acritosus, Awaous (Awaous) Watson [R. E.] 1994:372, Fig. 1 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 5 (no. 4); ref. 21576] Brown River at bridge 18.3 miles north of junction Brown-Sogeri Road, Central District, Papua New Guinea. Holotype: USNM 210816. Paratypes: KFRS F.5241-08 (2, not found); QM I.14162 (1), I.20753 (1); USNM 210776 (1), 210787 (1), 210804 (1), 210843 (1); WAM P.27395-006 (3), P.28545-005 (1), P.28546-006 (6). Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:43 [ref. 30117]. Specimens not found in KFRS (Pogonoski, Appleyard & White, pers. comm. 9/18/2016). •Valid as Awaous acritosus Watson 1994 -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3600 [ref. 26293], Unmack 2001:1064 [ref. 25797], Allen et al. 2002:259 [ref. 25930], Hoese & Larson 2006:1626 [ref. 29097], Pusey et al. 2017:70 [ref. 35250]). Current status: Valid as Awaous acritosus Watson 1994. Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Australia and New Guinea. Habitat: freshwater.