scapulopunctatus, Gobius (Rhinogobius) de Beaufort [L. F.] 1912:137 [Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 39 (no. 3); ref. 235] Reef of Saonek, Pulau Waigeo, Papua, Indonesia, western Pacific. Syntypes: ZMA 111885 (orig. 3, now 2). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:100 [ref. 19236]. •Valid as Bathygobius scapulopunctatus (de Beaufort 1912) -- (Mohsin & Ambak 1996:562 [ref. 27969]). •Valid as Palutrus scapulopunctatus (de Beaufort 1912) -- (Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:639 [ref. 25122], Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Heemstra et al. 2004:3329 [ref. 27945], Larson et al. 2008:150 [ref. 29532], Shibukawa 2009:282 [ref. 30449], Allen & Erdmann 2012:985 [ref. 31980], Golani & Fricke 2018:158 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:65 [ref. 37020], Sadeghi & Esmaeili 2019:145 [ref. 37019], Larson 2022:118 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:20 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Palutrus scapulopunctatus (de Beaufort 1912). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Madagascar and eastern Mascarenes (Rodrigues); Indonesia east to Fiji. Habitat: marine.