zonatus, Leioeleotris Fowler [H. W.] 1934:494, Fig. 48 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 86; ref. 1419] St. Lucia coast, northern Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype: ANSP 54992. Paratypes: ANSP 54993 (1), USNM 103111 [ex ANSP 54994] (1). Additional material (8). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:111 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Hetereleotris zonata (Fowler 1934) -- (Hoese 1986:20 [ref. 5996], Hoese 1986:793 [ref. 5670], Randall 1995:338 [ref. 22896], Fricke 1999:516 [ref. 24106], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Hoese & Larson 2005:15 [ref. 28571], Shibukawa 2010:90 [ref. 30808], Schliewen 2011:218 [ref. 31738], Arndt & Fricke 2019:17 [ref. 36883], Kovačić et al. 2019:504 [ref. 36728], Zajonz et al. 2019:96 [ref. 36871], Parenti 2021:186 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:110 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Hetereleotris zonata (Fowler 1934). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), Oman, Socotra (Yemen), ?Seychelles and Mauritius (Mascarenes) east to western India. Habitat: marine.