heterocheilos, Mugil Bleeker [P.] 1855:198 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 9 (no. 2); ref. 16846] Batjan, Indonesia. Syntypes: RMNH 6408 (5). •Synonym of Crenimugil crenilabis (Forsskål 1775) -- (Liu & Shen 1991:278 [ref. 19215]). •Valid as Mugil heterocheilos Bleeker 1855 -- (Senou in Randall & Lim 2000:625 [ref. 25122]). •Valid as Crenimugil heterocheilos (Bleeker 1855) -- (Roberts 1978:60 [ref. 8886] as heterocheilus, Yoshino & Senou in Masuda et al. 1984:120 [ref. 6441], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:464 [ref. 25598], Allen 1991:145 [ref. 21090] as heterocheilus, Kottelat et al. 1993:125 [ref. 23448], Thomson 1997:510 [ref. 23428] with a holotype, Harrison & Senou 1999:2084 [ref. 24780] as heterocheilus, Nakabo 2000:537 [ref. 25086], Sakai et al. 2001:104 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:537 [ref. 26001], Hoese & Bray 2006:677 [ref. 29000], Allen et al. 2008:77 [ref. 30265], Fricke et al. 2011:369 [ref. 31242], Kottelat 2013:275 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:36 [ref. 33932], Shen & Durand 2016:75 [ref. 35591], Fricke et al. 2019:75 [ref. 36673], Yoshigou 2022:12 [ref. 39640] as "Crenimugil" heterocheilos, Jamandre 2023:171 [ref. 40455]). •Valid as Moolgarda heterocheilos (Bleeker 1855) -- (Bogorodsky et al. 2024:23 [ref. 41171]). Current status: Valid as Moolgarda heterocheilos (Bleeker 1855). Mugilidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea east to Tuamotu Islands (French Polynesia), north to Taiwan and southern Japan, south to New Caledonia and Fiji. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.