yanoi, Amblyeleotris Aonuma [Y.] & Yoshino [T.] 1996:163, Figs. 1, 2A, 3A [Ichthyological Research v. 43 (no. 2); ref. 22264] Amitori Bay, Iriomote-jima Island, Ryukyu Islands, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, depth 25 meters. Holotype: URM-P11735. Paratypes: URM-P11374 (1), 18712 (1); NSMT-P 48577-78 (1, 1). •Valid as Amblyeleotris yanoi Aonuma & Yoshino 1996 -- (Chen et al. 1998:116 [ref. 23405], Allen 1997:214 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:239 [ref. 23965], Mohlmann & Munday 1999:62 [ref. 24273], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:635 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1230 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3594 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1230 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:56 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:642 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2005:128 [ref. 28745], Chen et al. 2006:2564 [ref. 29024], Allen & Erdmann 2012:868 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2019:271 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:87 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Amblyeleotris yanoi Aonuma & Yoshino 1996. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to Marshall Islands and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Ryukyu Islands. Habitat: marine.