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Species in the genus Oligolepis: [ 12 ] records


acutipennis, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:80 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Malabar, India. Syntypes: MNHN A-1356 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:25 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Oligolepis acutipennis (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:253 [ref. 6441], Maugé 1986:378 [ref. 6218], Hoese 1986:796 [ref. 5670], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:570 [ref. 25598], Allen 1991:189 [ref. 21090], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:939 [ref. 20764], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:475 [ref. 23876], Rema Devi 1993:178 [ref. 24020], Indra 1993:190 [ref. 24009], Kottelat et al. 1993:147 [ref. 23448], Rainboth 1996:205 [ref. 22772], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1240 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3601 [ref. 26293], Sakai et al. 2001:113 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:1240 [ref. 26193], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Pezold 2004:273 [ref. 27685], Seegers et al. 2003:46 [ref. 28087], Larson et al. 2008:142 [ref. 29532], Allen et al. 2008:173 [ref. 30265], Kottelat 2013:415 [ref. 32989], Prokofiev 2016:648 [ref. 35020], Koeda et al. 2016:93 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:335 [ref. 35805], Suresh et al. 2018:285 [ref. 36495], Eagderi et al. 2019:65 [ref. 37020], Parenti 2021:334 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:162 [ref. 39971], Jamandre 2023:168 [ref. 40455], Thu & Thao 2023:642 [ref. 40499], Endruweit 2024:85 [ref. 41040], Whitfield 2025:261 [ref. 42563]). Current status: Valid as Oligolepis acutipennis (Valenciennes 1837). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Persian Gulf and Madagascar east to Palau and Vanuatu, north to southern Japan. IUCN (2019): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

cylindriceps, Ctenogobius Hora [S. L.] 1923:745, Figs. 26-28 [Memoirs of the Indian Museum v. 5 (no. 11); ref. 2204] Chilka Lake, Orissa, India. Syntypes: ZSI F10189/1 (9); RMNH 12061. Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:153 [ref. 20743]. See Das 2003:372 [ref. 27706]. •Valid as Oligolepis cylindriceps (Hora 1923) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:939 [ref. 20764], Rainboth 1996:205 [ref. 22772], Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:187 [ref. 25703], Kottelat 2013:415 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:335 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Oligolepis cylindriceps (Hora 1923). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: South Asia: India. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

formosanus, Oxyurichthys Nichols [J. T.] 1958:4, Fig. 1 [American Museum Novitates No. 1876; ref. 12095] Tam-sui River, Taiwan. Holotype (unique): AMNH 20323. Type catalog: Ho & Shao 2011:57 [ref. 31432]. •Valid as Oxyurichthys formosanus Nichols 1958 -- (Wu & Ni in Kuang et al. 1986:281 [ref. 26639], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:941 [ref. 20764], Ho & Shao 2011:57 [ref. 31432]). •Synonym of Oligolepis acutipennis (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kottelat 2013:415 [ref. 32989], Endruweit 2024:85 [ref. 41040]). •Valid as Oligolepis formosanus (Nichols 1958) -- (Pezold & Larson 2015:5 [ref. 33894], Parenti 2021:335 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Oligolepis formosanus (Nichols 1958). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Taiwan. Habitat: brackish, marine.

jaarmani, Oxyurichthys Weber [M.] 1913:601 [Süsswasserfische aus Niederländisch Süd- und Nord-Neu-Guinea v. 9 (livr. 4); ref. 4603] Lorentz River, New Guinea. Holotype (unique): ZMA 110977. Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:101 [ref. 19236]. •Valid as Oxyurichthys jaarmani Weber 1913 -- (Roberts 1978:64 [ref. 8886]). •Valid as Oligolepis jaarmani [or jaarmanii] (Weber 1913) -- (Menon & Rema Devi 1991:464 [ref. 20061], Rema Devi 1993:179 [ref. 24020], Larson & Murdy 2001:3601 [ref. 26293], Pezold 2004:273 [ref. 27685], Allen et al. 2008:173 [ref. 30265], Pezold & Larson 2015:5 [ref. 33894], Parenti 2021:335 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Oligolepis jaarmani (Weber 1913). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: New Guinea (Papua Province, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea). Habitat: brackish.

