caninoides, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1852:274 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 3 (no. 2); ref. 16825] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (3) RMNH 4544 (2 or 3 of 6). Original as caninoïdes. •Valid as Oplopomus caninoides (Bleeker 1852) -- (Randall & Goren 1993:15 [ref. 21131], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:297 [ref. 24014], Larson & Williams 1997:369 [ref. 23967], Iwata et al. 1998:117 [ref. 23379], Suzuki et al. 1999:4 [ref. 24395], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:639 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1195 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1195 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Randall 2005:543 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1668 [ref. 29097], Shibukawa 2009:280 [ref. 30449], Allen & Erdmann 2012:983 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:202 [ref. 32988], Prokofiev 2016:648 [ref. 35020], Motomura et al. 2017:199 [ref. 35490], Larson 2022:117 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Oplopomus caninoides (Bleeker 1852). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Persian Gulf, Madagascar and Maldives east to Solomon Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.