wheeleri, Cryptocentrus Polunin [N. V. C.] & Lubbock [R.] 1977:88, Figs. 16-17 [Journal of Zoology (London) v. 183 (pt 1); ref. 3540] Outside Passe Gionnet, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, western Indian Ocean, depth about 12 meters. Holotype: BMNH 1976.9.22.8. Paratypes: BMNH 1975.5.5.16-17 [?= 1977.4.25.4-5] (1, 1). •Synonym of Amblyeleotris fasciata (Herre 1953) -- (Randall 2005:513 [ref. 28239], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:349 [ref. 28867]). •Valid as Amblyeleotris wheeleri (Polunin & Lubbock 1977) -- (Hoese 1986:777 [ref. 5670], Allen & Swainston 1988:134 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:393 [ref. 15987], Randall & Goren 1993:3 [ref. 21131], Randall 1994:269 [ref. 21644], Randall 1995:327 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:216 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:348 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:393 [ref. 25919], Chen et al. 1998:116 [ref. 23405], Myers 1999:238 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:497 [ref. 24106], Mohlmann & Munday 1999:62 [ref. 24273], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:635 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1230 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:405 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:118 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3594 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1230 [ref. 26193], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Heemstra et al. 2004:3328 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:394 [ref. 28072], Hoese & Larson 2006:1620 [ref. 29097], Fricke et al. 2009:99 [ref. 30213], Jaafar & Randall 2009:26, 27 [ref. 30530], Randall & Jaafar 2009:52 [ref. 30130], Motomura et al. 2010:203 [ref. 31256], Caratini & Soriano 2011:39 [ref. 39915], Freinschlag & Patzner 2012:42 [ref. 31789], Allen & Erdmann 2012:868 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:157 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:88 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:324 [ref. 35805], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:122 [ref. 40104], Fricke et al. 2019:271 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:95 [ref. 36871], Parenti 2021:87 [ref. 38603], Wada et al. 2021:48 [ref. 38521], Dewa et al. 2022:26 [ref. 40001], Larson 2022:39 [ref. 39965], Mochizuki et al. 2022:23 [ref. 39612], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:3 [ref. 40247], Sato et al. 2023:13 [ref. 40019], Anto et al. 2024:4 [ref. 40874]). Current status: Valid as Amblyeleotris wheeleri (Polunin & Lubbock 1977). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar, Saint Brandon's Shoals (Cargados Carajos), Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) and Lakshadweep (India) east to Marshall Islands and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.
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