| 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.1,2G,4A-C,5,8A,C, |
| Named Used as Valid | Nemateleotris helfrichi |
| Comment | fig.9A,10C1-C2,11;tab.2 |
| Locality | French Polynesia, Society Is., Tahiti, Papeete Harbour, BPBM 11595. |
| Distribution | Southeastern Pacific: Fr. Polynesia: Society Is. (Tahiti and Moorea), Tuamotu Arch. (Takaroa), Austral Is. (Rurutu), Marquesas Is. (Mohotane I.), and the Gambier Is.; also in Cook Is. (Rarotonga); 25-100 m. |
| Quote | frequents seaward sand channels and rubble pans in deep mesophotic reefs; 25-100 m; occurs either singly or in pairs. |