distigma, Eviota Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:389, Fig. 79 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Pago Pago, Tutuila Island, American Samoa. Lectotype: CAS-SU 8710. Paralectotypes: USNM 51767 (4). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:106 [ref. 12291]. Lectotype selected by Lachner & Karnella 1978:7 [ref. 8814]. •Synonym of Eviota abax (Jordan & Snyder 1901) -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:342 [ref. 7348]). •Valid as Eviota distigma Jordan & Seale 1906 -- (Dor 1984:244 [ref. 29757], Shimada & Yoshino 1993:2 [ref. 24324], Goren & Dor 1994:64 [ref. 25356], Myers 1999:253 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:508 [ref. 24106], Nakabo 2000:1178 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1178 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:58 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S119 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:644 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:27 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3328 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:530 [ref. 28239], Herler & Hilgers 2005:109 [ref. 28528], Hoese & Larson 2006:1643 [ref. 29097], Fricke et al. 2009:100 [ref. 30213], Greenfield & Randall 2010:271 [ref. 30765], Motomura et al. 2010:209 [ref. 31256], Hoese & Stewart 2012:66 [ref. 32113], Allen & Erdmann 2012:913 [ref. 31980], Greenfield et al. 2014:487 [ref. 33193], Greenfield & Jewett 2014:58 [ref. 33326], Fricke et al. 2014:163 [ref. 33932], Greenfield & Randall 2016:32, 37 [ref. 34356], Greenfield & Jewett 2016:599 [ref. 34594], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:52 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Fricke et al. 2018:329 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:152 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:16 [ref. 36883], Parenti 2021:139 [ref. 38603], Wada et al. 2021:48 [ref. 38521], Larson 2022:80 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:11 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Eviota distigma Jordan & Seale 1906. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to Western Australia, New Caledonia and Austral Islands (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.
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