shimadai, Eviota Greenfield [D. W.] & Randall [J. E.] 2010:274, 7-10, 37C [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences V. 61 (no. 3); ref. 30765] Hatoma Channel, Iriomate Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, depth 7 meters. Holotype: NSMT-P 94898. Paratypes: BPBM 35112 (1), 35173 (1)35322 (1), 38653 (1); CAS 227275 (1); OMNH-P 34244 (1); ROM 84564 (6), 84584 (3), 84590 (1), 84598 (1). Plus 1 non-type specimen. •Valid as Eviota shimadai Greenfield & Randall 2010 -- (Dimara et al. 2010:621 [ref. 31108], Greenfield & Randall 2011:64 [ref. 31475], Allen & Erdmann 2012:922 [ref. 31980], Tornabene et al. 2013:2 [ref. 32884], Greenfield & Erdmann 2013:596 [ref. 32993], Greenfield et al. 2014:5 [ref. 33111], Greenfield & Tornabene 2014:139 [ref. 33294], Fricke et al. 2014:164 [ref. 33932], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:81 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:35 [ref. 35705], Parenti 2021:150 [ref. 38603], Balisco et al. 2023:5 [ref. 39932]). Current status: Valid as Eviota shimadai Greenfield & Randall 2010. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Bali (Indonesia) east to Palawan (Pjilippines), Palau and West Papua (Indonesia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan) and Ogasawara Islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.