain, south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. IUCN (2019): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.