niuafoouensis, Salarias Fowler [H. W.] 1932:7, Fig. 3 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 81 (no. 2931); ref. 16368] Niuafoou Island, Tonga Islands. Holotype: USNM 91932. Paratypes: USNM 138298 (1). Type catalog: Springer et al. 1991:17 [ref. 18888]. •Tentatively a synonym of Entomacrodus epalzeocheilos (Bleeker 1859) -- (Randall 2005:492 [ref. 28239]). •Valid as Entomacrodus niuafoouensis (Fowler 1932) -- (Springer 1967:66 [ref. 18947], Springer 1972:11 [ref. 7647], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:298 [ref. 6441], Shen et al. 1986:32 [ref. 13821], Paulin et al. 1989:222 [ref. 24556], Francis 1993:166 [ref. 25479], Francis & Randall 1993:133 [ref. 20996], Myers 1999:225 [ref. 23965], Randall 1999:25 [ref. 25829], Springer in Randall & Lim 2000:633 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1099 [ref. 25182], Springer 2001:3544 [ref. 26290], Nakabo 2002:1099 [ref. 26193], Myers & Donaldson 2003:640 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:25 [ref. 27624], Patzner et al. 2009:454 [ref. 30396], Stewart et al. 2015:1535 [ref. 34301], Koeda et al. 2016:85 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:311 [ref. 35805], Furuhashi & Motomura 2022:16 [ref. 39607], Williams & Springer 2022:355 [ref. 39951]). Current status: Valid as Entomacrodus niuafoouensis (Fowler 1932). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius); South China Sea east to Mariana Islands and Pitcairn, north to Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Kermadec Islands and Tonga. Habitat: marine.