reticulatus, Gobiodon Playfair [R. L.] in Playfair & Günther 1867:72, Pl. 9 (fig. 2) [The fishes of Zanzibar; ref. 3490] Aden [Yemen, Gulf of Aden, northwestern Indian Ocean]. Syntypes: BMNH 1864.3.30.11 (1), 1867.3.9.515-517 (3). •Valid as Gobiodon reticulatus Playfair 1867 -- (Dor 1984:246 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:64 [ref. 25356], Harold & Winterbottom 1995:687 [ref. 21923], Randall 1995:337 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:213 [ref. 23922], Harold & Winterbottom 1999:56 [ref. 23701], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293] dated 1866, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Herler & Hilgers 2005:117 [ref. 28528], Harold et al. 2008:120 [ref. 29450], Herler et al. 2013:327 [ref. 32889], Shibukawa et al. 2013:144 [ref. 32951], Golani & Fricke 2018:155 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:64 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:96 [ref. 36871] as cf. reticulatus, Parenti 2021:171 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:99 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:15 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Gobiodon reticulatus Playfair 1867. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden to Persian Gulf; Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory). Habitat: marine.