lanceolata, Eleotris Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:67, Pl. 15 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Ennore Estuary, Madras, India. Neotype: USNM 279321. Spelled lanceolatus in plate caption. Neotype designated by Murdy 1989:48 [ref. 13628]. Subjectively invalid; secondarily preoccupied in Gobius by Gobius lanceolatus Bloch, replaced by Gobius elongatus Cuvier 1816. •Considered valid as Pseudapocryptes lanceolatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Murdy 1989:47 [ref. 13628], Ataur Rahman 1989:291 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:958 [ref. 20764], Rema Devi 1993:182 [ref. 24020], Kottelat et al. 1993:150 [ref. 23448], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:565 [ref. 27969], Rainboth 1996:211 [ref. 22772], Mishra et al. 1999:88 [ref. 25315], Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:187 [ref. 25703], Prokofiev 2016:650 [ref. 35020]). •Synonym of Pseudapocryltes elongatus (Cuvier 1816) -- (Ataur Rahman 2003:317 [ref. 31338]). •Should be considered as a synonym of Pseudapocryptes elongatus (Cuvier 1816) -- (Ferraris 1995:984 [ref. 22402]). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Pseudapocryptes elongatus (Cuvier 1816). Gobiidae: Oxudercinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.