meteori, Acentrogobius Klausewitz [W.] & Zander [C. D.] 1967:85, Fig. 1 [Meteor Forschungsergebnisse. Reihe D, Biologie No. 2; ref. 7825] Coast of Sarso Khebir Island, Farasan Archipelago , Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. Holotype: SMF 8188. Paratypes: SMF 8527 (1), ZMH H2902-05 (4). Type catalog: Wilkens 1977:160 [ref. 22013]. •Valid as Acentrogobius meteori Klausewitz & Zander 1967 -- (Goren 1979:20 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:238 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Bathygobius meteori (Klausewitz & Zander 1967) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:273 [ref. 6441], Goren & Dor 1994:63 [ref. 25356]). •Valid as Palutrus meteori (Klausewitz & Zander 1967) -- (Randall 1995:340 [ref. 22896], Nakabo 2000:1219 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1219 [ref. 26193], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Koeda et al. 2016:93 [ref. 35333], Golani & Fricke 2018:158 [ref. 36273]). •Synonym of Palutrus scapulopunctatus (de Beaufort 1912) -- (Larson 2022:118 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Palutrus scapulopunctatus (de Beaufort 1912). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southern Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: southern Oman; Ryukyu Islands (Japan) [if valid]. Habitat: marine.