evermanni, Gnathypops Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1902:493, Fig. 6 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 24 (no. 1263); ref. 2513] Wakanoura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, Inland Sea. Holotype: CAS-SU 6542. Paratypes: USNM 50279 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:89 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Opistognathus evermanni (Jordan & Snyder 1902) -- (Machida in Masuda et al. 1984:200 [ref. 6441], Smith-Vaniz 1999:2589 [ref. 24833], Myoung et al. 1999:141 [ref. 25170], Nakabo 2000:741 [ref. 25086], Smith-Vaniz in Randall & Lim 2000:612 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:741 [ref. 26001], Hiramatsu & Endo 2013:22 [ref. 32573], Sonoyama et al. 2020:57 [ref. 37637], Mariasingarayan et al. 2021:[2] [ref. 38474], Shinohara 2021:165 [ref. 38285], Smith-Vaniz 2023:54 [ref. 40049]). Current status: Valid as Opistognathus evermanni (Jordan & Snyder 1902). Opistognathidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, northwestern Pacific: Bay of Bengal (India); Vietnam, Philippines to southern Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan). Habitat: marine.