guttatus, Pteroculiops Fowler [H. W.] 1938:133 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 85 (no. 3032); ref. 1426] Port Banalakan, Marinduque Island, Philippines. Holotype (unique): USNM 99045. •Valid as Amblyeleotris guttata (Fowler 1938) -- (Hoese & Steene 1978:382 [ref. 8713], Yanagisawa 1978:306 [ref. 7028], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:255 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:392 [ref. 15987], Chen et al. 1998:112 [ref. 23405], Allen 1997:214 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:348 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:392 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:238 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:635 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1229 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:404 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:118 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3594 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1229 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:56 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:642 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:26 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:514 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1619 [ref. 29097], Chen et al. 2006:2563 [ref. 29024], Allen & Erdmann 2012:863 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:157 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:88 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2019:269 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:84 [ref. 38603], Wada et al. 2021:47 [ref. 38521], Mochizuki et al. 2022:23 [ref. 39612]). Current status: Valid as Amblyeleotris guttata (Fowler 1938). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia and east to Micronesia and Samoa, north to Amami Islands and Osumi Islands (southern Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.