rigilius, Pallidogobius Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1953:185 [Philippine Journal of Science v. 82 (no. 2); ref. 2143] Rigili Island, Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands. Holotype (unique): USNM 202540 [ex Univ. Wash. 7480]. •Valid as Istigobius rigilius (Herre 1953) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:253 [ref. 6441], Murdy & Hoese 1985:16 [ref. 5237], Randall et al. 1990:404 [ref. 15987], Randall et al. 1997:404 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:257 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1213 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:412 [ref. 25191] as regilius, Allen 2000:120 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1213 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:540 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1662 [ref. 29097], Motomura et al. 2010:215 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:981 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2019:286 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:189 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Istigobius rigilius (Herre 1953). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to Marshall Islands and Fiji, north to Philippines, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.