yanoi, Ancistrogobius Shibukawa [K.], Yoshino [T.] & Allen [G. R.] 2010:80, Figs. 1B, 3C, 4C, 7 [Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A) Supplement No. 4; ref. 30807] Tako-zaki Point, Funauki Bay, Iriomote-jima Island, Yaeyama Group, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, depth 4 meters. Holotype: NSMT-P 97982. Paratypes: at AMS, BPBM, CAS, KPM-NI, OMNH, WAM, YCM. Plus non-type materials. Type catalog: Shibata et al. 2011:19 [ref. 31469]. •Valid as Ancistrogobius yanoi Shibukawa, Yoshino & Allen 2010 -- (Shibata et al. 2011:19 [ref. 31469], Allen & Erdmann 2012:958 [ref. 31980], Golani & Fricke 2018:147 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:274 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:92 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:43 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:4 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Ancistrogobius yanoi Shibukawa, Yoshino & Allen 2010. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia east to Caroline Islands and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), south to Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.