longipinnis, Eleotris Lay [G. T.] & Bennett [E. T.] 1839:64, Pl. 20 (fig. 3) [The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage; ref. 2730] Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Syntypes (2): not preserved. Based on notes and a sketch by Mr. Collie, and notes by Mr. Lay. •Valid as Valenciennea longipinnis (Lay & Bennett 1839) -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:243 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:136 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:409 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:362 [ref. 23929], Hoese & Larson 1994:28 [ref. 12483], Allen 1997:218 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:344 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:409 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:243 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1170 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:415 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3600 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1170 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:61 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:556 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1693 [ref. 29097], Motomura et al. 2010:222 [ref. 31256], Suzuki et al. 2011:61 [ref. 31568], Allen & Erdmann 2012:987 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:175 [ref. 33932], Suzuki et al. 2016:2 [ref. 34434], Fricke et al. 2019:291 [ref. 36673], Ghaffar in Motomura et al. 2021:74 [ref. 38121]). Current status: Valid as Valenciennea longipinnis (Lay & Bennett 1839). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: eastern Malaya (Malaysia) and Indonesia east to Yap (Micronesia), Fiji and Tonga, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.