loki, Bryaninops Larson [H. K.] 1985:81, Figs. 13-14 [The Beagle (Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences) v. 2 (no. 1); ref. 5186] On dropoff halfway between Bird and South islands, Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, depth 15-16 meters. Holotype: AMS I.24072.001. Paratypes: AMS (51, 13 lots); BPBM 29316 (6); CAS 53210 (1); LICPP (4); NMV A3250 (5); NTM (3, 2 lots); QM I.20394-95 (1, 1); ROM (19, 6 lots); SAMA F4739 (1); SMF 19957 (5); USNM 261373-74 (1, 1), 265176 (1); WAM P.28042-001 (2). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:39 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:43 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Bryaninops loki Larson 1985 -- (Larson 1987:144 [ref. 9091], Kuiter 1993:356 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:167 [ref. 25479], Chen et al. 1995:285 [ref. 22339], Randall et al. 1997:528 [ref. 25919], Anderson et al. 1998:27 [ref. 23611], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1215 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:119 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3595 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1215 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Randall 2005:521 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1630 [ref. 29097], Shao et al. 2008:261 [ref. 29952], Shibukawa 2009:266 [ref. 30449], Suzuki et al. 2012:10 [ref. 31776], Allen & Erdmann 2012:895 [ref. 31980], Suzuki & Randall 2014:16 23 [ref. 33142], Larson et al. 2013:192 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:159 [ref. 33932], Golani & Fricke 2018:148 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:275 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:106 [ref. 38603], Wada et al. 2021:48 [ref. 38521], Dewa et al. 2022:26 [ref. 40001], Larson 2022:53 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:6 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Bryaninops loki Larson 1985. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), Gulf of Aden, Maldives and Chagos Archipelago east to Samoa and Line Islands (Kiribati), north to Amami Islands and Osumi Islands (southern Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.
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