Hypseleotris Gill [T. N.] 1863:270 Fem. Eleotris cyprinoides Valenciennes 1837. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Hypseleotris Gill 1863 -- (Hoese & Allen 1983:244 [ref. 8331], Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:241 [ref. 6441], Hoese 1986:809 [ref. 5670], Maugé 1986:394 [ref. 6218], Birdsong et al. 1988:182 [ref. 7303], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:440 [ref. 23876], Allen 1991:156 [ref. 21090], Yang in Chen 1998:326 [ref. 23556], Parenti & Thomas 1998:270 [ref. 24299], Larson & Murdy 2001:3576 [ref. 26293], Chen et al. 2002:233 [ref. 26719], Thacker & Unmack 2005:1 [ref. 28186], Hoese 2006:1601 [ref. 28988], Larson 2007:111 [ref. 29458], Morgan 2011:18 [ref. 31262], Thacker 2011:81 [ref. 31726], Kottelat 2013:393 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:199 [ref. 34477], Fricke et al. 2018:319 [ref. 35805], Kuiter 2018:80 [ref. 36369], Fricke et al. 2019:268 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:45 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:186 [ref. 39971], Thacker et al. 2022:3 [ref. 39170], Thacker et al. 2022:1 [ref. 39458], Keith & Mennesson 2023:1 [ref. 40181], Shelley et al. 2023:353 [ref. 40279]). Current status: Valid as Hypseleotris Gill 1863. Eleotridae: Eleotrinae.