hectori, Seychellea Smith [J. L. B.] 1957:726, Fig. 3 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12) v. 9 (no. 106) (art. 93); ref. 4109] Mahé, Seychelles, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 214. Paratypes: AMS I.19415-001 [ex SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 730] (3); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 730 (orig. 36), 731 (20); USNM 210561 [ex SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 730] (3). •Valid as Seychellea hectori Smith 1957 -- (Goren 1979:51 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:250 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Amblygobius hectori (Smith 1957) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:256 [ref. 6441], Randall & Goren 1993:3 [ref. 21131], Goren & Dor 1994:62 [ref. 25356], Allen 1997:214 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:242 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:635 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1236 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:118 [ref. 25868], Larson & Murdy 2001:3594 [ref. 26293] dated 1956, Nakabo 2002:1236 [ref. 26193], Adrim et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27715], Shibukawa 2009:261 [ref. 30449], Koeda et al. 2016:88 [ref. 35333], Larson 2022:41 [ref. 39965]). •Valid as Koumansetta hectori (Smith 1957) -- (Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Randall 2005:541 [ref. 28239], Shao et al. 2008:262 [ref. 29952], Allen & Erdmann 2012:981 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:270 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2018:334 [ref. 35805], Kovačić et al. 2018:466 [ref. 36068], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[16] 254 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:157 [ref. 36273], Sandra et al. 2022:[5] [ref. 39181], Parenti 2021:190 [ref. 38603], Allen & Erdmann 2024:1130 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Koumansetta hectori (Smith 1957). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Aldabra (Seychelles) east to Philippines, Marshall Islands and Fiji, north to Ryukyu Islands and Yaeyama Islands (Japan), south to Papua New Guinea. Replaced in Red Sea by K. hoesei Kovačić, Bogorodsky, Mal & Alpermann 2018. Habitat: marine.