elongatus, Myxus Günther [A.] 1861:466 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] Coast of Australia. Syntypes: BMNH 1847.6.17.33 (1, right half skin), 1847.10.22.16 (1, left half skin). Catalog numbers in brackets are from Thomson 1997:475 [ref. 23428] who treats a holotype and paratype. •Valid as Myxus elongatus Günther 1861 -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:110 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:50 [ref. 13251] with question, Kuiter 1993:263 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:164 [ref. 25479], Gomon et al. 1994:663 [ref. 22532], Thomson in McDowall 1996:193 [ref. 22909], Allen 1997:176 [ref. 23977], Thomson 1997:475 [ref. 23428], Harrison & Senou 1999:2097 [ref. 24780], Johnson 1999:742 [ref. 25471], Hutchins 2001:38 [ref. 25847], Hoese & Bray 2006:681 [ref. 29000], Gomon 2008:394 [ref. 30616], Durand et al. 2012:693 [ref. 32366], Durand 2016:32 [ref. 35589], Kuiter 2018:67 [ref. 36369]). Current status: Valid as Myxus elongatus Günther 1861. Mugilidae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.