preclarum, Trimma Winterbottom [R.] 2006:63, Figs. 4B, 5-7 [Zootaxa No. 1331; ref. 28810] South of Shark City, western side of Koror, south of Ulong Pass, 7°71'03"N, 134°12'00"E, Palau. Holotype: ROM 77556. Paratypes: 9 lots at AMS (8 lots) qnd ROM (1 lot). Type catalog: Winterbottom 2019:13 [ref. 37115]. •Valid as Trimma preclarum Winterbottom 2006 -- (Hagiwara & Winterbottom 2007:164 [ref. 29103], Suzuki & Senou 2007:182 [ref. 29102], Dimara et al. 2010:621 [ref. 31108], Allen & Erdmann 2012:944 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:174 [ref. 33932], Winterbottom & Hoese 2015:19, 57, 73 [ref. 33709], Winterbottom 2018:131 [ref. 35730], Winterbottom 2019:13 [ref. 37115], Winterbottom & Pyle 2022:599 [ref. 39040], Winterbottom 2023:35 [ref. 40193]). Current status: Valid as Trimma preclarum Winterbottom 2006. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines, Raja Ampat (West Papua, Indonesia) and Papua New Guinea east to Saipan and Fiji, south to northern Australia and Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.