longispinus, Fusigobius Goren [M.] 1978:201, Fig. 7 [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 59 (nos 3/4); ref. 1851] Eilal, Israel, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Holotype (unique): HUJ 7018. Type catalog: Golani 2006:34 [ref. 28840]. •Valid as Coryphopterus longispinus (Goren 1978) -- (Randall 1995:797 [ref. 22357], Randall 1995:332 [ref. 22896], Fricke 1999:505 [ref. 24106], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122], Randall 2001:207 [ref. 25665]). •Valid as Fusigobius longispinus Goren 1978 -- (Goren 1979:38 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:245 [ref. 29757], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:251 [ref. 6441], Hoese & Reader 1985:7 [ref. 8155], Hoese 1986:789 [ref. 5670], Hoese & Obika 1988:286 [ref. 12745], Goren & Dor 1994:64 [ref. 25356], Chen & Shao 1997:90 [ref. 23347], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Thacker & Cole 2002:839 [ref. 26548], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:350 [ref. 28867], Fricke et al. 2018:331 [ref. 35805], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[7] 245 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:153 [ref. 36273], Parenti 2021:157 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:90 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:14 [ref. 40247], Bogorodsky et al. 2023:121 [ref. 40056]). Current status: Valid as Fusigobius longispinus Goren 1978. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Marshall Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.