diagonalis, Amblyeleotris Polunin [N. V. C.] & Lubbock [R.] 1979:245, Fig. 4 [Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology v. 36 (no. 4); ref. 8796] 10-30 meters seaward east of South Island, Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, depth 25 meters. Holotype: BMNH 1978.2.28.2. Paratypes: AMS I.20690-001 (2); BMNH 1978.2.28.3 (1); BPBM 18821 (3); MHNG 1592.49-50 (1, 1); USNM 218981 (1). •Valid as Amblyeleotris diagonalis Polunin & Lubbock 1979 -- (Randall & Goren 1993:2 [ref. 21131], Randall et al. 1994:238 [ref. 21645], Randall 1994:268 [ref. 21644], Randall 1995:325 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:213 [ref. 23922], Kuiter 1997:346 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:524 [ref. 25919], Mohlmann & Munday 1999:62 [ref. 24273], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:635 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1230 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:118 [ref. 25868], Larson & Murdy 2001:3594 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1230 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:56 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Randall 2005:512 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1618 [ref. 29097], Chen et al. 2006:2564 [ref. 29024], Jaafar & Randall 2009:26, 27 [ref. 30530], Freinschlag & Patzner 2012:42 [ref. 31789], Allen & Erdmann 2012:862 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2018:323 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:146 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:58 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:269 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:83 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:36 [ref. 39965], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:3 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Amblyeleotris diagonalis Polunin & Lubbock 1979. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Mozambique, Kenya), Persian Gulf, Seychelles and Madagascar east to Philippines, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Solomon Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.