clara, Hetereleotris Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:392, Pl. 36 (fig. 2) [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Pago Pago, American Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51773. Paratypes: CAS-SU 8711 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:106 [ref. 12291]. Type information: Koumans 1940:124 [ref. 2676]. •Valid as Xenisthmus clarus (Jordan & Seale 1906) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:241 [ref. 6441], Gill in Randall & Lim 2000:641 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1153 [ref. 25182], Gill 2001:3606 [ref. 26295], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:1153 [ref. 26193], Gill & Hoese 2004:242 [ref. 27774], Randall 2005:560 [ref. 28239], Hoese 2006:1700 [ref. 28998], Parenti 2021:58 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Xenisthmus clarus (Jordan & Seale 1906). Xenisthmidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Ryukyu Islands (Japan); northern Australia; Samoa. Habitat: marine.