dorsopurpurea, Eviota Greenfield [D. W.] & Randall [J. E.] 2011:59, Figs. 2-4,16-18 [Zootaxa No. 2997; ref. 31475] East end of Milne Bay, Sullivan's Patches, 10.3600°S, 150.7250°E, Papua New Guinea, depth 26 meters. Holotype: BPBM 36217. Paratypes: BPBM 36917 (1), CAS 232707 (1), USNM 400921 (1). Plus non-type material. •Valid as Eviota dorsopurpurea Greenfield & Randall 2011 -- (Allen & Erdmann 2012:914 [ref. 31980], Greenfield et al. 2014:3 [ref. 33111], Greenfield & Tornabene 2014:139 [ref. 33294], Tornabene et al. 2016:1829 [ref. 34439], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:84 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Parenti 2021:140 [ref. 38603], Allen & Erdmann 2024:1021 [ref. 40796], Greenfield et al. 2025:73 [ref. 42411]). Current status: Valid as Eviota dorsopurpurea Greenfield & Randall 2011. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Milne Bay (Papua New Guinea). Habitat: marine.