plumatus, Drombus Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:212, Fig. 32 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 13; ref. 4122] Cape Delgado, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 208. Paratypes: (orig. 5) SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 735-738 (1, 1, 2, 1), USNM 210406 [ex RUSI 728] (1). •Valid as Callogobius plumatus (Smith 1959) -- (McKinney & Lachner 1984:627 [ref. 21192], Hoese 1986:785 [ref. 5670], Goren et al. 1991:299 [ref. 19765], Randall et al. 1994:242 [ref. 21645], Randall 1995:330 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:213 [ref. 23922], Myers 1999:250 [ref. 23965], Chen & Shao 2000:459 [ref. 24425], Myers & Donaldson 2003:643 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:26 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3328 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:395 [ref. 28072], Delventhal & Mooi 2013:156 [ref. 32677], Fricke et al. 2018:328 [ref. 35805], Eagderi et al. 2019:60 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:95 [ref. 36871], Fujiwara et al. 2021:260 [ref. 38707], Parenti 2021:114 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:64 [ref. 39971], Delventhal & Mooi 2023:461 [ref. 40434]). Current status: Valid as Callogobius plumatus (Smith 1959). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Oman, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Rodrigues) east to Guam and Tonga. Habitat: marine.