exigua, Gobiopsis Lachner [E. A.] & McKinney [J. F.] 1979:5, Figs. 3-4 [Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 299; ref. 7018] Gilbert Islands, Abaiang Atoll, western Pacific. Holotype: AMS I.18052-004. Paratypes: AMS I.18052-005 (1); ANSP 134776 (1); BPBM 11373 (1), 20320 (1); CAS 33610 (1); USNM 216209 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:106 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Gobiopsis exigua Lachner & McKinney 1979 -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Randall et al. 2002:160 [ref. 26192], Randall 2005:538 [ref. 28239], Shibukawa 2010:97 [ref. 30809], Fricke et al. 2014:167 [ref. 33932], Parenti 2021:173 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:101 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Gobiopsis exigua Lachner & McKinney 1979. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Amirantes (Seychelles), Comoros; Papua New Guinea, Kiribati (Gilbert Islands) and Fiji. Habitat: marine.