pleurostigma, Gobius Bleeker [P.] 1849:28 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 22 [6]; ref. 319] Surabaya, Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): in RMNH 6173 (1 of 33). •Valid as Stigmatogobius pleurostigma (Bleeker 1849) -- (Kottelat et al. 1993:154 [ref. 23448], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Larson 2001:211 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3602 [ref. 26293], Larson 2005:357 [ref. 28521], Larson et al. 2008:144 [ref. 29532], Kottelat 2013:430 [ref. 32989], Huang et al. 2014:114 [ref. 33161], Parenti 2021:374 [ref. 38603], Taki et al. 2021:444 [ref. 39830]). Current status: Valid as Stigmatogobius pleurostigma (Bleeker 1849). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Vietnam, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra and Java. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.