basalis, Eleotris Gray [J. E.] 1842:73 [Zoological Miscellany [No. 1]; ref. 18157] "River Thames" = Waihou River, Coromandel, New Zealand. Lectotype: BMNH 1842.3.7.6. Paralectotype: BMNH 1842.3.7.7 (1). Lectotype selected by Thacker et al. 2021:7 [ref. 38849]. •Valid as Gobiomorphus basalis (Gray 1842) -- (McDowall 1975:23 [ref. 7113], Paulin et al. 1989:224 [ref. 24556], McDowall & Stevens 2009:15 [ref. 30477], McDowall & Stewart 2015:1565 [ref. 34303], Thacker et al. 2021:7 [ref. 38849], Parenti 2021:43 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gobiomorphus basalis (Gray 1842). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Distribution: New Zealand: northern North Island. Habitat: freshwater.