indica, Eviota Lachner [E. A.] & Karnella [S. J.] 1980:65, Figs. 36-38 [Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 315; ref. 6916] About 0.5 mile south of Ile Raphael, Saint Brandon's Shoals, southwestern Indian Ocean, 16°27'S, 59°36'E, depth 30 feet. Holotype: USNM 219663. Paratypes: AMNH 39038 (9); AMS I.20806-001 (13); CAS 43544 (9); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 2219 (12); USNM 219664 (1), 219666-67 (18, 36), 220896-97 (1, 1); plus non-type material at ANSP (3 lots) and USNM (1 lot). •Valid as Eviota indica Lachner & Karnella 1980 -- (Fricke 1999:508 [ref. 24106], Heemstra et al. 2004:3328 [ref. 27945], Fricke et al. 2009:100 [ref. 30213], Greenfield & Suzuki 2011:66 [ref. 31244], Fricke et al. 2013:269 [ref. 32706], Tornabene et al. 2013:5 [ref. 32884], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2014:298 [ref. 33133], Greenfield et al. 2014:484 [ref. 33193], Suzuki & Greenfield 2014:36 [ref. 33412], Fricke et al. 2014:163 [ref. 33932], Greenfield & Randall 2016:31, 45 [ref. 34356] as cf. indica, Greenfield & Jewett 2016:599 [ref. 34594], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Fricke et al. 2018:329 [ref. 35805], Parenti 2021:142 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:81 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Eviota indica Lachner & Karnella 1980. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Seychelles, Mozambique Channel, Madagascar, Saint Brandon's Shoals (Cargados Carajos) and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues). Habitat: marine.