sparsa, Eviota Jewett [S. L.] & Lachner [E. A.] 1983:802, Figs. 11-13 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 96 (no. 4); ref. 5368] At Utulei village, Tutuila Island, American Samoa, depth 15.2 meters. Holotype: USNM 227483. Paratypes: AMNH 55055 (1); AMS I.23987-001 (1); ANSP 151998 (2); CAS 52832 (2); USNM 210070 (3), 227481 (4), 227483-85 (12, 3, 1), 227485 (1), 260327 (7). •Valid as Eviota sparsa Jewett & Lachner 1983 -- (Myers 1999:254 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:120 [ref. 25868], 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 2005:534 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Larson 2006:1647 [ref. 29097], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2012:42 [ref. 32305], Allen & Erdmann 2012:922 [ref. 31980], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2014:299 [ref. 33133], Suzuki & Greenfield 2014:38 [ref. 33412], Greenfield & Randall 2016:33, 61 [ref. 34356], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:35 [ref. 34537], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:75 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:35 [ref. 35705], Fricke et al. 2019:283 [ref. 36673], Winterbottom & Greenfield 2020:37 [ref. 37589], Parenti 2021:151 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota sparsa Jewett & Lachner 1983. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to Samoa. Habitat: marine.