dewa, Navigobius Hoese [D. F.] & Motomura [H.] 2009:52, Figs. 1-2 [Zootaxa No. 2312; ref. 30598] Off Sakurajima, 31°35'35"N, 130°35'25"E, Kagoshima Bay, Kagosima Prefecture, Japan. Holotype: AMS I.44800. Paratypes: KAUM-I.5516 (1), I.5517 (1). •Valid as Navigobius dewa Hoese & Motomura 2009 -- (Motomura et al. 2010:223 [ref. 31256], Dewa et al. 2010:89 [ref. 31556], Allen et al. 2015:19 [ref. 34132], Prokofiev 2016:652 [ref. 35020], Gill et al. 2017:377 [ref. 35670], Okamoto & Motomura 2018:378 [ref. 36336], Parenti 2021:398 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Navigobius dewa Hoese & Motomura 2009. Gobiidae: Ptereleotrinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Ryukyu Islands (Japan) and southern Japan. Habitat: marine.