compressus, Eleotris Krefft [J. L. G.] 1864:184 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 (pt 2); ref. 14179] Clarence River and creeks near Port Denison, Australia. Syntypes: AMS I.419-420 (3), I.2667 (1); BMNH 1864.7.6.24-25 (2), BMNH (3), BMNH (2), ?ZMB 5919 (1). •Valid as Hypseleotris compressus (Krefft 1864) -- (Hoese & Allen 1983:247 [ref. 8331]). •Valid as Hypseleotris compressa (Krefft 1864) -- (Allen 1991:156 [ref. 21090], Larson & Martin 1990:67 [ref. 16606], Larson & Hoese in McDowall 1996:212 [ref. 22909], Larson & Williams 1997:371 [ref. 23967], Pusey et al. 2000:72 [ref. 24466], Allen et al. 2000:142 [ref. 27467], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3577 [ref. 26293], Unmack 2001:1063 [ref. 25797], Allen et al. 2002:293 [ref. 25930], Thacker & Unmack 2005:2 [ref. 28186], Hoese 2006:1602 [ref. 28998], Larson 2007:115 [ref. 29458], Morgan et al. 2011:18 [ref. 31262], Larson et al. 2013:186 [ref. 32988], Morgan et al. 2014:27 [ref. 36567], Pusey et al. 2017:77 [ref. 35250], Kuiter 2018:80 [ref. 36369], Parenti 2021:46 [ref. 38603], Thacker et al. 2022:3 [ref. 39170], Shelley et al. 2023:354 [ref. 40279]). Current status: Valid as Hypseleotris compressa (Krefft 1864). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Distribution: Southern New Guinea; northern Australia: south to Bunbury (Western Australia) and southern New South Wales (Australia). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.