rhyax, Amblyeleotris Polunin [N. V. C.] & Lubbock [R.] 1979:239, Fig. 1 [Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology v. 36 (no. 4); ref. 8796] Nodup, near Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, depth 35 meters. Holotype: BMNH 1978.2.28.8. Paratypes: AMS I.20688-001 (1), USNM 218978 (1). •Valid as Amblyeleotris rhyax Polunin & Lubbock 1979 -- (Randall et al. 1997:526 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:238 [ref. 23965], Larson & Murdy 2001:3594 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1620 [ref. 29097], Chen et al. 2006:2563 [ref. 29024], Allen & Erdmann 2012:866 [ref. 31980], Parenti 2021:86 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Amblyeleotris rhyax Polunin & Lubbock 1979. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Palau and Australia. Habitat: marine.