nigrocellatus, Mars Yanagisawa [Y.] 1978:280, Pl. 1 (fig. e); Figs. 5, 6c, 8d [Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory v. 24 (nos 4/6); ref. 7028] Shiramizu, Kikai Island, Nansei Islands, Japan, depth 5 meters. Holotype: SMBL 293 [not seen at FAKU]. Paratypes: SMBL 294-298 (5) [not seen at FAKU]. Type catalog: Harada 1991:222-223 [ref. 20030]. •Valid as Cryptocentrus nigrocellatus (Yanagisawa 1978) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:257 [ref. 6441], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1226 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1226 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Hoese & Larson 2004:168 [ref. 28074] as nigroocellatus, Motomura et al. 2010:208 [ref. 31256], Shibukawa et al. 2012:58 [ref. 32036], Allen & Erdmann 2012:874 [ref. 31980], Koeda et al. 2016:90 [ref. 35333], Parenti 2021:128 [ref. 38603], Wada et al. 2021:48 [ref. 38521], Sato et al. 2023:14 [ref. 40019]). Current status: Valid as Cryptocentrus nigrocellatus (Yanagisawa 1978). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Indonesia, Brunei and Malaysia east to Philippines, north to southern Japan. Habitat: marine.