barbatus, Apistus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:413 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 4; ref. 998] Bouana River near the sea, Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 707. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:60 [ref. 20738]. •Valid as Tetraroge barbata (Cuvier 1829) -- (Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:317 [ref. 6441], Kottelat et al. 1993:102 [ref. 23448], Myers 1999:102 [ref. 23965], Poss 1999:2350 [ref. 24796], Nakabo 2000:599 [ref. 25086], Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:606 [ref. 25122], Sakai et al. 2001:92 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:599 [ref. 26001], Fricke et al. 2011:380 [ref. 31242], Kottelat 2013:315 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:55 [ref. 33932], Miesen et al. 2016:88 [ref. 34492], Poss 2022:557 [ref. 39726], Jamandre 2023:173 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Tetraroge barbata (Cuvier 1829). Synanceiidae: Tetraroginae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: southern India and Sri Lanka east to Palau and New Guinea, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to New Caledonia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.