tigris, Bryaninops Larson [H. K.] 1985:70, Figs. 7-8 [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 18-20 meters. Holotype: AMS I.20730-017. Paratypes: AMS I.20730-018 (8), I.24066-001 (6); BPBM 18073 (6); CAS 36867 (1); MTM (6); QM I.20391 (2); ROM (10, 2 lots); USNM 261380 (3); WAM P.28040-001 (1). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:39 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:43 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Bryaninops tigris Larson 1985 -- (Randall et al. 1990:396 [ref. 15987], Randall 1995:329 [ref. 22896], Randall et al. 1997:396 [ref. 25919], Anderson et al. 1998:27 [ref. 23611], Myers 1999:246 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1216 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3595 [ref. 26293], Randall et al. 2002:160 [ref. 26192], Nakabo 2002:1216 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Greenfield & Randall 2004:512 [ref. 28175], Randall 2005:522 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:473 [ref. 28379], Hoese & Larson 2006:1631 [ref. 29097], Randall 2007:396 [ref. 30952], Suzuki et al. 2012:14 [ref. 31776], Allen & Erdmann 2012:896 [ref. 31980], Suzuki & Randall 2014:17 [ref. 33142], Fricke et al. 2014:159 [ref. 33932], Golani & Fricke 2018:149 [ref. 36273], Parenti 2021:107 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:55 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:6 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Bryaninops tigris Larson 1985. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Mozambique), Gulf of Oman, Maldives and Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Australia. Habitat: marine.