pruinosa, Eviota Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:391, Fig. 82 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Pago Pago, American Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51779. Paratypes: CAS-SU 8705 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:106 [ref. 12291]. The species epithet is an adjective. •Valid as Palutrus pruinosa (Jordan & Seale 1906) -- (Larson & Williams 1997:369 [ref. 23967] but changed to sp. with correction slip, Myers 1999:257 [ref. 23965]). •Valid as Palutrus pruinosus (Jordan & Seale 1906) -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293]). Current status: Valid as Palutrus pruinosus (Jordan & Seale 1906). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: South Pacific: American Samoa. Habitat: marine.