mendelssohni, Quisquilius Goren [M.] 1978:195, Fig. 3 [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 59 (nos 3/4); ref. 1851] Nuweiba, Sinai coast, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Holotype: TAU 6208 [= SMNHTAU]. Paratypes: SMF 13797 (1), 13836 (1); TAU [= SMNHTAU] 6209 (1). •Valid as Quisquilius mendelssohni Goren 1978 -- (Goren 1979:51 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:250 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Trimma mendelssohni (Goren 1978) -- (Goren & Dor 1994:66 [ref. 25356], Winterbottom 1995:97 [ref. 21961], Anderson et al. 1998:27 [ref. 23611], Allen & Munday 1995:103 [ref. 21938], Larson & Murdy 2001:3600 [ref. 26293], Winterbottom & Villa 2003:23 [ref. 26965], Heemstra et al. 2004:3329 [ref. 27945], Herler & Hilgers 2005:129 [ref. 28528], Hagiwara & Winterbottom 2007:164 [ref. 29103], Suzuki & Senou 2007:179 [ref. 29102], Winterbottom 2014:215 [ref. 33327], Winterbottom et al. 2014:382 [ref. 33402], Winterbottom & Hoese 2015:21, 66 [ref. 33709], Hoese et al. 2015:538 [ref. 33990], Bogorodsky et al. 2016:171 [ref. 34658], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[17] 255 [ref. 36492], Fricke et al. 2018:342 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:162 [ref. 36273], Allen 2019:45 [ref. 36486], Winterbottom 2019:9 [ref. 37115], Parenti 2021:239 [ref. 38603], Winterbottom & Zur in Larson 2022:144 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:24 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Trimma mendelssohni (Goren 1978). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar, Saint Brandon's Shoals (Cargados Carajos) and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Maldives. Habitat: marine.