xanthorhinica, Stonogobiops Hoese [D. F.] & Randall [J. E.] 1982:10, Pls. 2C, 3A; Figs. 1, 3 [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 1; ref. 5297] South side of Rausch Pass, Madang, New Guinea, depth 38 meters. Holotype: BPBM 27475. Paratypes: AMS I.22475-001 (1, c&s), I.22476-001 (1), I.22477-001 (1), 22741-001 (1); BMNH 1982.1.26.4-6 (3); BPBM 19990 (1), 27476 (1); SMBL 78010-13 (1, 1, 1, 1) [not seen at FAKU]; USNM 231346 (1). Combined with a masculine genus, the adjective should be xanthorhinicus. •Valid as Stonogobiops xanthorhinicus Hoese & Randall 1982 (often seen as xanthorhinica) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:259 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:407 [ref. 15987], Iwata & Hirata 1994:189 [ref. 21443], Randall et al. 1997:407 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:241 [ref. 23965], Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Yoshino & Shimada 2001:408 [ref. 25786], Nakabo 2002:1224 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:60 [ref. 26830], Randall 2005:551 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1684 [ref. 29097], Allen & Erdmann 2012:882 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:172 [ref. 33932]). Current status: Valid as Stonogobiops xanthorhinicus Hoese & Randall 1982. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: East Indian region to Palau, to Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.