Species that contain: Sueviota and aprica [ 1 ] records aprica, Sueviota Winterbottom [R.] & Hoese [D. F.] 1988:4, Figs. 3-4 [Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Occasional Paper No. 37; ref. 9274] Drop-off cave off Isle Fouquet, Peros Banhos Atoll, Chagos Archipelago, depth 40-43 meters. Holotype: ROM 44126. Paratypes: AMS I.24633-001 (3); ROM 864CS (1, c&s), 43012 (1), 44127 (7, 3 to AMS). •Valid as Sueviota aprica Winterbottom & Hoese 1988 -- (Larson & Murdy 2001:3599 [ref. 26293], Randall et al. 2004:28 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:551 [ref. 28239], Dimara et al. 2010:621 [ref. 31108], Allen & Erdmann 2012:933 [ref. 31980], Allen et al. 2016:81 [ref. 34410], Greenfield & Randall 2017:9 [ref. 35230], Greenfield et al. 2019:86 [ref. 37043], Parenti 2021:224 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:135 [ref. 39971], Nunes Peinemann et al. 2024:26 [ref. 41563]). Current status: Valid as Sueviota aprica Winterbottom & Hoese 1988. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Madagascar; Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory); West Papua (Indonesia); Fiji. IUCN (2024): Not Assessed. Habitat: marine.
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