aurea, Eleotris Shipway [B.] 1950:75, Figs. 1-2 [Western Australian Naturalist v. 2 (no. 4); ref. 12974] Wilgia Mia Pool, 30 miles upstream from the mouth of Murchison River, Western Australia. Holotype: WAM P.3283-001. Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:41 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:47 [ref. 30117] •Valid as Hypseleotris aurea (Shipway 1950) -- (Hoese & Allen 1983:249 [ref. 8331], Unmack 2001:1063 [ref. 25797], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Allen et al. 2002:292 [ref. 25930], Thacker & Unmack 2005:2 [ref. 28186], Morgan et al. 2014:26 [ref. 36567], Thacker et al. 2022:3 [ref. 39170], Parenti 2021:45 [ref. 38603], Shelley et al. 2023:354 [ref. 40279]). Current status: Valid as Hypseleotris aurea (Shipway 1950). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Distribution: Western Australia: Pilbara endemic (Murchison and Gascoyne Rivers). Habitat: freshwater.