anjerensis, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1851:251, Pl. 1 (fig. 11) [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 1 (no. 3); ref. 16890] Boenakeng Island, off Ujung Padang, Sulawesi, Indonesia [Makassar Strait, western Pacific], depth 0.5 meters. Neotype: BPBM 26651. Neotype designated by Randall & Greenfield 2001:3 [ref. 25675]. •Valid as Gnatholepis anjerensis (Bleeker 1851) -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:251 [ref. 6441], Randall & Goren 1993:13 [ref. 21131], Goren & Dor 1994:64 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:336 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:214 [ref. 23922], Myers 1999:255 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:512 [ref. 24106], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1212 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3601 [ref. 26293], Randall & Greenfield 2001:3 [ref. 25675], Nakabo 2002:1212 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:58 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:642 [ref. 27495] dated 1850, Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:184 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:27 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3329 [ref. 27945], Greenfield & Randall 2004:524 [ref. 28175], Randall 2005:536 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:475 [ref. 28379], Hoese & Larson 2006:1654 [ref. 29097], Randall & Greenfield 2007:304 [ref. 29292], Randall 2007:405 [ref. 30952], Larson et al. 2008:141 [ref. 29532], Fricke et al. 2009:101 [ref. 30213], Shibukawa 2009:276 [ref. 30449], Suzuki & Randall 2009:6 [ref. 30324], Hoese & Larson 2010:374 [ref. 31045], Motomura et al. 2010:213 [ref. 31256], Larson & Buckle 2012:15 [ref. 32272], Allen & Erdmann 2012:974 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:270 [ref. 32706], Kottelat 2013:409 [ref. 32989], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988], Miesen et al. 2016:93 [ref. 34492], Fricke et al. 2018:332 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:154 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:16 [ref. 36883], Eagderi et al. 2019:63 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:285 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:95 [ref. 36871], Akaike et al. 2021:28 [ref. 38809], Parenti 2021:316 [ref. 38603], Koreeda et al. 2022:30 [ref. 39102], Larson 2022:160 [ref. 39971], Babu et al. 2023:3 [ref. 41195], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:2 [ref. 40247], Fricke et al. 2024:74 [ref. 41255], Furuhashi et al. 2024:16 [ref. 41415]). Current status: Valid as Gnatholepis anjerensis (Bleeker 1851). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar, Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) and Lakshadweep (India) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), Marquesas Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Rowley Shoals (Western Australia), New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island (Australia) and Rapa (French Polynesia). IUCN (2019): Least concern. Habitat: brackish, marine.