masudai, Eviota Matsuura [K.] & Senou [H.] 2006:342, Figs. 1-3 [Memoirs of the National Science Museum Tokyo No. 41; ref. 28813] South coast of Boso Peninsula, 35°07.46'N, 140°16.96'E, Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan, depth 15 meters. Holotype: NSMT-P 72545. Paratypes: many, at AMS, BLIH, CBM, CMNH, KPM, NSMT and YCM. Plus non-type specimens. Type catalog: Shibata et al. 2011:20 [ref. 31469]. •Valid as Eviota masudai Matsuura & Senou 2006 -- (Greenfield & Randall 2010:271 [ref. 30765], Shibata et al. 2011:20 [ref. 31469], Hoese & Stewart 2012:66 [ref. 32113], Greenfield & Jewett 2014:58 [ref. 33326], Matsui et al. 2014:12 [ref. 33344], Motomura et al. 2015:29 [ref. 34709], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:38 [ref. 34537], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:41 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Sonoyama et al. 2020:104 [ref. 37637], Parenti 2021:144 [ref. 38603], Dewa et al. 2022:26 [ref. 40001]). Current status: Valid as Eviota masudai Matsuura & Senou 2006. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: southern Japan, including Ogasawara Islands and Oki Islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.