unisquamis, Hazeus Gosline [W. A.] 1959:70, Fig. 3 [Pacific Science v. 13 (no. 1); ref. 1861] Reef about 200 yards west of Diamond Head, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands [Western Australia and Indonesia east to Hawaiian and Society islands, north to Taiwan, south to Queensland/Australia]. Holotype (unique): USNM 175009. Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:13 [ref. 37115]. Combined with a neuter genus, the adjective should be unisquame. •Valid as Trimma unisquame (Gosline 1959) (often seen as unisquamis) -- (Myers 1999:260 [ref. 23965], Larson & Murdy 2001:3600 [ref. 26293], Winterbottom 2002:49 [ref. 26166], Randall et al. 2002:162 [ref. 26192], Myers & Donaldson 2003:645 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Greenfield & Randall 2004:546 [ref. 28175], Randall 2005:19 [ref. 28161], Randall 2005:554 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:482 [ref. 28379], Hoese & Larson 2006:1691 [ref. 29097], Hagiwara & Winterbottom 2007:164 [ref. 29103], Suzuki & Senou 2007:179 [ref. 29102], Randall 2007:404 [ref. 30952], Randall 2009:189 [ref. 30557], Hoese & Larson 2010:374 [ref. 31045], Winterbottom & Hoese 2015:21, 90 [ref. 33709], Winterbottom 2019:13 [ref. 37115], Parenti 2021:244 [ref. 38603], Winterbottom & Zur in Larson 2022:147 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Trimma unisquame (Gosline 1959). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Comoros, Mascarenes (Mauritius) and Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Easter Island (Chile), south to northern Australia, Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia) and Tonga. Habitat: marine.
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