hastatus, Callogobius McKinney [J. F.] & Lachner [E. A.] 1978:206, Figs. 1-4 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 91 (no. 1); ref. 8908] Southern end of Arakabesan-Madalai Causeway, western end of Koror Island, 7°20'36"N, 134°28'13"E, Palau Islands. Holotype: USNM 216811 [ex CAS]. Paratypes: AMS I.19603-001 [ex USNM 99294] (2); CAS 38924-35 (1, 3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 3, 35, 2, 1, 3, 2); USNM 99293-94 (1, 12), 99570 (1), 139323 (1), 216812 (6). Fowler cites a freshwater record from the Philippines. •Valid as Callogobius hastatus McKinney & Lachner 1978 -- (Suzuki et al. 1994:2 [ref. 24338], Myers 1999:247 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1169 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3595 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1169 [ref. 26193], Allen & Erdmann 2012:965 [ref. 31980], Delventhal & Mooi 2013:156 [ref. 32677], Delventhal & Mooi 2014:146 [ref. 33337], Kottelat 2013:404 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:160 [ref. 33932], Fujiwara et al. 2021:261 [ref. 38707], Parenti 2021:113 [ref. 38603], Delventhal & Mooi 2023:461 [ref. 40434]). Current status: Valid as Callogobius hastatus McKinney & Lachner 1978. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Vietnam, Philippines, Yaeyama Islands, Palau, Yap and Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.