heterospilos, Gobiodon Bleeker [P.] 1856:409 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 11 (no. 2); ref. 353] Kajeli, Buru Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (2) RMNH 4681 (1). •Valid as Gobiodon heterospilos Bleeker 1856 -- (Harold & Winterbottom 1995:687 [ref. 21923], Munday et al. 1999:54 [ref. 24284], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Hoese & Larson 2006:1656 [ref. 29097], Harold et al. 2008:120 [ref. 29450], Allen & Erdmann 2012:898 [ref. 31980], Herler et al. 3013:327 [ref. 32889], Shibukawa et al. 2013:144 [ref. 32951], Fricke et al. 2014:166 [ref. 33932], Allen 2021:18 [ref. 38272], Akaike et al. 2021:28 [ref. 38809], Parenti 2021:169 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gobiodon heterospilos Bleeker 1856. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia east to Palau and Palua New Guinea, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to northern Australia and Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.