Species that contain: Valenciennea and sexguttata [ 5 ] records

lantzii, Eleotris Thominot [A.] 1878:256 [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 2; ref. 17901] Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean [Madagascar on Paris register]. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-6482. Non-types: BMNH 1908.3.23.228-229 (2) Chagos. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:22 [ref. 19958]. Figure appeared in Sauvage 1891:381, Pl. 41 (fig. 6) [ref. 14503]. •Synonym of Valenciennea sexguttata (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Hoese & Larson 1994:54 [ref. 12483], Fricke 1999:524 [ref. 24106], Larson 2022:151 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea sexguttata (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

pallidus, Eleotriodes Klausewitz [W.] 1960:7, Figs. 1-2 [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 41 (nos 1/2); ref. 11925] Madewaru Island, Fadiffulu Atoll, Maldives, about 3 meters. Holotype: SMF 4758. Paratypes: SMF 4759 (1), 4843 (1). •Synonym of Valenciennea sexguttata (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Randall & Goren 1993:23 [ref. 21131], Hoese & Larson 1994:54 [ref. 12483], Larson 2022:151 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea sexguttata (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

sexguttata, Eleotris Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:254 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. Syntypes: MNHN A-1570 (1), A-4269 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:22 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Valenciennea sexguttata (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Dor 1984:251 [ref. 29757], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:243 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:806 [ref. 5670] as sexguttatus, Randall et al. 1990:410 [ref. 15987], Randall & Goren 1993:23 [ref. 21131], Hoese & Larson 1994:54 [ref. 12483], Randall et al. 1994:250 [ref. 21645], Goren & Dor 1994:67 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:344 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:220 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:215 [ref. 23922], Randall et al. 1997:410 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:244 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:524 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:93 [ref. 37268], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1170 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:122 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3600 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1170 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:61 [ref. 26830] as sexguttatus, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:194 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27715], Heemstra et al. 2004:3329 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:557 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1695 [ref. 29097], Fricke et al. 2009:104 [ref. 30213], Shibukawa 2009:288 [ref. 30449], Suzuki et al. 2011:61 [ref. 31568], Allen & Erdmann 2012:989 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:176 [ref. 33932], Suzuki et al. 2016:2 [ref. 34434], Koeda et al. 2016:96 [ref. 35333], Kovačić et al. 2017:[3]1231 [ref. 36099], Fricke et al. 2018:343 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:163 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:17 [ref. 36883], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:123 [ref. 40104], Eagderi et al. 2019:67 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:292 [ref. 36673], Ghaffar in Motomura et al. 2021:75 [ref. 38121], Dewa et al. 2022:29 [ref. 40001], Larson 2022:151 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:25 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Valenciennea sexguttata (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Samoa and Tonga, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Western Australia and Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

stuhlmannii, Salarigobius Pfeffer [G. J.] 1893:141 [13], Pl. 3 (figs. 6-7) [Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten v. 10; ref. 3461] Kokotoni, East Africa. Holotype (unique): ZMH H7591 [ex 19351]. Type catalog: Wilkens & Dohse 1993:420 [ref. 21161]. On p. 13 of separate. •Synonym of Valenciennea sexguttata (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Hoese & Larson 1994:54 [ref. 12483], Larson 2022:151 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea sexguttata (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

violifera, Valenciennea Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:383, Pl. 52 (fig. 2) [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51771. Paratypes: AMS I.7383 (3), BPBM 5331 (1), CAS-SU 8703 + 9110 (12); USNM 126362 [ex USBF 1256] (6), 175135 [ex 51771] (8). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:124 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:107 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Valenciennea sexguttata (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Hoese & Larson 1994:54 [ref. 12483], Randall 2005:557 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Synonym of Valenciennea sexguttata (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.