praealta, Vanderhorstia Lachner [E. A.] & McKinney [J. F.] 1981:965, Figs. 1-2 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 93 (no. 4) (for 1980); ref. 8580] D'Arros Island, Amirante Group, Seychelles. Holotype (unique): USNM 215290. The species epithet praealta [= very high] is an adjective, so it has to agree in gender with the genus. •Valid as Vanderhorstia praealta Lachner & McKinney 1981 -- (Randall & Goren 1993:25 [ref. 21131] with species as prealta, Shibukawa & Suzuki 2004:117 [ref. 28014], Winterbottom et al. 2005:114 [ref. 28146]). •Valid as Tomiyamichthys praealta (Lachner & McKinney 1981) -- (Randall 2007:90 [ref. 29222], Randall & Chen 2007:655 [ref. 29392], Allen 2015:79 [ref. 33923], Hoese et al. 2016:583 [ref. 34210], Allen et al. 2018:45 [ref. 36213]). •Valid as Tomiyamichthys praealtus (Lachner & McKinney 1981) -- (Larson 2022:137 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Tomiyamichthys praealtus (Lachner & McKinney 1981). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), Mozambique, Amirante Islands (Seychelles) and Maldives; Indonesia. Habitat: marine.