| 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 | 254;fig.2B,D,F,8E,F,9C, |
| Named Used as Valid | Nemateleotris decora |
| Comment | fig.10B1-B2,11;tab.2 |
| Locality | Palau, Augulupelu Reef, BPBM 9533. |
| Distribution | Indo-Pacific: including the Red Sea; north to the Ryukyu Is.; south to the Great Barrier. Reef, New Caledonia, and Melanesia; including Palau east to the Caroline Is.and the Marshall Is. |
| Quote | The Indian Ocean and Red Sea population was previously regarded as N. exquisita. |