afelei, Eviota Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:387, Fig. 77 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Pago Pago, American Samoa. Lectotype: CAS-SU 8715. Paralectotypes: CAS 43542 [ex CAS-SU 8715] (6), USNM 51763 (3) Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:106 [ref. 12291]. Lectotype selected by Lachner & Karnella 1980:95 [ref. 6916]. •Valid as Eviota afelei Jordan & Seale 1906 -- (Yoshino & Shimada in Masuda et al. 1984:244 [ref. 6441], Kuiter 1993:355 [ref. 23929], Myers 1999:253 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1184 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1184 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:57 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:644 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:76 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:27 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:529 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1642 [ref. 29097], Greenfield & Suzuki 2011:66 [ref. 31244], Allen & Erdmann 2012:912 [ref. 31980], Tornabene et al. 2013:378 [ref. 32884], Greenfield et al. 2014:484 [ref. 33193], Suzuki & Greenfield 2014:35 [ref. 33412], Suzuki et al. 2015:399 [ref. 33946], Greenfield & Randall 2016:34, 35 [ref. 34356], Greenfield & Jewett 2016:76 [ref. 34495], Tornabene & Greenfield 2016:6 [ref. 34518], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:71, 73 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Parenti 2021:137 [ref. 38603], Fujiwara et al. 2022:91 [ref. 39094]). Current status: Valid as Eviota afelei Jordan & Seale 1906. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Timor Sea and Papua New Guinea east to Tuamotu Archipelago, north to southern Japan. Habitat: marine.