Philypnus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:255 Masc. Platycephalus dormitator Bloch & Schneider 1801. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Philypnus Valenciennes 1837 -- (Kottelat 1989:18 [ref. 13605], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:425 [ref. 23876], Zhang et al. 2016:199 [ref. 34477]). •Synonym of Gobiomorus Lacepède 1800 -- (Chen et al. 2002:232 [ref. 26719], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:660 [ref. 27061], Iwata 2011:71 [ref. 31725], Kottelat 2013:388 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:44 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobiomorus Lacepède 1800. Eleotridae: Eleotrinae.