phalaena, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:92 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Vanikoro Island, Santa Cruz Islands, southwestern Pacific. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-1159. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:38 [ref. 19958]. •Synonym of Amblygobius albimaculatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Maugé 1986:359 [ref. 6218]). •Valid as Amblygobius phalaena (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:134 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:393 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:357 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:166 [ref. 25479], Suzuki et al. 1995:2 [ref. 24352], Allen 1997:216 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:344 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:393 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:242 [ref. 23965], Johnson 1999:748 [ref. 25471], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:635 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1237 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:407 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:241 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:118 [ref. 25868], Larson & Murdy 2001:3595 [ref. 26293], Sakai et al. 2001:109 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:1237 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:56 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:643 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:176 [ref. 27510], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:176 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:75 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:26 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:518 [ref. 28239], Larson et al. 2008:146 [ref. 29532], Motomura et al. 2010:203 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:956 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:189 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:158 [ref. 33932], Prokofiev 2016:643 [ref. 35020], Koeda et al. 2016:88 [ref. 35333], Daniel et al. 2018:116 [ref. 36171], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:255 [ref. 36460], Fricke et al. 2019:273 [ref. 36673], Hoschke et al. 2019:160 [ref. 36626], Okamoto in Motomura et al. 2021:67 [ref. 38121], Parenti 2021:90 [ref. 38603], Allen & Erdmann 2024:1098 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Amblygobius phalaena (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Islands (India) and Cocos-Keeling Islands (Australia) east to Marquesas and Tuamotu Islands (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), Sydney (New South Wales, Australia) and Lord Howe Island. Habitat: marine.
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