grammica, Ptereleotris Randall [J. E.] & Lubbock [R.] 1982:41, Figs. 1-3 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 9 (no. 2); ref. 8427] Sesoko Island, Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, depth 42 meters. Holotype: BPBM 21159. Paratypes: AMS I.22622-002 (2); BMNH 1981.7.29.1 (1), 1982.1.26.1-2 (2), 1982.1.26.3 (1); NSMT-P 21080 (1). •Valid as Ptereleotris grammica Randall & Lubbock 1982 -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:246 [ref. 6441], Randall & Hoese 1985:13 [ref. 5197], Randall et al. 1990:416 [ref. 15987], Randall et al. 1997:416 [ref. 25919], Anderson et al. 1998:28 [ref. 23611], Myers 1999:264 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:526 [ref. 24106], Larson 2001:3608 [ref. 26296], Allen & Adrim 2003:61 [ref. 26830], Allen & Erdmann 2012:999 [ref. 31980]). •Valid as Ptereleotris grammica Randall & Lubbock 1982, subspecies grammica Randall & Lubbock 1982 -- (Nakabo 2000:1267 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1267 [ref. 26193], Hoese 2006:1708 [ref. 28998], Randall & Suzuki 2008:100 [ref. 29664], Motomura et al. 2010:224 [ref. 31256], Sato et al. 2023:19 [ref. 40019]). Current status: Valid as Ptereleotris grammica Randall & Lubbock 1982. Microdesmidae: Ptereleotrinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines east to Palau and Solomon Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.