hoevenii, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1851:426 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 2 (no. 3); ref. 16897] Sambas, western Borneo, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 4457. •Valid as Stigmatogobius hoevenii (Bleeker 1851) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:946 [ref. 20764]). •Valid as Hemigobius hoevenii (Bleeker 1851) -- (Kottelat et al. 1993:146 [ref. 23448], Larson & Williams 1997:370 [ref. 23967], Larson 1999:25 [ref. 24498], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Larson 2001:73 [ref. 25522], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3601 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1659 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:142 [ref. 29532], Shibukawa 2009:277 [ref. 30449], Huang et al. 2013:90 [ref. 41526], Larson et al. 2013:200 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:410 [ref. 32989], Huang et al. 2014:109 [ref. 33161], Parenti 2021:323 [ref. 38603], Taki et al. 2021:461 [ref. 39830], Jamandre 2023:168 [ref. 40455], Nallathambi et al. 2023:4 [ref. 40097]). Current status: Valid as Hemigobius hoevenii (Bleeker 1851). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: India east to Indonesia and Philippines, north to Vietnam. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.