prasinus, Eleotris Klunzinger [C. B.] 1871:481 [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 21; ref. 2622] Al-Qusair, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea. Lectotype: SMF 1693. Paralectotypes: SMF 13721 (3); ZIN 2614 (2); ZMB 8017 (2), 10505 (1). Lectotype selected by Lachner & Karnella 1978:13 [ref. 8814]. •Valid as Eviota prasina (Klunzinger 1871) -- (Dor 1984:244 [ref. 29757], Yoshino & Shimada in Masuda et al. 1984:244 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:787 [ref. 5670], Randall & Goren 1993:10 [ref. 21131], Francis 1993:167 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:64 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:335 [ref. 22896], Randall 1997:6 [ref. 24375], Myers 1999:254 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:509 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:93 [ref. 37268], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1183 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:120 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1183 [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], Herler & Hilgers 2005:111 [ref. 28528], Hoese & Larson 2006:1646 [ref. 29097], Fricke et al. 2009:101 [ref. 30213], Greenfield & Suzuki 2011:66 [ref. 31244], Motomura et al. 2010:210 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:919 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:269 [ref. 32706], Tornabene et al. 2013:378 [ref. 32884], Larson et al. 2013:196 [ref. 32988], Greenfield et al. 2014:484 [ref. 33193], Suzuki & Greenfield 2014:35 [ref. 33412], Fricke et al. 2014:163 [ref. 33932], Motomura et al. 2015:29 [ref. 34709], Greenfield & Jewett 2016:76 [ref. 34495], Tornabene & Greenfield 2016:6 [ref. 34518], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:56 [ref. 34754], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:70, 74 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:35 [ref. 35705], Fricke et al. 2018:330 [ref. 35805], Greenfield & Randall 2017:67 [ref. 35852], Kwun et al. 2017:143 [ref. 37287], Golani & Fricke 2018:152 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:16 [ref. 36883], Zajonz et al. 2019:96 [ref. 36871] as cf. prasina, Fujiwara et al. 2019:12 [ref. 37032], Kim et al. 2020:169 [ref. 39118], Parenti 2021:148 [ref. 38603], Wada et al. 2021:48 [ref. 38521], Larson 2022:84 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:12 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Eviota prasina (Klunzinger 1871). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Palau and Tuamotu Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Korea, southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island (Australia) and Tonga. Habitat: marine.