melanostigma, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1849:32 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [6]; ref. 319] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 4821. •Synonym of Oligolepis acutipennis (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Maugé 1986:378 [ref. 6218], Kottelat 2013:415 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:335 [ref. 38603], Endruweit 2024:85 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Synonym of Oligolepis acutipennis (Valenciennes 1837). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

nijsseni, Oxyurichthys Menon [A. G. K.] & Govindan [N.] 1977:13, Fig. 1 [Matsya No. 2 [for 1976]; ref. 8804] Ennore estuary, Tamil Nadu, India. Holotype: ZSI F250/76. Paratypes: ZMA 115270 (2); ZSI F251/76 (18). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:101 [ref. 19236]. See Das 2003:373 [ref. 27706]. •Synonym of Oxyurichthys formosanus Nichols 1959 -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:941 [ref. 20764]). •Synonym of Oligolepis acutipennis (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Menon & Rema Devi 1991:464 [ref. 20061]). •Perhaps a synonym of Oligolepis acutipennis (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Rema Devi 1993:179 [ref. 24020], Kottelat 2013:415 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Oligolepis nijsseni (Menon & Govindan 1977) -- (Pezold 2004:273 [ref. 27685], Pezold & Larson 2015:6 [ref. 33894], Parenti 2021:335 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Oligolepis nijsseni (Menon & Govindan 1977). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: South Asia: India. Habitat: brackish.

oligolepis, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1854:508 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 5 (no. 3); ref. 5965] Priaman, Sumatra, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): ?RMNH 4821. Habitat unknown. •Valid as Oligolepis oligolepis (Bleeker 1854) -- (Kottelat 2013:415 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:335 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Oligolepis oligolepis (Bleeker 1854). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Sumatra (Indonesia). Habitat: freshwater.

pasuruensis, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1849:32 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [6]; ref. 319] Pasuruan, Java, Indonesia. Possible syntypes: RMNH 4821 (1 of many). •Synonym of Oligolepis acutipennis (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kottelat 2013:415 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:335 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Oligolepis acutipennis (Valenciennes 1837). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

setosus, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:81 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Puducherry, India. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-0987 (3). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:39 [ref. 19958]. •Synonym of Oligolepis acutipennis (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Maugé 1986:378 [ref. 6218], Kottelat 2013:415 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:335 [ref. 38603], Endruweit 2024:85 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Synonym of Oligolepis acutipennis (Valenciennes 1837). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

spilurus, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1849:32 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [6]; ref. 319] Madura Straits near Surabaya and Kammal, Java, Indonesia. Probable type(s): in RMNH 4821. Appeared without distinguishing features in list in Bleeker 1849:5 [ref. 320]. •Synonym of Oligolepis acutipennis (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kottelat 2013:415 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:335 [ref. 38603], Endruweit 2024:85 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Synonym of Oligolepis acutipennis (Valenciennes 1837). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

stomias, Waitea Smith [H. M.] 1941:411, Fig. 1 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 31 (no. 9); ref. 21788] Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51816. Non-type material: USNM 99295-96 (1, 1). Based on specimens and literature. See account of Waitea Jordan & Seale 1906. •Valid as Oligolepis stomias (Smith 1941) -- (Rema Devi 1993:179 [ref. 24020], Chen et al. 1996:74 [ref. 21781], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1240 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3601 [ref. 26293], Sakai et al. 2001:113 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:1240 [ref. 26193], Pezold 2004:273 [ref. 27685], Kottelat 2013:415 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:169 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:93 [ref. 35333], Parenti 2021:335 [ref. 38603], Koreeda et al. 2022:31 [ref. 39102], Jamandre 2023:169 [ref. 40455], Kitao et al. 2023:9 [ref. 40915]). Current status: Valid as Oligolepis stomias (Smith 1941). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines and Taiwan north to Tokushima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Papua New Guinea; Samoa. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

temminckii, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1849:33 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [6]; ref. 319] Surabaya, Java, Indonesia. Possible type(s): RMNH 4821. Appeared without distinguishing features in list in Bleeker 1849:5 [ref. 320]. •Synonym of Oligolepis acutipennis (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kottelat 2013:415 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:335 [ref. 38603], Endruweit 2024:85 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Synonym of Oligolepis acutipennis (Valenciennes 1837). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.


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