bifasciata, Eviota Lachner [E. A.] & Karnella [S. J.] 1980:108, Figs. 62-64 [Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 315; ref. 6916] Palawan Province, Philippines, 10°52'30"N, 120°56'00"E, depth 0-45 feet. Holotype: USNM 219276. Paratypes: AMS I.20794-001 (2), I.20800-001 (6); ANSP 141129 (2); CAS 43547 (8); USNM 209638 (14, now 13), 210148 (1), 210248 (5), 219272-73 (4, 18), 219275-77 (14, 1, 1), 219668-70 (65, 12, 2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:105 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Eviota bifasciata Lachner & Karnella 1980 -- (Yoshino & Shimada in Masuda et al. 1984:244 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:400 [ref. 15987], Randall 1997:4 [ref. 24375], Kuiter 1997:358 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:400 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:253 [ref. 23965], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:637 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1182 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:119 [ref. 25868], Allen 2001:127 [ref. 25671], Larson & Murdy 2001:3596 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1182 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:58 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:181 [ref. 27510], Hoese & Larson 2006:1643 [ref. 29097], Greenfield & Randall 2010:276 [ref. 30765], Greenfield & Randall 2011:64 [ref. 31475], Allen & Erdmann 2012:913 [ref. 31980], Greenfield et al. 2014:3 [ref. 33111], Greenfield & Tornabene 2014:139 [ref. 33294], Fricke et al. 2014:162 [ref. 33932], Tornabene et al. 2016:1825 [ref. 34439], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:82 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Fricke et al. 2019:280 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:138 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota bifasciata Lachner & Karnella 1980. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to Palau, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Solomon Islands, north to Philippines, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.