strigilliceps, Mars Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:408, Fig. 95 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa. Holotype (unique): USNM 51778. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:126 [ref. 2676]. •Valid as Cryptocentrus strigilliceps (Jordan & Seale 1906) -- (Hoese 1986:786 [ref. 5670], Randall et al. 1990:399 [ref. 15987], Randall 1995:334 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:214 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:399 [ref. 25919], Anderson et al. 1998:27 [ref. 23611], Myers 1999:240 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1226 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:409 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:246 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:119 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1226 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:642 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:26 [ref. 27624], Hoese & Larson 2004:168 [ref. 28074], Randall 2005:527 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1639 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:147 [ref. 29532], Shibukawa 2009:269 [ref. 30449], Allen & Randall 2011:559 [ref. 31615], Allen & Erdmann 2012:876 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:194 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:161 [ref. 33932], Allen 2015:72 [ref. 33923], Fricke et al. 2018:329 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:279 [ref. 36673], Hoese 2019:34 [ref. 36472], Parenti 2021:129 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:75 [ref. 39971], Babu et al. 2023:2 [ref. 41195]). Current status: Valid as Cryptocentrus strigilliceps (Jordan & Seale 1906). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Lakshadweep (India) east to Philippines, Kiribati, Tonga and Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.