porocephala, Eleotris Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:237 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Seychelles. Lectotype: MNHN 2020-0477 [ex MNHN IC-A-1573]. Paralectotypes: MNHN A-1573 (4) Seychelles; MNHN A-1574 (2) New Ireland [= Ophiocara ophicephalus]. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:15 [ref. 19958]. Sometimes considered as a simultaneous synonym of Eleotris ophicephalus, Günther (1861:107) apparently gave precedence to ophicephalus. Lectotype selected by Keith & Mennesson 2021:103 [ref. 38375]. Species epithet here treated as an adjective, because Valenciennes named the species [in French] the Porous-headed Eleotris. •Synonym of Ophiocara ophicephalus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Kottelat 2013:394 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:239 [ref. 6441], Maugé 1986:396 [ref. 6218], Hoese 1986:810 [ref. 5670], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:550 [ref. 25598], Allen & Coates 1990:101 [ref. 25561], Allen 1991:166 [ref. 21090], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:980 [ref. 20764], Kottelat et al. 1993:135 [ref. 23448], Rainboth 1996:195 [ref. 22772], Larson & Williams 1997:371 [ref. 23967], Fricke 1999:496 [ref. 24106], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1149 [ref. 25182], Sakai et al. 2001:107 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3577 [ref. 26293], Allen et al. 2002:320 [ref. 25930], Mukai et al. 2002:2 [ref. 26177], Nakabo 2002:1149 [ref. 26193], Tan & Lim 2004:110 [ref. 27716], Adrim et al. 2004:126 [ref. 27715], Larson & Pidgeon 2004:197 [ref. 28107], Hoese 2006:1607 [ref. 28998], Larson et al. 2008:138 [ref. 29532], Allen et al. 2008:160 [ref. 30265], Fricke et al. 2009:98 [ref. 30213], Shibukawa 2009:257 [ref. 30449], Fricke et al. 2013:269 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:187 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:156 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:87 [ref. 35333], Pusey et al. 2017:86 [ref. 35250], Fricke et al. 2018:320 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:15 [ref. 36883], Fricke et al. 2019:268 [ref. 36673], Keith & Mennesson 2021:102 [ref. 38375], Taki et al. 2021:42 [ref. 39830], Esmaeili et al. 2022:478 [ref. 39253], Larson 2022:186 [ref. 39971], Esmaeili & Hamidan 2023:213 [ref. 40377], Jamandre 2023:167 [ref. 40455], Kobayashi & Sato 2023:16 [ref. 40357], Çiçek et al. 2024:298 [ref. 40789], Fricke et al. 2024:71 [ref. 41255]). •Valid as Ophiocara porocephalum (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Roberts 1978:65 [ref. 8886], Parenti 2021:23 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Ophiocara porocephalum (Valenciennes 1837). Eleotridae: Butinae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius), western Sumatra, southern Java and southern Bali (Indonesia). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.