Species that contain: Amblyeleotris and periophthalma [ 3 ] records

exilis, Cryptocentrops Smith [J. L. B.] 1958:153, Pl. 2 (fig. L) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 11; ref. 4118] Chumbe, Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean, tide pool. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 218. The species epithet periophthalmus is a noun in apposition. •Valid as Amblyeleotris exilis (Smith 1958) -- (Hoese & Steene 1978:382 [ref. 8713], Larson & Murdy 2001:3594 [ref. 26293]). •Synonym of Amblyeleotris periophthalma (Bleeker 1853) -- (Randall 1995:326 [ref. 22896], Chen et al. 1998:115 [ref. 23405], Randall 2005:515 [ref. 28239], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:349 [ref. 28867], Larson 2022:37 [ref. 39965], Parenti 2021:86 [ref. 38603]). •Synonym of Amblyeleotris periophthalmus (Bleeker 1853). Current status: Synonym of Amblyeleotris periophthalmus (Bleeker 1853). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

maculata, Amblyeleotris Yanagisawa [Y.] 1976:147, Figs. 2, 4a, 5b [Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory v. 23 (nos 1/2); ref. 7088] Sesoko Island, Okinawa Islands, Japan, depth 5 meters. Holotype: SMBL 254 [not seen at FAKU]. Paratypes: SMBL 255-56 (1, 1) [not seen at FAKU]. Type catalog: Harada 1991:221 [ref. 20030]. •Valid as Amblyeleotris maculata Yanagisawa 1976 -- (Yanagisawa 1978:299 [ref. 7028], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:255 [ref. 6441]). •Synonym of Amblyeleotris periophthalma (Bleeker 1853) -- (Randall et al. 1990:392 [ref. 15987], Randall 1995:326 [ref. 22896], Chen et al. 1998:115 [ref. 23405], Randall 2005:515 [ref. 28239], Parenti 2021:86 [ref. 38603]). •Synonym of Amblyeleotris periophthalmus (Bleeker 1853). Current status: Synonym of Amblyeleotris periophthalmus (Bleeker 1853). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

periophthalmus, Eleotris Bleeker [P.] 1853:477 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 4 (no. 3); ref. 336] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 4674. The species epithet periophthalmus is a noun in apposition. •Valid as Amblyeleotris periophthalma (Bleeker 1853) -- (Randall et al. 1990:392 [ref. 15987], Randall & Goren 1993:2 [ref. 21131], Randall et al. 1994:239 [ref. 21645], Randall 1995:326 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:214 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:213 [ref. 23922], Kuiter 1997:346 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:392 [ref. 25919], Chen et al. 1998:115 [ref. 23405], Myers 1999:238 [ref. 23965], Mohlmann & Munday 1999:62 [ref. 24273], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:635 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1229 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:404 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:118 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3594 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1229 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:56 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:642 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:26 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:515 [ref. 28239], Randall et al. 2005:127 [ref. 28745], Hoese & Larson 2006:1619 [ref. 29097], Chen et al. 2006:2563 [ref. 29024], Larson et al. 2008:146 [ref. 29532], Fricke et al. 2009:98 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:203 [ref. 31256], Freinschlag & Patzner 2012:42 [ref. 31789], Allen & Erdmann 2012:865 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:189 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2018:323 [ref. 35805], Eagderi et al. 2019:58 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:270 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:95 [ref. 36871], Parenti 2021:86 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:37 [ref. 39965]). •Valid as Amblyeleotris periophthalmus (Bleeker 1853) -- (Hoese & Steene 1978:382 [ref. 8713], Dor 1984:239 [ref. 29757], Moore et al. 2020:110 [ref. 37357], Sato et al. 2023:10 [ref. 40949]). Current status: Valid as Amblyeleotris periophthalmus (Bleeker 1853). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Persian Gulf, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Samoa and Rapa (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to Kimberley (Western Australia). Former Red Sea records are now assigned to A. triguttata Randall 1994. Habitat: marine.