sigillata, Eviota Jewett [S. L.] & Lachner [E. A.] 1983:799, Fig. 10 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 96 (no. 4); ref. 5368] St. Brandon Shoals, south of Raphael Islands, western Indian Ocean, 16°28'S, 59°37"E, depth 0-12 feet. Holotype: USNM 223836. Paratypes: AMS I.22205-001 (5); ANSP 146761 (5); BPBM 26538 (4); CAS 47938 (5); ROM 36923 (3); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 1888 (2); USNM 223827-35 (4, 25, 12, 1, 29, 7, 1, 31, 16); WAM 27053-001 (3). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:39 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:43 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Eviota sigillata Jewett & Lachner 1983 -- (Shimada & Yoshino 1993:5 [ref. 24324], Randall 1997:7 [ref. 24375], Myers 1999:254 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Allen & Adrim 2003:58 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:27 [ref. 27624], Randall et al. 2005:129 [ref. 28745], Hoese & Larson 2006:1647 [ref. 29097], Shibukawa 2009:272 [ref. 30449], Greenfield & Randall 2010:276 [ref. 30765], Greenfield & Suzuki 2010:61 [ref. 31021], Greenfield & Suzuki 2011:66 [ref. 31244], Greenfield & Jewett 2011:56 [ref. 31687], Allen & Erdmann 2012:922 [ref. 31980], Tornabene et al. 2013:2 [ref. 32884], Larson et al. 2013:197 [ref. 32988], Greenfield & Randall 2016:31, 57 [ref. 34356] as cf. sigillata, Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:60 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:35 [ref. 35705], Fricke et al. 2018:330 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:283 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:151 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:85 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Eviota sigillata Jewett & Lachner 1983. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles, Madagascar and Saint Brandon's Shoals (Cargados Carajos) east to Caroline Islands (Federated States of Micronesia) and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.
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