nigriventris, Eviota Giltay [L.] 1933:93, Fig. 28 [Mémoires du Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique v. 5 (pt 3); ref. 16489] Between Banda Neira and Goenoeng Api, Indonesia. Syntypes: IRSNB 42A-B (2). Additional material: (1). Type catalog: Walschaerts 1987:45 [ref. 20755]. •Valid as Eviota nigriventris Giltay 1933 -- (Yoshino & Shimada in Masuda et al. 1984:244 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:401 [ref. 15987], Randall 1997:5 [ref. 24375], Randall et al. 1997:401 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:254 [ref. 23965], Nakabo 2000:1182 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:409 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:119 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1182 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:58 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:27 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:532 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1645 [ref. 29097], Shibukawa 2009:271 [ref. 30449], Greenfield & Randall 2010:276 [ref. 30765], Greenfield & Randall 2011:60 [ref. 31475], Allen & Erdmann 2012:919 [ref. 31980], Greenfield et al. 2014:3 [ref. 33111], Greenfield & Tornabene 2014:136 [ref. 33294], Fricke et al. 2014:163 [ref. 33932], Tornabene et al. 2016:1825 [ref. 34439], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:85 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:35 [ref. 35705], Fricke et al. 2019:281 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:146 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota nigriventris Giltay 1933. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: eastern Andaman Sea and Indonesia east to New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Chesterfield Islands (New Caledonia). Habitat: marine.