inframaculatus, Coryphopterus Randall [J. E.] 1994:331, Fig. 3; Pls. 12-13 [Fauna of Saudi Arabia v. 14; ref. 21639] Base of drop off, northeastern side of Jana Island, Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia, depth 15 meters. Holotype: BPBM 30456. Paratypes: AMS I.34201-001 (2); BMNH 1993.7.21.3-4 (2); BPBM 35460 (1); ROM 39901 (1), 39928 (1); USNM 326155 (2). •Valid as Coryphopterus inframaculatus Randall 1994 -- (Randall 1995:332 [ref. 22896], Anderson et al. 1998:27 [ref. 23611], Carpenter et al. 1997:213 [ref. 23922], Randall 2001:207 [ref. 25665], Myers & Donaldson 2003:644 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:524 [ref. 28239], Shao et al. 2008:261 [ref. 29952], Parenti 2021:120 [ref. 38603]). •Valid as Fusigobius inframaculatus (Randall 1994) -- (Chen & Shao 1997:90 [ref. 23347], Nakabo 2000:1247 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1247 [ref. 26193], Thacker & Cole 2002:839 [ref. 26548], Allen & Adrim 2003:58 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Randall et al. 2004:27 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3328 [ref. 27945], Hoese & Larson 2006:1651 [ref. 29097], Shibukawa 2009:274 [ref. 30449], Motomura et al. 2010:212 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:971 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:269 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:165 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988], Koeda et al. 2016:91 [ref. 35333], Eagderi et al. 2019:63 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:284 [ref. 36673], Pinault et al. 2019:387 [ref. 36447], Zajonz et al. 2019:96 [ref. 36871], Fujiwara in Motomura et al. 2021:71 [ref. 38121], Parenti 2021:157 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:89 [ref. 39971], Mochizuki et al. 2022:27 [ref. 39612], Sato et al. 2023:14 [ref. 40019], Fricke et al. 2024:73 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Fusigobius inframaculatus (Randall 1994). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Comoros, Saint Brandon's Shoals (Cargados Carajos) and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to Queensland (Australia). IUCN (2019): Least concern. Habitat: marine.
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