randalli, Valenciennea Hoese [D. F.] & Larson [H. K.] 1994:52 [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 23; ref. 12483] Burrow under metal debris, yacht harbor, Honiara, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, western Pacific, depth 16 meters. Holotype: BPBM 32000. Paratypes: AMS I.20730-001 (1), I.20731-001 (1); ANSP 151614 (1); BPBM 20804 (1), 27089 (1), 31427 (3); CAS 36842 (1); QM I.21263 (1); URM 4634 (1), 8126 (1); USNM 244087 (5). •Valid as Valenciennea randalli Hoese & Larson 1994 -- (Randall et al. 1997:537 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:244 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1171 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:416 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:121 [ref. 25868], Larson & Murdy 2001:3600 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1171 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:61 [ref. 26830], Randall 2005:557 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1694 [ref. 29097], Shibukawa 2009:288 [ref. 30449], Suzuki et al. 2011:61 [ref. 31568], Allen & Erdmann 2012:989 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:176 [ref. 33932], Suzuki et al. 2016:2 [ref. 34434], Fricke et al. 2019:291 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Valenciennea randalli Hoese & Larson 1994. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Sea and Indonesia east to New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.