punyit, Eviota Tornabene [L.], Valdez [S.] & Erdmann [M. V.] in Tornabene, Valdez, Erdmann & Pezold 2016:1816, Figs. 3-8 [Journal of Fish Biology v. 88 (no. 5); ref. 34439] Porter Patch, Brunei Darussalam, 04°53.475′N, 114°24.321′E. Holotype: CAS 238167. Paratypes: CAS 237333 (2), 238168 (2), 238169 (1), 238170 (1), 238171 (2); NMW 94956 (1), 94957 (1). •Valid as Eviota punyit Tornabene, Valdez & Erdmann 2016 -- (Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:79 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:35 [ref. 35705], Golani & Fricke 2018:152 [ref. 36273], Zajonz et al. 2019:96 [ref. 36871] as cf. punyit, Parenti 2021:148 [ref. 38603], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:13 [ref. 40247], Anto et al. 2024:4 [ref. 40874], Fricke et al. 2024:73 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Eviota punyit Tornabene, Valdez & Erdmann 2016. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Oman, Seychelles, Comoros, western Mascarenes (La Réunion) and Lakshadweep (India) east to eastern Indonesia, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan). Habitat: marine.