yaima, Rhinogobius Suzuki [T.], Oseko [N.], Kimura [S.] & Shibukawa [K.] 2020:8, Figs. 1-6 [Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science) No. 49; ref. 37412] Nakara-gawa River, Iriomote-jima Island of Yaeyama Group, the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, 24°19'36.97"N, 123°47'57.38"E. Holotype: KPM 53486 [ex OMNH-P 43167]. Paratypes: KPM, OMNH, SPMN. •Valid as Rhinogobius yaima Suzuki, Oseko, Kimura & Shibukawa 2020 -- (Parenti 2021:365 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Rhinogobius yaima Suzuki, Oseko, Kimura & Shibukawa 2020. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: East Asia: Yaeyama Group, Ryukyu Islands (Japan). Habitat: freshwater.