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cantoris, Apocryptes Day [F.] 1871:693 [17] [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1870 (pt 3); ref. 1078] Andaman Islands. Lectotype: BMNH 1870.5.18.23. Possible paralectotypes/Day specimens: AMS B.8336 (1, non-type), ZSI 192 (1, lost). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:161 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:296 [ref. 25110]. On p. 17 of separate. Lectotype selected in Springer 1978:9 [ref. 6955]. Reasons for loss of ZSI type specimens during WWII see Chopra 1947:349-350 [ref. 33077]. •Valid as Periophthalmus cantonensis (Day 1871) -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:419 [ref. 7348] with author as Osbeck). •Valid as Scartelaos cantoris (Day 1871) -- (Murdy 1989:50 [ref. 13628], Murdy 2011:104 [ref. 31728], Kottelat 2013:426 [ref. 32989], Murdy & Jaafar 2017:30 [ref. 35561], Parenti 2021:396 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Scartelaos cantoris (Day 1871). Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae. Distribution: Northeastern indian Ocean: Andaman Islands (India). Habitat: marine.


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