smaragdus, Eviota Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:388, Fig. 78 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Pago Pago, American Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51764. Paratypes: CAS-SU 8712 + 8854 (8); ?USNM 213872 (6). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:106 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Eviota smaragdus Jordan & Seale 1906 -- (Yoshino & Shimada in Masuda et al. 1984:243 [ref. 6441], Francis 1993:167 [ref. 25479], Myers 1999:254 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1179 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1179 [ref. 26193], Myers & Donaldson 2003:644 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:534 [ref. 28239], Matsuura & Senou 2006:348 [ref. 28813], Greenfield & Randall 2010:271 [ref. 30765], Greenfield & Randall 2010:62 [ref. 31036], Hoese & Stewart 2012:66 [ref. 32113], Greenfield & Allen 2012:45 [ref. 32255], Greenfield & Jewett 2014:58 [ref. 33326], Greenfield & Randall 2016:33, 60 [ref. 34356], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:38 [ref. 34537], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:42 [ref. 35011], Greenfield & Erdmann 2017:6 [ref. 35363], Greenfield 2017:35 [ref. 35705], Greenfield & Randall 2017:67 [ref. 35852], Parenti 2021:151 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota smaragdus Jordan & Seale 1906. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Ryukyu Islands and Ogasawara Islands (Japan); Guam east to Marshall Islands and Samoa, south to Scott Reef (Western Australia) and Norfolk Island (Australia). Habitat: marine.