wilburi, Macrodontogobius Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1936:279, Pl. 1 (fig. 2) [Philippine Journal of Science v. 59 (no. 2); ref. 2125] Koror [Gorror] Reef, Palau Islands [Pelew Islands]. Holotype: CAS-SU 29073. Paratypes: FMNH 47384 (1), CAS-SU 16961 (3). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:150 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:114 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:54 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Macrodontogobius wilburi Herre 1936 -- (Murdy & Hoese 1984:228 [ref. 5377], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:253 [ref. 6441], Murdy 1985:10 [ref. 19200], Randall et al. 1990:405 [ref. 15987], Randall & Goren 1993:15 [ref. 21131], Francis 1993:167 [ref. 25479], Francis & Randall 1993:123 [ref. 20996], Randall et al. 1997:405 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:257 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1211 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:120 [ref. 25868], Larson & Hoese 2001:28 [ref. 25837], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Randall & Greenfield 2001:1 [ref. 25675], Nakabo 2002:1211 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Larson & Wright 2003:129 [ref. 27481], Myers & Donaldson 2003:644 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:186 [ref. 27510], Randall 2005:542 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1664 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:150 [ref. 29532], Bogorodsky et al. 2011:217 [ref. 31666], Allen & Erdmann 2012:982 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:168 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:93 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:334 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:157 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:286 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:197 [ref. 38603], Wada in Motomura et al. 2021:73 [ref. 38121], Larson 2022:115 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:19 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Macrodontogobius wilburi Herre 1936. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles, Madagascar and Maldives east to Line Islands and Samoa Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia and Lord Howe Island (Australia). Habitat: marine.