aureus, Fusigobius Chen [I-S.] & Shao [K.-T.] 1997:88, Figs. 1-3 [Acta Zoologica Taiwanica v. 8 (no. 2); ref. 23347] Maumere, Flores Island, Indonesia. Holotype: ASIZP 057803. Paratypes: NMMBP 00301 (1). •Valid as Coryphopterus aureus (Chen & Shao 1997) -- (Randall 2001:207 [ref. 25665]). •Valid as Fusigobius aureus Chen & Shao 1997 -- (Thacker & Cole 2002:839 [ref. 26548], Allen & Adrim 2003:58 [ref. 26830], Hoese & Larson 2006:1651 [ref. 29097], Allen & Erdmann 2012:970 [ref. 31980], Parenti 2021:156 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Fusigobius aureus Chen & Shao 1997. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Flores (Indonesia) east to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, south to Coral Sea. Habitat: marine.