reticularis, Palutrus Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:208, Fig. 27 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 13; ref. 4122] Pinda, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 188. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 35316 (1) Mahé. •Valid as Palutrus reticularis Smith 1959 -- (Myers 1999:257 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:517 [ref. 24106], Fricke et al. 2018:337 [ref. 35805], Parenti 2021:206 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Palutrus reticularis Smith 1959. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa and South Africa to Madagascar, Seychelles and Rodrigues (Mascarenes); Ryukyu Islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.