surrufus, Stiphodon Watson [R. E.] & Kottelat [M.] 1995:13, Fig. 8 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 6 (no. 1); ref. 21671] Lagu Lagu creek, southern margin of Visayan State Coll. of Agric., about 7 kilometers north of Baybay, about 2 kilometers from sea, Leyte, Philippines. Holotype: ZRC 38394. Paratypes: CMK 9782 (3), 9831 (1); ZRC 38395 (2). •Valid as Stiphodon surrufus Watson & Kottelat 1995 -- (Watson 1999:89 [ref. 23674], Larson & Murdy 2001:3603 [ref. 26293], Yonezawa & Iwata 2001:2 [ref. 25609], Watson et al. 2005:340 [ref. 27468], Keith et al. 2007:37 [ref. 29211], Keith & Marquet 2007:49 [ref. 29176], Keith et al. 2009:473 [ref. 30474], Yonezawa et al. 2010:259 [ref. 30902] with author as Watson, Maeda et al. 2012:287 [ref. 31973], Maeda & Saeki 2013:215 [ref. 33022], Kottelat 2013:431 [ref. 32989], Keith & Hadiaty 2015:268 [ref. 33653], Keith et al. 2015:238 [ref. 34328], Amick & Toko 2021:9 [ref. 38599], Keith et al. 2021:166 [ref. 38257], Ndobe et al. 2022:254 [ref. 39063], Jamandre 2023:170 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Stiphodon surrufus Watson & Kottelat 1995. Gobiidae: Sicydiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Sulawesi (Indonesia) and Philippines southeast to Solomon Islands, north to Japan, south to Papua New Guinea and Australia [amphidromous]. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.