nanus, Trimmatom Winterbottom [R.] & Emery [A. R.] 1981:143, Figs. 4-6 [Environmental Biology of Fishes v. 6 (no. 2); ref. 4757] Salomon Atoll, Chagos Archipelago, northern Indian Ocean, 5°18'04"S, 72°15'44"E, depth 18-25 meters. Holotype: ROM 36617. Paratypes: (21 lots, 92 specimens): AMS I.21979-001 (4), BMNH 1980.8.18.1-4 (4), CAS 46636 (3), NMC (1 lot), ROM (15 lots), SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 459 (2), USNM 224881 (3). •Valid as Trimmatom nanus Winterbottom & Emery 1981 -- (Winterbottom 1989:1405 [ref. 14487], Winterbottom 1990:254 [ref. 18226], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3600 [ref. 26293], Winterbottom 2001:20 [ref. 26167], Winterbottom 2002:49 [ref. 26166], Randall et al. 2002:162 [ref. 26192], Allen & Adrim 2003:60 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:555 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1691 [ref. 29097], Bogorodsky et al. 2010:126 [ref. 30896], Dimara et al. 2010:621 [ref. 31108], Allen & Erdmann 2012:949 [ref. 31980], Golani & Fricke 2018:162 [ref. 36273], Winterbottom & Zur in Larson 2022:148 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:25 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Trimmatom nanus Winterbottom & Emery 1981. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Mascarenes (Mauritius), Maldives and Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory) east to Society Islands (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.