lupus, Luposicya Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:217, Fig. 36 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 13; ref. 4122] Pinda, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 266. •Valid as Luposicya lupus Smith 1959 -- (Goren 1984:72 [ref. 8221], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:284 [ref. 6441], Larson 1990:3 [ref. 16607], Goren & Dor 1994:65 [ref. 25356], Kuiter 1997:356 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:534 [ref. 25919], Ikeda et al. 1999:23 [ref. 24155], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Hoese & Larson 2006:1663 [ref. 29097], Shao et al. 2008:262 [ref. 29952], Allen & Erdmann 2012:901 [ref. 31980], Golani & Fricke 2018:157 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:286 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:195 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:114 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:19 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Luposicya lupus Smith 1959. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Tonga, north to southern Japan. Habitat: marine.