albofasciatus, Gobiodon Sawada [Y.] & Arai [R.] 1972:416, fig'd [Bulletin of the National Science Museum (Tokyo) v. 15 (no. 3); ref. 7643] Kabira, Ishigaki Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype: NSMT-P 17491. Paratypes: NSMT-P 17492 (1, 1). •Synonym of Gobiodon spilophthalmus Fower 1944 -- (Hoese & Larson 2006:1657 [ref. 29097]). •Questionably valid as Gobiodon albofasciatus Sawada & Arai 1972 -- (Harold et al. 2008:120 [ref. 29450]). •Synonym of Gobiodon heterospilos Bleeker 1856 -- (Shibukawa et al. 2013:141 [ref. 32951]). •Valid as Gobiodon albofasciatus Sawada & Arai 1972 -- (Yoshino & Yamamoto in Masuda et al. 1984:265 [ref. 6441], Harold & Winterbottom 1995:687 [ref. 21923], Harold & Winterbottom 1999:56 [ref. 23701], Munday et al. 1999:56 [ref. 24284] with question, Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1186 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1186 [ref. 26193], Larson et al. 2008:149 [ref. 29532], Herler et al. 2013:327 [ref. 32889], Parenti 2021:167 [ref. 38603]), Current status: Valid as Gobiodon albofasciatus Sawada & Arai 1972. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine.