variola, Eviota Lachner [E. A.] & Karnella [S. J.] 1980:76, Figs. 43-45 [Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 315; ref. 6916] One Tree Island, Capricorn Group, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Holotype: USNM 219238. Paratypes: AMS I.20202-014 (23), I.20204-018 (15); ANSP 141142 (2); BPBM 22564 (2), 22576 (2); CAS 13783 (48); LACM 32819-1 (13), 33723-28 (6); USNM 219239-41 (3, 5, 43, 1, 2, 1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:111 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Eviota variola Lachner & Karnella 1980 -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Hoese & Larson 2006:1648 [ref. 29097], Greenfield & Suzuki 2011:66 [ref. 31244], Tornabene et al. 2013:9 [ref. 32884], Greenfield et al. 2014:484 [ref. 33193], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:69 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:35 [ref. 35705], Parenti 2021:152 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eviota variola Lachner & Karnella 1980. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia). Habitat: marine.