benjamini, Trimma Winterbottom [R.] 1996:57, Figs. 1-4 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 23 (no. 1/2); ref. 22223] Siquijor Island, Tonga Point, 9°12'17"N, 123°27'14"E, Philippines. Holotype: ROM 53038. Paratypes: LACM 42491-70 (1); ROM 49008 (1), 49226-28 (2, 3, 17), 53025-37 (2, 4, 2, 11, 7, 8, 4, 3, 10, 36, 26, 4, 35), 53219 (76), 1309CS (5), 69533 (4); USNM 26490 (10), 264696 (5). Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:52 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Trimma benjamini Winterbottom 1996 -- (Randall et al. 1997:409 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:259 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Larson & Murdy 2001:3600 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:60 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:645 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:191 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:552 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1688 [ref. 29097], Hagiwara & Winterbottom 2007:164 [ref. 29103], Winterbottom & Southcott 2007:75 [ref. 29375], Winterbottom et al. 2011:295 [ref. 31396], Allen & Erdmann 2012:935 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:173 [ref. 33932], Winterbottom & Hoese 2015:14 [ref. 33709], Suzuki et al. 2015:67 [ref. 33746], Hoese et al. 2015:539 [ref. 33990], Fricke et al. 2019:290 [ref. 36673], Winterbottom 2019:52 [ref. 37115], Parenti 2021:232 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Trimma benjamini Winterbottom 1996. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia and Vietnam east to Marshall Islands, Tonga and Samoa, north to Philippines, south to Western Australia, Great Barrier Reef/Queensland (Australia) and Lord Howe Island (Australia). Habitat: marine.