cometes, Gobius Alcock [A. W.] 1890:208, Pl. 8 (fig. 2) [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 6 (no. 33) (art. 26); ref. 82] Off Madras coast, India, 18°30'N, 84°46'E, Investigator station 96, depth 98-102 fathoms. Syntypes: (about 350) BMNH 1890.11.28.13-17 [ex ZSI F12730] (5), MNHN 1890-0327 to 0334 (1 ea. = 8), ZMA 114487 (1), ZSI F12729 (1). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:153 [ref. 20743], Menon and Rama-Rao 1970:377 [ref. 27516], Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:42 [ref. 22148], Bauchot et al. 1991:29 [ref. 19958]. Figured in Alcock 1898: Pl. 20 (fig. 3) [ref. 20534]. •Valid as Obliquogobius cometes (Alcock 1890) -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Shibukawa & Aonuma 2007:138 [ref. 29107], Chen et al. 2012:269 [ref. 32041], Psomadakis et al. 2020:549 [ref. 37272], Fujiwara et al. 2021:547 [ref. 38898], Parenti 2021:202 [ref. 38603], Fricke 2022:7 [ref. 39459], Larson 2022:116 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Obliquogobius cometes (Alcock 1890). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, India and Myanmar east to the Philippines, north to East China Sea and Japan. Habitat: marine.