gyrinoides, Eleotris Bleeker [P.] 1853:272 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 12580] Benculen [Bengkulu], Priaman, Indonesia. Syntypes: RMNH 4751 (3). Original as gyrinoïdes. •Valid as Oxyeleotris gyrinoides (Bleeker 1853) -- (Allen 1991:169 [ref. 21090], Allen et al. 1992:302 [ref. 21400], Unmack 2001:1064 [ref. 25797]). •Valid as Bunaka gyrinoides (Bleeker 1853) -- (Allen & Coates 1990:133 [ref. 15715], Kottelat et al. 1993:133 [ref. 23448], Krishnan & Mishra 1993:232 [ref. 24016], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122], Allen et al. 2000:137 [ref. 27467], Larson & Murdy 2001:3577 [ref. 26293], Allen et al. 2002:288 [ref. 25930], Larson & Pidgeon 2004:197 [ref. 28107], Hoese 2006:1598 [ref. 28998], Huang & Chen 2008:184 [ref. 30067], Allen et al. 2008:148 [ref. 30265], Kottelat 2013:389 [ref. 32989], Miesen et al. 2016:92 [ref. 34492], Labatos 2017:4 [ref. 36239], Pusey et al. 2017:83 [ref. 35250], Fricke et al. 2019:268 [ref. 36673], Keith et al. 2021:82 [ref. 38257], Oyama et al. 2021:21 [ref. 40946], Parenti 2021:31 [ref. 38603], Jamandre 2023:167 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Bunaka gyrinoides (Bleeker 1853). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Sri Lanka east to Caroline Islands, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Vanuatu, north to central Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.