aoyagii, Gobiodon Shibukawa [K.], Suzuki [T.] & Aizawa [M.] 2013:147, Fig. 3A, 2a-I, 3 [Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A) v. 39 (no. 3); ref. 32951] Barasu, Iwomote-jima Island, Yaeyama Group, Ryukyu Islands (Japan). Holotype: NSMT-P 111422. Paratypes: AMS, NSMT-P, OMNH-P, YCM-P. Plus non-type specimen. •Valid as Gobiodon aoyagii Shibukawai, Suzuki & Aizawa 2013 -- (Parenti 2021:168 [ref. 38603], Hildebrandt et al. 2024:506 [ref. 41770], Allen & Erdmann 2024:997 [ref. 40796], Hildebrandt et al. 2025:155 [ref. 42584]). Current status: Valid as Gobiodon aoyagii Shibukawa, Suzuki & Aizawa 2013. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Cocos Keeling Islands (Australia) east to Philippines and Papua New Guinea, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Queensland (Australia). IUCN (2020): Vulnerable. Habitat: marine.