Scartelaos Swainson [W.] 1839:183, 279 Masc. Gobius viridis Hamilton 1822. Type by monotypy. Hoese & Larson 2006:1682 [ref. 29097] indicate that the type is by subsequent designation of Bleeker 1874. •Valid as Scartelaos Swainson 1839 -- (Jayaram 1981:368 [ref. 6497], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:286 [ref. 6441], Birdsong et al. 1988:195 [ref. 7303], Kottelat 1989:19 [ref. 13605] as Scarteleos, Murdy 1989:49 [ref. 13628], Ataur Rahman 1989:294 [ref. 24860], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:498 [ref. 23876], Larson & Murdy 2001:3592 [ref. 26293], Ataur Rahman 2003:319 [ref. 31338], Hoese & Larson 2006:1682 [ref. 29097], Takita et al. 2011:193 [ref. 31704], Murdy 2011:104 [ref. 31728], Kottelat 2013:426 [ref. 32989], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:900 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:86 [ref. 35254], Murdy & Jaafar 2017:29 [ref. 35561], Esmaeili et al. 2018:67 [ref. 36089], Parenti 2021:395 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Scartelaos Swainson 1839. Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae.