melanocephalus, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1849:33 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [6]; ref. 319] Bogowonto River, Purworedjo [Purworejo], Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 33132. •Valid as Chonophorus melanocephalus (Bleeker 1849) -- (Maugé 1986:365 [ref. 6218]). •Valid as Awaous melanocephalus (Bleeker 1849) -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:263 [ref. 6441], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:574 [ref. 25598], Allen 1991:175 [ref. 21090], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:469 [ref. 23876], Kottelat et al. 1993:142 [ref. 23448], Zhu 1995:180 [ref. 25213], Nakabo 2000:1196 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3600 [ref. 26293], Sakai et al. 2001:109 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:1196 [ref. 26193], Larson & Pidgeon 2004:197 [ref. 28107], Kottelat 2013:400 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:200 [ref. 34477], Motomura et al. 2017:197 [ref. 35490], Al-Jufaili et al. 2021:[3] [ref. 38743], Parenti 2021:304 [ref. 38603], Jamandre 2023:168 [ref. 40455], Seth et al. 2023:13 [ref. 40589]). Current status: Valid as Awaous melanocephalus (Bleeker 1849). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to Philippines. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.