Species that contain: Fusigobius and inframaculatus [ 1 ] records inframaculatus, Coryphopterus Randall [J. E.] 1994:331, Fig. 3; Pls. 12-13 [Fauna of Saudi Arabia v. 14; ref. 21639] Base of drop off, northeastern side of Jana Island, Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia, depth 15 meters. Holotype: BPBM 30456. Paratypes: AMS I.34201-001 (2); BMNH 1993.7.21.3-4 (2); BPBM 35460 (1); ROM 39901 (1), 39928 (1); USNM 326155 (2). •Valid as Coryphopterus inframaculatus Randall 1994 -- (Randall 1995:332 [ref. 22896], Anderson et al. 1998:27 [ref. 23611], Carpenter et al. 1997:213 [ref. 23922], Randall 2001:207 [ref. 25665], Myers & Donaldson 2003:644 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:524 [ref. 28239], Shao et al. 2008:261 [ref. 29952], Parenti 2021:120 [ref. 38603]). •Valid as Fusigobius inframaculatus (Randall 1994) -- (Chen & Shao 1997:90 [ref. 23347], Nakabo 2000:1247 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1247 [ref. 26193], Thacker & Cole 2002:839 [ref. 26548], Allen & Adrim 2003:58 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Randall et al. 2004:27 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3328 [ref. 27945], Hoese & Larson 2006:1651 [ref. 29097], Shibukawa 2009:274 [ref. 30449], Motomura et al. 2010:212 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:971 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:269 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:165 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988], Koeda et al. 2016:91 [ref. 35333], Eagderi et al. 2019:63 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:284 [ref. 36673], Pinault et al. 2019:387 [ref. 36447], Zajonz et al. 2019:96 [ref. 36871], Fujiwara in Motomura et al. 2021:71 [ref. 38121], Parenti 2021:157 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:89 [ref. 39971], Mochizuki et al. 2022:27 [ref. 39612], Sato et al. 2023:14 [ref. 40019], Fricke et al. 2024:73 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Fusigobius inframaculatus (Randall 1994). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Comoros, Saint Brandon's Shoals (Cargados Carajos) and western Mascarenes (La RĂ©union, Mauritius) east to Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to Queensland (Australia). IUCN (2019): Least concern. Habitat: marine.
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