fringilla, Pleurosicya Larson [H. K.] 1990:25, Fig. 18 [The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences v. 7 (no. 1); ref. 16607] Lagoon side of barrier reef, Yanutha Islet, Lau Group, Fiji Islands, southwestern Pacific. Holotype: USNM 242091. Paratypes: AMS I.18051-078 (11), I.21915-077 (4), I. 22631-055 (3), I.29787-001 (2); ANSP 165113-15 (3, 2, 6); BPBM 16342 (1); CAS 68075 (2); NTM S.12225-008 (5), S.12652-001 (1), S.12653-001 (2); ROM 58025 (10); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 9533 (1); USNM 306885-87 (7, 2, 1); WAM P.27596-001 (2); YCM 1758 (2), 2760 (1). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:40 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:45 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Pleurosicya fringilla Larson 1990 -- (Ikeda et al. 1999:23 [ref. 24155], Fricke 1999:519 [ref. 24106], Nakabo 2000:1217 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1217 [ref. 26193], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3329 [ref. 27945], Greenfield & Randall 2004:536 [ref. 28175], Randall 2005:546 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1676 [ref. 29097], Allen & Erdmann 2012:906 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:206 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2018:338 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:287 [ref. 36673], Larson 2022:123 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Pleurosicya fringilla Larson 1990. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), Seychelles, Madagascar, Mauritius (Mascarenes, Rodrigues) and Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory) east to northern Gilbert Islands (Kiribati) and Gambier Islands (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Houtman Abrolhos (Western Australia), Queensland (Australia) and Tonga. Habitat: marine.