milta, Trimma Winterbottom [R.] 2002:46, Figs. 1-4 [aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 5 (no. 2); ref. 26166] Just northwest of Papetoai at mouth of Opunohu Bay, 17°29'15"S, 149°52'33"W, Moorea, Society Islands [French Polynesia, South Pacific], depth 9-15 meters. Holotype: ROM 59750. Paratypes: AMS I.39772-001 (32); BPBM 8617 (5), 9410 (2); CAS 59921 (11); MNHN 1991-0093 to 0102 (10); ROM 1307CS (10, c&s), 59748-49 (6, 17), 59751-54 (48, 47, 1, 39), 59816 (34); USNM 315086 (10). Plus non-type material. Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:38 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Trimma milta Winterbottom 2002 -- (Allen & Adrim 2003:60 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:192 [ref. 27510], Greenfield & Randall 2004:545 [ref. 28175], Randall 2005:553 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:481 [ref. 28379], Winterbottom 2006:59 [ref. 28810], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:352 [ref. 28867], Hoese & Larson 2006:1689 [ref. 29097], Hagiwara & Winterbottom 2007:164 [ref. 29103], Winterbottom & Southcott 2007:75 [ref. 29375], Randall 2007:404 [ref. 30952], Suzuki & Senou 2009:109 [ref. 30452], Dimara et al. 2010:621 [ref. 31108], Allen & Erdmann 2012:942 [ref. 31980], Winterbottom 2014:214 [ref. 33327], Winterbottom et al. 2014:382 [ref. 33402], Winterbottom & Hoese 2015:55 [ref. 33709], Suzuki et al. 2015:67 [ref. 33746], Hoese et al. 2015:539 [ref. 33990], Winterbottom 2019:38 [ref. 37115], Parenti 2021:240 [ref. 38603], Fujiwara et al. 2020:38 [ref. 38631]). Current status: Valid as Trimma milta Winterbottom 2002. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Western Australia and Indonesia east to Hawaiian Islands and Society Islands, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Queensland (Australia), Chesterfield Islands and Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia). Possibly restricted to Society Islands (see ref. 37115). Habitat: marine.
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