otakii, Hazeus Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:51, Fig. 3 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 24 (no. 1244); ref. 2509] Nagasaki, Japan. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 6446. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:141 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:114 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Hazeus otakii Jordan & Snyder 1901 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:253 [ref. 6441], Iwata et al. 1998:117 [ref. 23379], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1195 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1195 [ref. 26193], Allen & Erdmann 2012:979 [ref. 31980], Engin et al. 2018:321 [ref. 36014], Parenti 2021:184 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Hazeus otakii Jordan & Snyder 1901. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia east to Philippines, north to Taiwan and southern Japan. Habitat: marine.