| 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.2A,C,E,3,8D,9D, |
| Named Used as Valid | Nemateleotris magnifica |
| Comment | fig.10A1-A2,11;tab.2 |
| Locality | Indonesia, Sulawesi, Gulf of Tomini, Buka Buka Island, USNM 99044. |
| Distribution | Indo-Pacific: widely distributed, throughout Indian Ocean (excluding the Red Sea), east to the French Polynesia; also in Hawaii (rare); 6-70 m |
| Quote | rarely observed in depths greater than 28 m, preferring shallower reefs instead. |