lanceolata, Vanderhorstia Yanagisawa [Y.] 1978:290, Pl. 1 (fig. i); Figs. 12, 13a [Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory v. 24 (nos 4/6); ref. 7028] Shirahama, Hatake-zima Island, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, depth 15 meters. Holotype: SMBL 301 [not seen at FAKU]. Paratypes: SMBL 302-303 (2) [not seen at FAKU]. Type catalog: Harada 1991:223-224 [ref. 20030]. •Valid as Vanderhorstia lanceolata Yanagisawa 1978 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:260 [ref. 6441], Myers 1999:241 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1234 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:122 [ref. 25868], Larson & Murdy 2001:3600 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1234 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:61 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa & Suzuki 2004:116 [ref. 28014], Hoese & Larson 2006:1695 [ref. 29097]). •Valid as Tomiyamichthys lanceolatus (Yanagisawa 1978) -- (Randall 2007:90 [ref. 29222], Randall & Chen 2007:655 [ref. 29392], Allen & Erdmann 2012:883 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:173 [ref. 33932], Allen 2015:79 [ref. 33923], Hoese et al. 2016:583 [ref. 34210], Allen et al. 2018:45 [ref. 36213], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:23 [ref. 40247], Sato et al. 2023:16 [ref. 40019], Parenti 2021:229 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Tomiyamichthys lanceolatus (Yanagisawa 1978). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia east to Palau and Papua New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to Queensland (Australia). Red Sea record needs confirmation. Habitat: marine.