puellaris, Eleotriodes Tomiyama [I.] in Tomiyama & Abe 1956:1136, Pl. 224 (fig. 575) [Figures and descriptions of the fishes of Japan (a continuation of Dr. Shigeho Tanaka's work). v. 55; ref. 22723] Kiragawa, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. Holotype (unique): ZUMT 18924. •Valid as Valenciennea puellaris (Tomiyama 1956) -- (Dor 1984:251 [ref. 29757], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:243 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:136 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:410 [ref. 15987], Randall & Goren 1993:23 [ref. 21131], Kuiter 1993:361 [ref. 23929], Hoese & Larson 1994:44 [ref. 12483], Goren & Dor 1994:66 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:344 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:218 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:132 [ref. 22867], Randall et al. 1997:410 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:244 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:523 [ref. 24106], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1171 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:415 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:252 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:121 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3600 [ref. 26293] dated 1955, Nakabo 2002:1171 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:61 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:643 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3329 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:557 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1694 [ref. 29097], Suzuki et al. 2011:61 [ref. 31568], Allen & Erdmann 2012:988 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:209 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:175 [ref. 33932], Suzuki et al. 2016:2 [ref. 34434], Kovačić et al. 2017:[3]1231 [ref. 36099], Fricke et al. 2018:343 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:163 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:291 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:97 [ref. 36871], Larson 2022:150 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:25 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Valenciennea puellaris (Tomiyama 1956). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Madagascar, Mascarenes (Mauritius, Rodrigues), Maldives and Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory) east to Tonga and Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.
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