punctulata, Eviota Jewett [S. L.] & Lachner [E. A.] 1983:793, Figs. 6-7 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 96 (no. 4); ref. 5368] Great Astrolabe Reef, north of Vuro Island, Fiji Islands, Southern Pacific. Holotype: USNM 224550. Paratypes: AMNH 42918-20 (1, 7, 1); AMS I.18739-102 (3), I.18740-107 (11), I.20762-045 (1), I.21343-008 (4), I.21539-082 (1), I.22209-001 (2), I.22213-001 (5); ANSP 146492 (4), 146494-95 (4, 1); CAS 47909-11 (5, 3, 3); USNM 224541-49 (4, 3, 18, 1, 1, 4, 7, 18, 17). •Valid as Eviota punctulata Jewett & Lachner 1983 -- (Shimada & Yoshino 1992:4 [ref. 24314], Randall 1997:7 [ref. 24375], Myers 1999:254 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1184 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1184 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:58 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:27 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:533 [ref. 28239], Randall et al. 2005:129 [ref. 28745], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:350 [ref. 28867], Hoese & Larson 2006:1646 [ref. 29097], Shibukawa 2009:272 [ref. 30449], Greenfield & Suzuki 2011:66 [ref. 31244], Hoese & Stewart 2012:66 [ref. 32113], Allen & Erdmann 2012:920 [ref. 31980], Tornabene et al. 2013:2 [ref. 32884], Greenfield et al. 2014:484 [ref. 33193], Suzuki & Greenfield 2014:35 [ref. 33412], Fricke et al. 2014:163 [ref. 33932], Suzuki et al. 2015:399 [ref. 33946], Greenfield & Randall 2016:34, 52 [ref. 34356], Greenfield & Jewett 2016:76 [ref. 34495], Tornabene & Greenfield 2016:6 [ref. 34518], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:71 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:35 [ref. 35705], Greenfield et al. 2018:29 [ref. 36188], Fricke et al. 2019:281 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:148 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota punctulata Jewett & Lachner 1983. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Eastern Andaman Sea and Indonesia east to Caroline Islands and Fiji, north to Philippines, south to New Caledonia. Fiji only [ref. 34495]. Habitat: marine.