exquisitus, Favonigobius Whitley [G. P.] 1950:32, Fig. 2 [Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales v. for 1948-49; ref. 12979] Toukley, New South Wales, Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS IB.1413. •Valid as Papillogobius exquisitus (Whitley 1950) -- (Gill & Miller 1990:523 [ref. 16711], Gill 1993:177 [ref. 21981]). •Valid as Favonigobius exquisitus Whitley 1950 -- (Kuiter 1993:349 [ref. 23929], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1649 [ref. 29097], Hoese 2015:1578 [ref. 34304], Parenti 2021:154 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Favonigobius exquisitus Whitley 1950. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, southwestern Pacific: Western Australia and South Australia, and New Zealand. Habitat: brackish, marine.