axillaris, Gobiodon De Vis [C. W.] 1884:448 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 8 (pt 4); ref. 1089] Banks Group, Vanuatu, southwestern Pacific. No types known. •Synonym of Gobiodon atrangulatus Garman 1903 -- (Suzuki et al. 2012:59 [ref. 32027]). •Valid as Gobiodon axillaris De Vis 1884 -- (Harold & Winterbottom 1995:687 [ref. 21923], Harold & Winterbottom 1999:56 [ref. 23701], Munday et al. 1999:54 [ref. 24284], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Randall 2005:536 [ref. 28239], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:350 [ref. 28867], Hoese & Larson 2006:1655 [ref. 29097], Harold et al. 2008:120 [ref. 29450], Larson et al. 2013:199 [32988], Moore et al. 2020:110 [ref. 37357], Parenti 2021:168 [ref. 38603], Wada et al. 2021:48 [ref. 38521], Larson 2022:96 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Gobiodon axillaris De Vis 1884. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Socotra (Yemen); Malaysia east to Fiji, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.