adela, Thalasseleotris Hoese [D. F.] & Larson [H. K.] 1987:45, Figs. 1-4 [Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria v. 48 (no. 1); ref. 6609] 3 kilometers north of Norfolk Creek, north of Port Arthur, 43°00'S, 147°46'E, Tasmania, Australia, depth 1-2 meters. Holotype: AMS I.17550-010. Paratypes: AMS I.17550-014 (11), 18241-017 (orig. 23, now 19), 18241-035 (7, 4 c&s), 19178-001 (2), 19773-010 (3), 19921-001 (1), 20160-020 (6), 20171-020 (1); NMV A2684 (4), A3820-21 (6, 1), A2241 (8); NTM S.11905-001 (4); QVM 429 (1); SAMA F5489 (1); WAM P.25770-023 [not 022] (1), 26005-011 (1), 26060-016 (2), 26616-025 (2), 26620-023 (3), 27136-015 (3), 27542-004 (1), 27543-015 [not 005] (1), 27544-014 (4), 27546-012 (8), plus more at WAM. Type catalog: Moore et al. 2008:49 [ref. 30117]. Additional type information: Hutchins & Smith 1991:42 and errata sheet [ref. 19335]. •Valid as Thalasseleotris adela Hoese & Larson 1987 -- (Kuiter 1993:367 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:812 [ref. 22532], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Hoese & Roberts 2005:417 [ref. 28475], Hoese 2006:1610 [ref. 28998], Hoese 2008:748 [ref. 30659], Larson 2011:237 [ref. 31740], Gill & Mooi 2012:47 [ref. 31872], McDowall & Stewart 2015:1572 [ref. 34303] in Eleotridae, Hoschke et al. 2019:159 [ref. 36626], Parenti 2021:438 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Thalasseleotris adela Hoese & Larson 1987. Thalasseleotrididae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, southwestern Pacific: southern Western Australia east to Tasmania (Australia). Habitat: brackish, marine.