erythrops, Chaenogobius Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:404, Pl. 37 (fig. 3) [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Pago Pago, American Samoa. Holotype (unique): USNM 51781. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:125-126 [ref. 2676]. •Valid as Bryaninops erythrops (Jordan & Seale 1906) -- (Larson 1985:74 [ref. 5186], Larson 1987:143 [ref. 9091], Randall et al. 1990:396 [ref. 15987], Randall 1994:270 [ref. 21644], Randall et al. 1997:396 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:246 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1215 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3595 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1215 [ref. 26193], Stevenson 2002:308 [ref. 26489], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:643 [ref. 27495], Hoese & Larson 2006:1629 [ref. 29097], Suzuki et al. 2012:6 [ref. 31776], Allen & Erdmann 2012:894 [ref. 31980], Suzuki & Randall 2014:23 [ref. 33142], Fricke et al. 2014:159 [ref. 33932], Parenti 2021:106 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:53 [ref. 39971], Babu et al. 2023:4 [ref. 41195]). Current status: Valid as Bryaninops erythrops (Jordan & Seale 1906). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden; Lakshadweep (India) and Chagos Archipelago east to Marshall Islands and Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia. Former Red Sea records are now assigned to B. spongicolus Suzuki, Bogorodsky & Randall 2012. Habitat: marine.