laddi, Rhinogobius Fowler [H. W.] 1931:362, Fig. 6 [Memoirs of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. v. 11 (no. 5); ref. 16277] Suva, Fiji Islands. Holotype (unique): BPBM 3483. •Valid as Bathygobius laddi (Fowler 1931) -- (Hoese 1986:782 [ref. 5670], Suzuki et al. 1996:6 [ref. 24367], Larson & Williams 1997:367 [ref. 23967], Randall et al. 1997:528 [ref. 25919], Johnson 1999:748 [ref. 25471], Nakabo 2000:1221 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3595 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1221 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:643 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:521 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1628 [ref. 29097], Allen & Erdmann 2012:962 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:191 [ref. 32988], Suzuki et al. 2017:81 [ref. 35202], Parenti 2021:103 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:51 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Bathygobius laddi (Fowler 1931). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and East Africa (Mozambique); Sri Lanka east to Samoa, north to Taiwan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.