muralis, Eleotris Valenciennes [A.] (ex Quoy & Gaimard) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:253, Pl. 357 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Tikopia, 12°20'S, 168°50'E, Santa Cruz Archipelago, Solomon Islands, western Pacific. Syntypes: MNHN A-1577 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:22 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Valenciennea muralis (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:136 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:410 [ref. 15987], Hoese & Larson 1994:32 [ref. 12483], Allen 1997:218 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:369 [ref. 23967], Chen et al. 1997:132 [ref. 22867], Randall et al. 1997:410 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:243 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:251 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:121 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3600 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:61 [ref. 26830], Adrim et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27715], Hoese & Larson 2006:1693 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:150 [ref. 29532], Shibukawa 2009:288 [ref. 30449] as mularis, Allen & Erdmann 2012:987 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:208 [ref. 32988], Suzuki et al. 2016:2 [ref. 34434], Fricke et al. 2019:291 [ref. 36673], Ghaffar in Motomura et al. 2021:74 [ref. 38121], Islam et al. 2021:118 [ref. 38352]). Current status: Valid as Valenciennea muralis (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Sea and Indonesia east to New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Solomon Islands, north to Hong Kong (China), south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.