| Citation | Tea, Y.-K. and H.K. Larson, 2023, Synopsis of the ptereleotrine goby genus Nemateleotris, with description of a new species from the western and central Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Gobiidae).. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 71:248-266. |
| Ref. | 128599 Tea, Y.-K. and H.K. Larson, 2023 |
| Page | 255;fig.2H,4D–F,5-8B-C, |
| Named Used as Valid | Nemateleotris lavandula |
| Comment | fig.9B,10E1-E2,11;tab.1- 2 |
| Locality | Palau Is., Augulupelu Reef, AMS I.16876-001. |
| Distribution | Western Central Pacific; northwestern contours of the Pacific Plate 25-100 m. |
| Quote | Japan (rom Yakushima Island in southern Japan, throughout the Ryukyu and the Ogasawara Is.) to Taiwan and northern Philippines, extending east across Micronesia, including the Caroline Is., Marshall Is. the Mariana Is.; Melanesia (Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia); reported from Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, the Coral Sea, and Hicks Reef on the Great Barrier Reef. It frequents seaward sand channels and rubble pans adjacent to coral reefs. |