baliurus, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:61 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] No locality stated [Java, Indonesia]. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-0733. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:26 [ref. 19958]. Based on a description in manuscript by Kuhl and van Hasselt, and on a specimen. •Valid as Acentrogobius baliurus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Goren & Dor 1994:62 [ref. 25356]). •Valid as Gnatholepis baliurus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Goren 1979:42 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:245 [ref. 29757], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122] as "Gnatholepis"). •Valid, but genus undetermined -- (Randall & Greenfield 2001:1 [ref. 25675]). •Valid as Isthmogobius baliurus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:186 [ref. 27510]). •Valid as Arcygobius baliurus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Larson & Wright 2003:131 [ref. 27481], Larson et al. 2008:146 [ref. 29532], Allen & Erdmann 2012:959 [ref. 31980], Kottelat 2013:399 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:190 [ref. 34464], Pezold & Larson 2015:6 [ref. 33809], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2015:79 [ref. 34319], Prokofiev 2016:643 [ref. 35020], Motomura et al. 2017:197 [ref. 35490], Golani & Fricke 2018:147 [ref. 36273], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:257 [ref. 36460], Fricke et al. 2019:274 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:93 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:44 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:5 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Arcygobius baliurus (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Mozambique, Kenya), Seychelles; Malaysia and Indonesia east to Philippines, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to New Ireland (Papua New Guinea). Habitat: marine.