acutipennis, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:80 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Malabar, India. Syntypes: MNHN A-1356 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:25 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Oligolepis acutipennis (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Akihito in Masuda et al. 1984:253 [ref. 6441], Maugé 1986:378 [ref. 6218], Hoese 1986:796 [ref. 5670], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:570 [ref. 25598], Allen 1991:189 [ref. 21090], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:939 [ref. 20764], Wu in Pan et al. 1991:475 [ref. 23876], Rema Devi 1993:178 [ref. 24020], Indra 1993:190 [ref. 24009], Kottelat et al. 1993:147 [ref. 23448], Rainboth 1996:205 [ref. 22772], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1240 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3601 [ref. 26293], Sakai et al. 2001:113 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:1240 [ref. 26193], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Pezold 2004:273 [ref. 27685], Seegers et al. 2003:46 [ref. 28087], Larson et al. 2008:142 [ref. 29532], Allen et al. 2008:173 [ref. 30265], Kottelat 2013:415 [ref. 32989], Prokofiev 2016:648 [ref. 35020], Koeda et al. 2016:93 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:335 [ref. 35805], Suresh et al. 2018:285 [ref. 36495], Eagderi et al. 2019:65 [ref. 37020], Parenti 2021:334 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:162 [ref. 39971], Jamandre 2023:168 [ref. 40455], Thu & Thao 2023:642 [ref. 40499], Endruweit 2024:85 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Valid as Oligolepis acutipennis (Valenciennes 1837). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Persian Gulf and Madagascar east to Palau and Vanuatu, north to southern Japan. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.