hayashii, Echinogobius Iwata [A.], Hosoya [S.] & Niimura [Y.] 1998:115, Figs. 1-3 [Ichthyological Research v. 45 (no. 2); ref. 23379] Ishigaki Bay, Ishigaki City, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Holotype: NSMT-P 49907. Paratypes: AMS I.37855-001 (1); BLIH 1988180-1 (2), 1991385 (1); BMNH 1997.1.28.1 (1); OMNH-P 10667 (1); WAM-P.30883.002 (1); YCM-P 6692-1 (2). Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:43 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Echinogobius hayashii Iwata, Hosoya & Niimura 1998 -- (Myers 1999:243 [ref. 23965], Nakabo 2000:1195 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1195 [ref. 26193], Hoese & Larson 2006:1642 [ref. 29097], Allen & Erdmann 2012:967 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:162 [ref. 33932], Parenti 2021:134 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Echinogobius hayashii Iwata, Hosoya & Niimura 1998. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia, north to Yaeyama Islands (Japan), south to northwestern Australia. Habitat: marine.