aonumai, Rhinogobius Suzuki [T.], Oseko [N.], Yamasaki [Y. Y.], Kimura [S.] & Shibukawa [K.] 2022:12, Figs. 1-8, 17A [Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science) No. 51; ref. 39148] Hinaigawa River, upper reaches above Pinaisara Fall (total vertical height 58.7 meters), Iriomote-jima Island, Yaeyama Group of the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, 24°22'54.99"N, 123°49'13.29"E, elevation 104 meters. Holotype: OMNH P 40256. Paratypes: (28) KPM, NSMT, OMNH, SPMN. •Valid as Rhinogobius aonumai Suzuki, Oseko, Yamasaki, Kimura & Shibukawa 2022. Current status: Valid as Rhinogobius aonumai Suzuki, Oseko, Yamasaki, Kimura & Shibukawa 2022. Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Iriomoto-jima and Ishigaki-jima Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Habitat: freshwater.