ocellaris, Gobius Broussonet [P. M. A.] 1782:[15], Pl. [2] [Ichthyologia, sistens piscium descriptiones et icones. Decas I.; ref. 17287] Tahiti, Society Islands. Mus. Banks (apparently lost). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:57 [ref. 19958]. On unnumbered p. 15 and unnumbered Pl. 2. •Valid as Awaous ocellaris (Broussonet 1782) -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:263 [ref. 6441], Wu & Ni in Kuang et al. 1986:278 [ref. 26639], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:575 [ref. 25598], Watson 1992:167 [ref. 20016], Marquet et al. 1999:43 [ref. 23934], Keith et al. 2000:396 [ref. 25159], Nakabo 2000:1196 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3600 [ref. 26293], Sakai et al. 2001:109 [ref. 25693], Keith et al. 2002:122 [ref. 31473], Nakabo 2002:1196 [ref. 26193], Keith et al. 2002:188 [ref. 26363], Yonezawa et al. 2010:254 [ref. 30902], Motomura et al. 2010:204 [ref. 31256], Lindstrom et al. 2012:296 [ref. 32536], Zhang et al. 2016:200 [ref. 34477], Koeda et al. 2016:89 [ref. 35333], Motomura et al. 2017:197 [ref. 35490], Al-Jufaili et al. 2021:[3] [ref. 38743], Keith et al. 2021:112 [ref. 38257], Parenti 2021:304 [ref. 38603], Jamandre 2023:168 [ref. 40455], Makiguchi et al. 2023:15 [ref. 40959]). Current status: Valid as Awaous ocellaris (Broussonet 1782). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines east to Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to Shizuoka Prefecture (central Japan), south to New Caledonia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.