grammepomus, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1849:34 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [6]; ref. 319] Purworedjo [Purworejo], Bongowoto River, Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 4939. •Synonym of Chonophorus melanocephalus (Bleeker 1849) -- (Maugé 1986:365 [ref. 6218]). •Synonym of Awaous ocellaris (Broussonet 1782) -- (Wu & Ni in Kuang et al. 1986:278 [ref. 26639]). •Valid as Awaous grammepomus (Bleeker 1849) -- (Pethiyagoda 1991:243 [ref. 20075], Ataur Rahman 1989:305 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:927 [ref. 20764], Kottelat et al. 1993:142 [ref. 23448], Indra 1993:190 [ref. 24009], Rainboth 1996:202 [ref. 22772], Ataur Rahman 2003:331 [ref. 31338], Ahmed et al. 2013:287 [ref. 32872], Kottelat 2013:400 [ref. 32989], Miesen et al. 2016:93 [ref. 34492], Al-Jufaili et al. 2021:[3] [ref. 38743], Jamandre 2023:167 [ref. 40455], Seth et al. 2023:13 [ref. 40589]). Current status: Valid as Awaous grammepomus (Bleeker 1849). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: India, Sri Lanka, east to Philippines and New Guinea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.