Species that contain: Nemateleotris and decora [ 2 ] records

decora, Nemateleotris Randall [J. E.] & Allen [G. R.] 1973:361, Figs. 3B, 6-7 [Quarterly Journal of the Taiwan Museum (Taipei) v. 26 (nos 3/4); ref. 7123] Southwestern side of Augulupelu Reef, 7°15'33"N, 134°31'33"E, Palau Islands, Philippine Sea, western Pacific, depth 52 meters. Holotype: BPBM 9533. Paratypes: AMS I.16877-001 (1); BMNH 1973.5.10.2 (1); BPBM 14728-30 (1, 1, 2); CAS 27590 (1); USNM 209307 (4). •Valid as Nemateleotris decora Randall & Allen 1973 -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:245 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:415 [ref. 15987], Randall & Goren 1993:27 [ref. 21131], Kuiter 1997:362 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:415 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:262 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:525 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:93 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:1262 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:420 [ref. 25191], Larson 2001:3608 [ref. 26296], Nakabo 2002:1262 [ref. 26193], Randall & Shen 2002:493 [ref. 26738], Allen & Adrim 2003:61 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:29 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:564 [ref. 28239], Randall et al. 2005:130 [ref. 28745], Hoese 2006:1707 [ref. 28998], Shao et al. 2008:262 [ref. 29952], Fricke et al. 2009:104 [ref. 30213], Shibukawa 2009:290 [ref. 30449], Motomura et al. 2010:223 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:993 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:178 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:96 [ref. 35333], Golani & Fricke 2018:164 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:293 [ref. 36673], Durville et al. 2021:314 [ref. 38802], Larson 2022:190 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:29 [ref. 40247], Tea & Larson 2023:254 [ref. 40057]). Current status: Valid as Nemateleotris decora Randall & Allen 1973. Gobiidae: Ptereleotrinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, western Mascarenes (La Pérouse Seamount, Réunion and Mauritius) east to Pohnpei (Micronesia) and Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

exquisita, Nemateleotris Randall [J. E.] & Connell [A. D.] 2013:25, Figs. 9-11 [Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation v. 8; ref. 32942] West coast off Wolmar, rubble and sand bottom near base of vertical drop-off, Mauritius, depth 56 meters. Holotype: BPBM 16173. Paratypes: BPBM 21528 (1), 34640 (2); 22544 (2); CAS 234071(1); SMF 34718 (1); SAIAB 185925 (1), 186384 (3); USNM 405534 (1). •Valid as Nemateleotris exquisita Randall & Connell 2013 -- (Golani & Fricke 2018:164 [ref. 36273], Tea et al. 2020:3 [ref. 37258]). •Synonym of Nemateleotris decora Randall & Allen 1973 -- (Larson 2022:190 [ref. 39971], Tea & Larson 2023:254 [ref. 40057]). Current status: Synonym of Nemateleotris decora Randall & Allen 1973. Gobiidae: Microdesminae. Habitat: marine.