ovata, Asterropteryx Shibukawa [K.] & Suzuki [T.] 2007:113, Figs. 1A, 2B, 3A-B, 4B [Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A) Supplement No. 1; ref. 29069] Tanjung Kusukusu, western coast of Lembeh Island, off Bitung, Sulawesi, Indonesia, 1°26'N, 125°11'E, depth 15 meters. Holotype: NSMT-P 73125. Paratypes: NSMT-P 61054 (1), 61060 (4); USNM 223166 (8). •Valid as Asterropteryx ovata Shibukawa & Suzuki 2007 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2012:910 [ref. 31980], Allen & Erdmann 2016:154 [ref. 34859], Parenti 2021:95 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:45 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Asterropteryx ovata Shibukawa & Suzuki 2007. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory); Indonesia east to Palau and Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.