tentaculatus, Dactyleleotris Smith [J. L. B.] 1958:161, Fig. 17 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 11; ref. 4118] Bazaruto Island, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 253. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 879 (1). •Valid as Hetereleotris tentaculata (Smith 1958) -- (Hoese 1986:792 [ref. 5670] as Dactyleotris, Hoese 1986:14 [ref. 5996] as Dactyleotris, Heemstra et al. 2004:3329 [ref. 27945], Hoese & Larson 2005:15 [ref. 28571], Shibukawa 2010:90 [ref. 30808], Fricke et al. 2018:333 [ref. 35805], Kovačić et al. 2019:503 [ref. 36728], Parenti 2021:186 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:108 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Hetereleotris tentaculata (Smith 1958). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and East Africa (Mozambique, Kenya) east to Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Rodrigues). Habitat: marine.