| Common name | Spotted fringefin goby |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | South Africa |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Hoese, D.F., 1986 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | other fish |
| 1st modifier | morphology |
| 2nd modifier | color pattern(s) |
| Remarks | 'goby' from Latin 'gobius', i.e., a fish of small value, gudgeon, from Greek 'kõbios' (Ref. 11978). Name applied to Eviota albolineata but probably referring to Eviota guttata to which this species was confused with (Ref. 83982, also see distributional range). |