tricolor, Ptereleotris Smith [J. L. B.] 1957:817, Fig. 1 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12) v. 9 (no. 107) (art. 10); ref. 4110] Wamizi Island, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 273. Paratypes: (4) not researched. •Synonym of Ptereleotris evides (Jordan & Hubbs 1925) -- (Dor 1984:249 [ref. 29757], Shen & Lin 1984:18 [ref. 13822], Randall & Hoese 1985:11 [ref. 5197], Hoese 1986:802 [ref. 5670], Randall et al. 1990:416 [ref. 15987], Randall & Shen 2002:491 [ref. 26738], Golani & Fricke 2018:164 [ref. 36273], Larson 2022:195 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Ptereleotris evides (Jordan & Hubbs 1925). Microdesmidae: Ptereleotrinae. Habitat: marine.