leucostictus, Gobius Günther [A.] 1872:664, Pl. 63 (fig. C) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871 (pt 3) (art. 1) (for 21 Nov. 1871); ref. 1997] Tonga Islands. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1871.9.13.174. •Valid as Cryptocentrus leucostictus (Günther 1872) -- (Randall et al. 1990:399 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:214 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:399 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:239 [ref. 23965], Allen 2000:119 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:26 [ref. 27624] dated 1871, Hoese & Larson 2004:168 [ref. 28074], Randall 2005:527 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1638 [ref. 29097], Shibukawa et al. 2012:58 [ref. 32036], Allen & Erdmann 2012:873 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:161 [ref. 33932], Pinault et al. 2015:238 [ref. 34021], Fricke et al. 2019:278 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:127 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Cryptocentrus leucostictus (Günther 1872). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Sea and Indonesia east to Palau, Tonga and Samoa, north to Yaeyama Islands, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.