acicularis, Gobiodon Harold [A. S.] & Winterbottom [R.] 1995:688, Figs. 1-2 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 108 (no. 4); ref. 21923] Off Babelthuap Island, coral-enclosed area north of Arakataoch Stream, Belau (Palau), western Pacific. Holotype: CAS 81525. Paratypes: CAS 81515 (5), 81522 (6), 82377 (5); ROM 1603CS (2, c&s), 69038 (2). •Valid as Gobiodon acicularis Harold & Winterbottom 1995 -- (Harold & Winterbottom 1999:56 [ref. 23701], Myers 1999:255 [ref. 23965], Munday et al. 1999:54 [ref. 24284], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:350 [ref. 28867], Hoese & Larson 2006:1655 [ref. 29097], Harold et al. 2008:120 [ref. 29450], Dimara et al. 2010:621 [ref. 31108], Suzuku et al. 2012:63 [ref. 32027], Allen & Erdmann 2012:896 [ref. 31980]. Shibukawa et al. 2013:144 [ref. 32951], Allen 2021:18 [ref. 38272], Parenti 2021:167 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gobiodon acicularis Harold & Winterbottom 1995. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea to Solomon Islands, Palau and Australia. Habitat: marine.