crocineus, Ctenogobiops Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:191, Pl. 11 (fig. K) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 13; ref. 4122] Mahé, Seychelles, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 201. Paratypes: AMS I.19409-001 (1), SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 894 (1). •Synonym of Ctenogobiops maculosus (Fourmanoir 1955) -- (Randall et al. 2003:511 [ref. 27448], Hoese & Larson 2006:1640 [ref. 29097], Randall et al. 2007:26 [ref. 29015]). •Valid as Ctenogobiops crocineus Smith 1959 -- (Lubbock & Polunin 1977:505 [ref. 7264], Yanagisawa 1978:293 [ref. 7028], Goren 1979:33 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:243 [ref. 29757], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:261 [ref. 6441], Randall & Goren 1993:8 [ref. 21131], Goren & Dor 1994:64 [ref. 25356], Randall et al. 1997:530 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:240 [ref. 23965], Chen et al. 1999:60 [ref. 24094], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1233 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:119 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1233 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa 2009:270 [ref. 30449], Kovačić et al. 2011:60 [ref. 31957], Golani & Fricke 2018:151 [ref. 36273], Parenti 2021:130 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:75 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:10 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Ctenogobiops crocineus Smith 1959. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles and Comoros east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.