Species that contain: Bryaninops and ridens [ 2 ] records

bentuviai, Lobulogobius Goren [M.] 1984:78, Figs. 4a-c [Cybium v. 8 (no. 1); ref. 8221] Marsa Barecha, southern Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, Red Sea [ca. 27°47'N 34°13'E]. Holotype: TAU 6477 [= SMNHTAU]. Paratypes: TAU [= SMNHTAU] 6419 (5). •Synonym of Bryaninops ridens Smith 1959 -- (Suzuki et al. 2012:13 [ref. 31776], Golani & Fricke 2018:148 [ref. 36273], Larson 2022:54 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:6 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Synonym of Bryaninops ridens Smith 1959. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

ridens, Bryaninops Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:216, Fig. 34; Pl. 12 (fig. H) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 13; ref. 4122] Baixo Pinda, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 225. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 5442 (2). •Valid as Tenacigobius ridens (Smith 1959) -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:284 [ref. 6441]). •Valid as Bryaninops ridens Smith 1959 -- (Larson 1985:87 [ref. 5186], Larson 1987:144 [ref. 9091], Goren & Dor 1994:63 [ref. 25356], Anderson et al. 1998:27 [ref. 23611], Myers 1999:246 [ref. 23965], Nakabo 2000:1215 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3595 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1215 [ref. 26193], Randall et al. 2004:26 [ref. 27624], Herler & Hilgers 2005:107 [ref. 28528], Hoese & Larson 2006:1630 [ref. 29097], Caratini & Soriano 2011:38 [ref. 39915], Suzuki et al. 2012:13 [ref. 31776], Golani & Fricke 2018:148 [ref. 36273], Parenti 2021:107 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:54 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:6 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Bryaninops ridens Smith 1959. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Amirantes (Seychelles), western Mascerenes (La Réunion), Maldives and Chagos Archipelago east to Marshall Islands, Rotuma and Tonga, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.