lachdeberei, Eviota Giltay [L.] 1933:93, Fig. 27 [Mémoires du Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique v. 5 (pt 3); ref. 16489] Between Banda Neira and Goenoeng Api, Indonesia. Syntypes: IRSNB 41 (2). Type catalog: Walschaerts 1987:45 [ref. 20755]. •Valid as Eviota lachdeberei Giltay 1933 -- (Shimada & Yoshino 1992:4 [ref. 24310], Myers 1999:253 [ref. 23965], Nakabo 2000:1180 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1180 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:58 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:644 [ref. 27495], Hoese & Larson 2006:1644 [ref. 29097], Randall 2008:292 [ref. 29721], Greenfield & Randall 2010:276 [ref. 30765], Greenfield & Randall 2011:64 [ref. 31475], Allen & Erdmann 2012:916 [ref. 31980], Tornabene et al. 2013:2 [ref. 32884], Greenfield & Erdmann 2013:596 [ref. 32993], Greenfield et al. 2014:3 [ref. 33111], Greenfield & Tornabene 2014:139 [ref. 33294], Fricke et al. 2014:163 [ref. 33932], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:81 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Parenti 2021:143 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota lachdeberei Giltay 1933. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, Western Pacific: Maluku (Indonesia) east to Pohnpei (Micronesia) and Papua New Guinea, south to Rowley Shoals (Western Australia). Habitat: marine.