polynema, Chaeturichthys Bleeker [P.] 1853:44, Pl. (figs. 4, 4a-b) [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 25 (art. 7); ref. 340] Nagasaki, Japan. Syntypes (2) and/or Bleeker specimens: AMS B.8049 (1), RMNH 4548 (up to 2 of 6). •Valid as Parachaeturichthys polynema (Bleeker 1853) -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:388 [ref. 7348], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:269 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:798 [ref. 5670], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:943 [ref. 20764], Krishnan & Mishra 1993:233 [ref. 24016], Rema Devi 1993:180 [ref. 24020], Randall et al. 1994:249 [ref. 21645], Randall 1995:340 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:215 [ref. 23922], Johnson 1999:749 [ref. 25471], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:639 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1203 [ref. 25182], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:249 [ref. 25480], Shimizu 2001:39 [ref. 25799], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1203 [ref. 26193], Hoese & Larson 2006:1671 [ref. 29097], Zare et al. 2012:1198 [ref. 33651], Larson et al. 2013:204 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:193 [ref. 34464], Matsui et al. 2014:8 [ref. 33344], Psomadakis et al. 2015:302 [ref. 34104], Prokofiev 2016:649 [ref. 35020], Motomura et al. 2017:199 [ref. 35490], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:265 [ref. 36460], Eagderi et al. 2019:65 [ref. 37020], Psomadakis et al. 2020:549 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:107 [ref. 37637], Parenti 2021:207 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:119 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Parachaeturichthys polynema (Bleeker 1853). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles and Madagascar east to New Guinea, north to central Japan, south to northern Australia. IUCN (2019): Least Concern. Habitat: brackish, marine.