caudomaculata, Trimma Yoshino [T.] & Araga [C.] in Masuda, Araga & Yoshino 1975:272, Pl. 89 (fig. m) [Coastal fishes of southern Japan; ref. 2902] Fringing reef off Nerome, Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, depth about 3 meters. Holotype: FAKU 62255 [ex SMBL 75057]. Paratypes: FAKU 62256-58 [ex SMBL 73035-37] (3), 62259-64 [ex SMBL 75058-63] (6); URB 78-0118 to 35 (18). Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:28, 30 [ref. 37115]. The gender of Trimma is neuter; the adjective should be caudomaculatum. •Synonym of Trimma tevegae Cohen & Davis 1969 -- (Winterbottom 1996:57 [ref. 22223], Winterbottom 2002:45 [ref. 26166], Randall 2005:554 [ref. 28239] with question, Winterbottom 2005:54 [ref. 28347]). •Valid as Trimma caudomaculatum Yoshino & Araga 1975 -- (Yoshino & Shimada in Masuda et al. 1984:245 [ref. 6441] as caudomaculata, Larson & Murdy 2001:3600 [ref. 26293] as caudimaculata and date as 1977, Nakabo 2002:1175 [ref. 26193] as caudomaculata, Winterbottom et al. 2014:426 [ref. 33155], Winterbottom & Hoese 2015:4 [ref. 33709], Suzuki et al. 2015:67 [ref. 33746], Winterbottom 2016:19 [ref. 34613], Viviani et al. 2016:4 [ref. 34831], Winterbottom 2017:568 [ref. 35329], Winterbottom & Erdmann 2018:480 [ref. 36013], Winterbottom 2019:28, 30 [ref. 37115], Parenti 2021:233 [ref. 38603], Winterbottom & Zur in Larson 2022:140 [ref. 39971], Abe et al. 2024:11 [ref. 41435]). Current status: Valid as Trimma caudomaculatum Yoshino & Araga 1975. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Maldives east to New Britain (Papua New Guinea) and Solomon Islands, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Western Australia. Habitat: marine.