magnificus, Nemateleotris Fowler [H. W.] 1938:132 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 85 (no. 3032); ref. 1426] Buka Buka Island, Gulf of Tomini, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): USNM 99044. •Valid as Nemateleotris magnificus Fowler 1938 -- (Rajan et al. 2021:9 [ref. 39508]). •Valid as Nemateleotris magnifica Fowler 1938 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:245 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:795 [ref. 5670], Randall et al. 1990:415 [ref. 15987], Randall & Goren 1993:27 [ref. 21131], Kuiter 1993:366 [ref. 23929], Allen 1997:220 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:362 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:415 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:262 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:525 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:27 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:93 [ref. 37268], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1262 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:420 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:20 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Larson 2001:3608 [ref. 26296], Nakabo 2002:1262 [ref. 26193], Randall & Shen 2002:494 [ref. 26738], Allen & Adrim 2003:61 [ref. 26830] dating to 1928, Myers & Donaldson 2003:646 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:29 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3330 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:397 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:564 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:483 [ref. 28379], Hoese 2006:1706 [ref. 28998], Randall 2007:410 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:104 [ref. 30213], Shibukawa 2009:291 [ref. 30449], Motomura et al. 2010:223 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:82 [ref. 39915] as magnificus, Allen & Erdmann 2012:994 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:270 [ref. 32706], Randall & Connell 2013:20 [ref. 32942], Fricke et al. 2014:178 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988], Koeda et al. 2016:96 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:345 [ref. 35805], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:125 [ref. 40104], Fricke et al. 2019:293 [ref. 36673], Durville et al. 2021:314 [ref. 38802], Parenti 2021:399 [ref. 38603], Wada et al. 2021:50 [ref. 38521], Larson 2022:191 [ref. 39971], Murase et al. 2023:42 [ref. 40935], Tea & Larson 2023:254 [ref. 40057]). Current status: Valid as Nemateleotris magnifica Fowler 1938. Gobiidae: Ptereleotrinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Pitcairn Group, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to Western Australia, New Caledonia and Austral Islands (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.