flavobrunneus, Mucogobius Smith [J. L. B.] 1958:145, Pl. 2 (fig. C); Fig. 6 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 11; ref. 4118] Pinda, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 211. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 727 (6, now 5); USNM 210407 (2), 210410-11 (1, 2). •Valid as Callogobius flavobrunneus (Smith 1958) -- (Goren 1980:214 [ref. 8716], Dor 1984:241 [ref. 29757], McKinney & Lachner 1984:627 [ref. 21192], Hoese 1986:784 [ref. 5670], Goren et al. 1991:300 [ref. 19765], Goren & Dor 1994:63 [ref. 25356], Suzuki et al. 1996:4 [ref. 24360], Fricke 1999:504 [ref. 24106], Nakabo 2000:1168 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3595 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1168 [ref. 26193], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:178 [ref. 27510], Heemstra et al. 2004:3328 [ref. 27945], Hoese & Larson 2006:1632 [ref. 29097], Fricke et al. 2009:100 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:964 [ref. 31980], Delventhal & Mooi 2013:156 [ref. 32677], Delventhal & Mooi 2014:147 [ref. 33337], Delventhal et al. 2016:238 [ref. 34863], Fricke et al. 2018:327 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:149 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:16 [ref. 36883], Fricke et al. 2019:275 [ref. 36673], Akihito & Ikeda 2021:108 [ref. 38331], Parenti 2021:112 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:63 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:7 [ref. 40247], Delventhal & Mooi 2023:460 [ref. 40434]). Current status: Valid as Callogobius flavobrunneus (Smith 1958). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Madagascar, Saint Brandon's Shoals (Cargados Carajos) and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Philippines and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.