nebulosa, Eviota Smith [J. L. B.] 1958:141, Fig. 3 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 11; ref. 4118] Pinda, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 259. Paratypes: (4) SAIAB [formerly RUSI] (not investigated), USNM 209225 (1). •Valid as Eviota nebulosa Smith 1958 -- (Randall & Goren 1993:10 [ref. 21131], Myers 1999:254 [ref. 23965], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:58 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:644 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:27 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:532 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1645 [ref. 29097], Greenfield & Randall 2010:271 [ref. 30765], Hoese & Stewart 2012:66 [ref. 32113], Allen & Erdmann 2012:918 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:196 [ref. 32988] Greenfield et al. 2014:487 [ref. 33193], Greenfield & Jewett 2014:58 [ref. 33326], Greenfield & Randall 2016:32, 50 [ref. 34356], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:57 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:35 [ref. 35705], Fricke et al. 2018:329 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:281 [ref. 36673], Moore et al. 2020:110 [ref. 37357] as cf. nebulosa, Parenti 2021:145 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:82 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Eviota nebulosa Smith 1958. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Madagascar, Maldives and Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory) east to Micronesia and Fiji, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.