maximus, Coryphopterus Randall [J. E.] 2001:215, Figs. 10-11 [Zoological Studies v. 40 (no. 3); ref. 25665] Dumaguete City, off South Sea Resort Hotel, Negros Oriental, Philippines, Mindanao Sea, western Pacific, depth 21 meters. Holotype: BPBM 28539. Paratypes: ASIZT 60502 (1); BPBM 19353 (1), 33581 (2), 35709 (3); CAS 212410 (1); MNHN 2000-758 (1); NSMT-P 59445 (1); ROM 49451 (3), 58869 (3), 64426 (3), 64173 (1), 68152 (2), 68657 (1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 61852 (1); USNM 360976 (1). •Valid as Coryphopterus maximus Randall 2001. •Valid as Fusigobius maximus (Randall 2001) -- (Nakabo 2002:1247 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:58 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Fricke et al. 2009:101 [ref. 30213], Allen & Erdmann 2012:972 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2018:331 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:153 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:16 [ref. 36883], Moore et al. 2020:110 [ref. 37357], Parenti 2021:157 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:90 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:14 [ref. 40247], Fricke et al. 2024:73 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Fusigobius maximus (Randall 2001). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southern Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Wake Atoll and Gambier Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Kimberley (northern Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia), Tonga and Rapa (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.