heisei, Oxyurichthys Pezold [F. L.] 1998:687, Fig. 1 [Copeia 1998 (no. 3); ref. 23420] Northwest of Molokai, Hawaiian Islands, 21°14'N, 157°08'W, depth 124 meters. Holotype: BPBM 15473. Paratypes: BPBM 24084 (1), 24140 (1), 24145 (3), 24151 (2), 34513 (4); CAS 74809 (2); LISIP 1968466-67 (1, 1); NLU 64915 (2); USNM 342315 (4). •Valid as Oxyurichthys heisei Pezold 1998 -- (Greenfield & Randall 2004:532 [ref. 28175], Mundy 2005:478 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:407 [ref. 30952], Pezold & Larson 2015:5, 28 [ref. 33894], Parenti 2021:337 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Oxyurichthys heisei Pezold 1998. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Central Pacific: Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) endemic. Habitat: marine.