parva, Valenciennea Hoese [D. F.] & Larson [H. K.] 1994:37, Pls. 3A, 5H [Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 23; ref. 12483] Lizard Island lagoon, Queensland, Australia, depth 1-10 meters. Holotype: AMS I.19108-083. Paratypes: AMS (12 lots, 47 spec.); ANSP 151611-13 (3, 14, 2); BMNH 1983.4.26.1-3 (3); BPBM 20319 (1), 27784 (1), 27796 (18), 27807 (10); CAS 36840-41 (20, 1), 36843-52 (13, 2, 1, 5, 6, 1, 1, 42, now 13, 1), 53132 (1); CSIRO B 1585 (3); MNHN 1984-707 (1); QM 21262 (6); URM P.4021 (1); USNM 168231 (1), 216335 (1), 258651 (4), 258660-61 (4, 18), 258662 (1), 258664 (2); WAM P.27973-001 (1); YCM 2917 (1). Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:46 [ref. 30117], Shibata et al. 2011:21 [ref. 31469]. •Valid as Valenciennea parva Hoese & Larson 1994 -- (Allen 1997:220 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:411 [ref. 25919], Anderson et al. 1998:28 [ref. 23611], Myers 1999:244 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1171 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:415 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:121 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3600 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1171 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:61 [ref. 26830], Randall 2005:556 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1694 [ref. 29097], Shibata et al. 2011:21 [ref. 31469], Suzuki et al. 2011:61 [ref. 31568], Allen & Erdmann 2012:988 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:175 [ref. 33932], Suzuki et al. 2016:2 [ref. 34434], Kovačić et al. 2017:[3]1231 [ref. 36099], Fricke et al. 2018:343 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:163 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:291 [ref. 36673], Larson 2022:150 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:25 [ref. 40247], Allen et al. 2024:1359 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Valenciennea parva Hoese & Larson 1994. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles, Madagascar and Maldives east to Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.