poecila, Riukiuia Fowler [H. W.] 1946:201, Figs. 62-63 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 98; ref. 1456] Aguni Shima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype (unique): ANSP 72080. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:109 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Hetereleotris poecila (Fowler 1946) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:241 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:14 [ref. 5996], Gill 1998:94 [ref. 23403], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1204 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1204 [ref. 26193], Randall 2005:21 [ref. 28161], Hoese & Larson 2005:14 [ref. 28571], Shibukawa 2010:90 [ref. 30808], Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2014:475 [ref. 33169], Arndt & Fricke 2019:17 [ref. 36883], Kovačić et al. 2019:504 [ref. 36728], Akaike et al. 2021:28 [ref. 38809], Parenti 2021:185 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:108 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Hetereleotris poecila (Fowler 1946). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Comoros, Mascarenes (Mauritius); Ryukyu Islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.