sphynx, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:93 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] New Guinea. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-1158. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:40 [ref. 19958]. Also spelled sphinx in early literature. •Valid as Amblygobius sphynx (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Hoese 1986:778 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:359 [ref. 6218], Randall et al. 1990:394 [ref. 15987], Suzuki et al. 1995:2 [ref. 24352], Kuiter 1997:346 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:394 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:243 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:498 [ref. 24106], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:635 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1237 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:407 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:118 [ref. 25868], Matsuura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:288 [ref. 27511], Larson & Murdy 2001:3595 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1237 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:56 [ref. 26830], Randall 2005:518 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1622 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:146 [ref. 29532], Allen & Erdmann 2012:957 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:269 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:158 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2018:324 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:147 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:273 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:91 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:43 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Amblygobius sphynx (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Mozambique), Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Palau, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Wallis and Futuna, north to Yaeyama Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: brackish, marine.