lacertops, Cabillus Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:207, Fig. 26 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 13; ref. 4122] Pinda, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 194. •Valid as Cabillus lacertops Smith 1959 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:274 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 2000:1218 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3595 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1218 [ref. 26193], Randall et al. 2004:26 [ref. 27624], Greenfield & Randall 2004:516 [ref. 28175], Randall et al. 2007:41 [ref. 29021], Hoese & Larson 2006:1631 [ref. 29097], Hoese & Larson 2010:376 [ref. 31045], Dimara et al. 2010:621 [ref. 31108], Allen & Erdmann 2012:962 [ref. 31980], Kovačić & Bogorodsky 2013:181 [ref. 32908], Shibukawa & Aizawa 2013:140 [ref. 32945], Fricke et al. 2014:160 [ref. 33932], Parenti 2021:108 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:56 [ref. 39971], Ba 2023:5 [ref. 40742], Fricke et al. 2024:73 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Cabillus lacertops Smith 1959. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Mozambique), Seychelles, Saint Brandon's Shoals (Cargados Carajos), western Mascarenes (La Réunion) and Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory) east to New Guinea, and north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.