herrei, Eviota Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:390, Fig. 81 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa. Lectotype: USNM 51769. Paralectotypes: USNM 219448 [ex USNM 51769] (2). Lectotype selected by Lachner & Karnella 1980:51 [ref. 6916]. •Valid as Eviota herrei Jordan & Seale 1906 -- (Shimada & Yoshino 1993:3 [ref. 24324], Myers 1999:253 [ref. 23965], Nakabo 2000:1179 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1179 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:58 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:27 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:531 [ref. 28239], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:350 [ref. 28867], Hoese & Larson 2006:1644 [ref. 29097], Greenfield & Randall 2010:271 [ref. 30765], Hoese & Stewart 2012:66 [ref. 32113], Allen & Erdmann 2012:915 [ref. 31980], Greenfield et al. 2014:487 [ref. 33193], Greenfield & Jewett 2014:58 [ref. 33326], Fricke et al. 2014:163 [ref. 33932], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:31 [ref. 34537], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:52 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Parenti 2021:141 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota herrei Jordan & Seale 1906. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean and West Pacific: Indonesia east to Samoa, Tonga and Rapa, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. This species apparently from Samoa only [ref. 35011], other species may represent a species clomplex. Habitat: marine.