nocturnus, Ctenogobius Smith [J. L. B.] 1957:723, Fig. 2 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12) v. 9 (no. 106) (art. 93); ref. 4109] Aldabra Island, western Indian Ocean, depth 5-10 fathoms. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 198. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 876 (2). •Valid as Priolepis nocturna (Smith 1957) -- (Winterbottom & Burridge 1993:505 [ref. 20895], Randall & Goren 1993:20 [ref. 21131], Ohnishi et al. 1996 [ref. 22265], Nakabo 2000:1173 [ref. 25182] as nocturuna, Randall & Earle 2000:20 [ref. 25806], Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1173 [ref. 26193] as nocturuna, Allen & Adrim 2003:60 [ref. 26830], Randall 2005:549 [ref. 28239], Dimara et al. 2010:621 [ref. 31108], Motomura et al. 2010:218 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:930 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:171 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988], Parenti 2021:217 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:129 [ref. 39971], Mulochau et al. 2022:269 [ref. 39073]). Current status: Valid as Priolepis nocturna (Smith 1957). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), southern Mozambique, Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Phoenix Islands (Kiribati) and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), south to Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.