coerulea, Pleurosicya Larson [H. K.] 1990:20, Fig. 16 [The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences v. 7 (no. 1); ref. 16607] Japtan Island, Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands. Holotype: NTM S.12658-001. Paratypes: AMS I.18045-033 (16), I.20757-073 (2), I.21318-058 (3); ANSP 165112 (23); CAS 36853 (3); NTM S.12298-001 (2), S.12657-001 (15), S.12658-002 (4); ROM 58022-23 (6, 9); URM P.7518 (2), P.11549 (4); USNM 209600 (27), 306883 (1), 306884 (13); WAM P.28025-044 (36), P.29048-007 (1). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:40 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:45 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Pleurosicya coerulea Larson 1990 -- (Myers 1999:258 [ref. 23965], Ikeda et al. 1999:23 [ref. 24155], Nakabo 2000:1217 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Randall et al. 2002:161 [ref. 26192], Nakabo 2002:1217 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:60 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:645 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Greenfield & Randall 2004:537 [ref. 28175], Randall 2005:546 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1675 [ref. 29097], Allen & Erdmann 2012:905 [ref. 31980], Larson 2022:123 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Pleurosicya coerulea Larson 1990. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Amirante Islands (Seychelles) and Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory) east to Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.