ophthalmotaenia, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1854:46 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 7 (no. 1); ref. 16938] Nova Selma [Home Island, Cocos-Keeling Islands, eastern Indian Ocean]. Syntypes: RMNH 4526 (4 of 10). •Synonym of Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker 1853) -- (Maugé 1986:369 [ref. 6218]). •Synonym of Gnatholepis anjerensis (Bleeker 1851) -- (Randall & Greenfield 2001:3 [ref. 25675], Greenfield & Randall 2004:524 [ref. 28175], Randall & Greenfield 2007:304 [ref. 29292]). •Valid as Gnatholepis ophthalmotaenia (Bleeker 1854) -- (Allen & Adrim 2003:58 [ref. 26830], Larson & Buckle 2012:43 [ref. 32272], Kottelat 2013:409 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:167 [ref. 33932], Akaike et al. 2021:28 [ref. 38809], Parenti 2021:317 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gnatholepis ophthalmotaenia (Bleeker 1854). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Cocos-Keeling Islands east to Philippines and Papua New Guinea, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Lapan), south to Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Habitat: marine.