prasites, Eviota Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:387, Fig. 76 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Pago Pago, American Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51768. •Valid as Eviota prasites Jordan & Seale 1906 -- (Yoshino & Shimada in Masuda et al. 1984:244 [ref. 6441], Kuiter 1993:355 [ref. 23929], Randall 1997:6 [ref. 24375], Kuiter 1997:358 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:532 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:254 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1182 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:410 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:120 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1182 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:58 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:644 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:27 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:533 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1646 [ref. 29097], Greenfield & Suzuki 2010:61 [ref. 31021], Greenfield & Suzuki 2011:66 [ref. 31244], Greenfield & Jewett 2011:56 [ref. 31687], Greenfield & Suzuki 2012:60 [ref. 31797], Allen & Erdmann 2012:919 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:163 [ref. 33932], Greenfield & Randall 2016:31, 51 [ref. 34356], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:63 [ref. 35011], Koeda et al. 2016:90 [ref. 35333], Greenfield 2017:35 [ref. 35705], Golani & Fricke 2018:146 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:281 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:148 [ref. 38603], Allen & Erdmann 2024:1033 [ref. 40796], Golani & Fricke 2026:55 [ref. 42831]). Current status: Valid as Eviota prasites Jordan & Seale 1906. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Mariana Islands and Samoa, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island (Australia). Record from Red Sea needs verification. Habitat: marine.