nigrispina, Eviota Greenfield [D. W.] & Suzuki [T.] 2010:57, Figs. 1-5 [Zootaxa No. 2655; ref. 31021] Nigura Inlet, Ishigaki-jima Island, 24°24'01.50"N, 124°06'39.81"E, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, depth 20 meters. Holotype: OMNH-P35615. Paratypes: CAS 229934 [ex OMNHP32482] (1), OMNH- P35254 (1), P35614 (1), P35640 (1). •Valid as Eviota nigrispina Greenfield & Suzuki 2010 -- (Greenfield & Jewett 2011:56 [ref. 31687], Greenfield & Suzuki 2012:61 [ref. 31797], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:61 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:35 [ref. 35705], Parenti 2021:146 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota nigrispina Greenfield & Suzuki 2010. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: West Papua (Indonesia); Ryukyu Islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.