balteata, Vaimosa Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1935:419 [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 18 (no. 12); ref. 2109] Majalibit Inlet, Waigio [Waigiu] Island, East Indies. Holotype: FMNH 17386. Paratypes: CAS-SU 24463 (1). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:138, 155 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:118 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:84 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Redigobius balteatus (Herre 1935) -- (Senou & Yano 1991:4 [ref. 24603], Kottelat et al. 1993:151 [ref. 23448], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1240 [ref. 25182], Larson 2001:205 [ref. 25522], Sakai et al. 2001:116 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3601 [ref. 26293], Allen et al. 2002:283 [ref. 25930], Nakabo 2002:1240 [ref. 26193], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Tan & Lim 2004:111 [ref. 27716], Hoese & Larson 2006:1681 [ref. 29097], Larson 2010:129 [ref. 30783], Larson et al. 2013:207 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:422 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2018:339 [ref. 35805], Parenti 2021:350 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:169 [ref. 39971], Jamandre 2023:169 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Redigobius balteatus (Herre 1935). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Mozambique), Mayotte and Madagascar east to Micronesia, north to northern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.