Species that contain: Bryaninops and amplus [ 1 ] records amplus, Bryaninops Larson [H. K.] 1985:66, Figs. 5-6 [The Beagle (Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences) v. 2 (no. 1); ref. 5186] Lagoon off east tip of Palfrey Island, Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, depth 4-10 meters. Holotype: AMS I.22916-001. Paratypes: AMS (66, 13 lots); ANSP (21, 2 lots); BMNH 1984.10.18.1-2 (2); BPBM 27979 (1), 29312 (4), 29317 (9); CAS 50732 (2), 53211 (1); LICPP (6, 2 lots); MNHN 1984-0702 (1); NMV A3248 (2), NTM (22, 7 lots); QM I.20389-90 (7, 1); ROM (2); SAMA F4737 (2); SMF 19956 (1); USNM 261381 (2), 263765-66 (2, 1); WAM P.25109-002 (3) P.29039-001 (4); YCM. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:20 [ref. 19958], Hutchins & Smith 1991:39 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:43 [ref. 30117] •Valid as Bryaninops amplus Larson 1985 -- (Randall et al. 1990:395 [ref. 15987] as ampulus, Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:xiii [ref. 21953], Larson & Williams 1997:368 [ref. 23967], Kuiter 1997:358 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:395 [ref. 25919], Anderson et al. 1998:27 [ref. 23611], Randall & Kunzmann 1998:481 [ref. 23919], Myers 1999:246 [ref. 23965], Krupp et al. 2000:331 [ref. 25117], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1216 [ref. 25182], Randall & Earle 2000:19 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:119 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3595 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1216 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:643 [ref. 27495], Greenfield & Randall 2004:511 [ref. 28175], Mundy 2005:473 [ref. 28379], Hoese & Larson 2006:1629 [ref. 29097], Randall 2007:396 [ref. 30952], Larson et al. 2008:147 [ref. 29532], Caratini & Soriano 2011:37 [ref. 39915], Allen & Erdmann 2012:894 [ref. 31980], Suzuki & Randall 2014:16 [ref. 33142], Larson et al. 2013:192 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2018:327 [ref. 35805], Eagderi et al. 2019:60 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:274 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:105 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:53 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Bryaninops amplus Larson 1985. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Madagascar and Maldives east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.
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