Species that contain: Asterropteryx and semipunctatus [ 6 ] records

cyanostigma, Eleotris Bleeker [P.] 1855:452 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 8 (no. 3); ref. 16841] Cocos-Keeling Islands, Indian Ocean. Syntypes: RMNH 4756 (2). •Synonym of Asterropteryx semipunctatus Rüppell 1830 -- (Dor 1984:240 [ref. 29757], Greenfield & Randall 2004:506 [ref. 28175], Mundy 2005:470 [ref. 28379], Parenti 2021:96 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:45 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Asterropteryx semipunctata Rüppell 1830. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

hypselopteryx, Gobiomorphus Pietschmann [V.] 1934:43 [Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 108 (nos 1/2); ref. 16451] Pearl and Hermes Reef, South East Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): NMW 930. •Synonym of Asterropteryx semipunctatus Rüppell 1830 -- (Mundy 2005:470 [ref. 28379], Parenti 2021:96 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Asterropteryx semipunctata Rüppell 1830. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

miniatus, Eleotris Seale [A.] 1901:125 [Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History v. 1 (no. 3); ref. 14357] Agaña, Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific. Lectotype: BPBM 268. Paralectotypes: (should be 2) ANSP 84153 (2); ?USNM 109384 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:108 [ref. 13621]. Lectotype selected by Koumans 1940:156 [ref. 2676]. •Synonym of Asterropteryx semipunctata Rüppell 1830 -- (Myers & Donaldson 2003:643 [ref. 27495] as semipunctatus, Parenti 2021:96 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Asterropteryx semipunctata Rüppell 1830. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

quisqualis, Asterropterix semipunctatus Whitley [G. P.] 1932:300 [Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29: scientific reports. v. 4 (no. 9); ref. 4676] Queensland, Australia. Holotype: QM I.1737. Paratypes: AMS IA.4347 (6) Original genus is correctly spelled Asterropteryx. Described and figured by Ogilby 1915, Mem. Queensland Mus. v. 3, p. 125, Pl. 29 (fig. 2). Asterropteryx is feminine so correct is semipunctata. •Synonym of Asterropteryx semipunctatus [sic] Rüppell 1830 -- (Hoese & Larson 2006:1625 [ref. 29097], Parenti 2021:96 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Asterropteryx semipunctata Rüppell 1830. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

robustus, Gobiomorphus Pietschmann [V.] 1934:44 [Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 108 (nos 1/2); ref. 16451] Kaupoa, Molokai, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): NMW 6340. •Synonym of Asterropteryx semipunctatus Rüppell 1830 -- (Mundy 2005:470 [ref. 28379], Parenti 2021:96 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Asterropteryx semipunctata Rüppell 1830. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

semipunctatus, Asterropterix Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1830:138, Pl. 34 (fig. 4) [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Holotype (unique): SMF 1691. Original genus is correctly spelled Asterropteryx. Asterropteryx is feminine, so Asterropteryx semipunctata is correct. •Valid as Asterropteryx semipunctatus Rüppell 1830 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:340 [ref. 7348], Dor 1984:240 [ref. 29757], Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:242 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:779 [ref. 5670], Allen & Swainston 1988:134 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:394 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:355 [ref. 23929], Randall & Goren 1993:4 [ref. 21131], Francis 1993:166 [ref. 25479], Randall et al. 1994:240 [ref. 21645], Goren & Dor 1994:63 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:328 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:216 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:213 [ref. 23922], Randall et al. 1997:394 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:244 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:498 [ref. 24106], Allen & Munday 1995:100 [ref. 21938], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:635 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1238 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:407 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:241 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:118 [ref. 25868], Shinohara et al. 2000:181 [ref. 25987], Larson 2001:159 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3595 [ref. 26293], Sakai et al. 2001:109 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Heemstra et al. 2004:3328 [ref. 27945] as semipunctatus, Greenfield & Randall 2004:506 [ref. 28175] as semipunctatus, Hoese & Larson 2006:1625 [ref. 29097] as semipunctatus). •Valid as Asterropteryx semipunctata Rüppell 1830 -- (Nakabo 2002:1238 [ref. 26193] , Shibukawa & Suzuki 2002:274 [ref. 26337], Shibukawa & Suzuki 2002:274 [ref. 26337], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:643 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:177 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:75 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:26 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:519 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:470 [ref. 28379], Hoese & Larson 2006:1625 [ref. 29097], Shibukawa & Suzuki 2007:109 [ref. 29069], Randall 2007:388 [ref. 30952], Larson et al. 2008:146 [ref. 29532], Fricke et al. 2009:99 [ref. 30213], Shibukawa 2009:264 [ref. 30449], Motomura et al. 2010:204 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:910 [ref. 31980], Matsui et al. 2014:5 [ref. 33344], Fricke et al. 2014:158 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:89 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:16 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2018:325 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:148 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:15 [ref. 36883], Das & Mishra 2019:496 [ref. 37885], Eagderi et al. 2019:59 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:274 [ref. 36673], Kim et al. 2020:169 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:103 [ref. 37637], Parenti 2021:95 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:45 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:5 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Asterropteryx semipunctata Rüppell 1830. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Wake Atoll, Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to Korea, central Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, Lord Howe Island (Australia), New Caledonia and Rapa (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.