bipunctata, Hetereleotris Tortonese [E.] 1976:191, Fig. 2 [Monitore Zoologico Italiano, N. S., suppl. v. 7 (no. 4); ref. 7399] Gulf of Aden, northern Mijurtenia, African coast [Somalia, northwestern Indian Ocean]. Holotype: MZUF 2179. Paratypes: MZUF 2180-84 (5), MSNG 44739 [ex MZUF 2185] (1). Type catalog: Vanni 1991:227 [ref. 20099], Nocita & Vanni 1997:61 [ref. 36143]. •Valid as Hetereleotris bipunctata Tortonese 1976 -- (Hoese 1986:8 [ref. 5996], Goren & Dor 1994:64 [ref. 25356], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Hoese & Larson 2005:14 [ref. 28571], Shibukawa 2010:90 [ref. 30808], Kovačić et al. 2014:125 [ref. 33446], Golani & Fricke 2018:156 [ref. 36273], Kovačić et al. 2019:504 [ref. 36728], Parenti 2021:184 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:106 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:17 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Hetereleotris bipunctata Tortonese 1976. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden. Habitat: marine.