neilli, Gobius Day [F.] 1868:152 [4] [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1868 (pt 1); ref. 14070] Backwaters and along the sea-shore, Madras, India. Syntypes and/or Day specimens: AMS B.8312 (1, syntype); BMNH 1868.4.15.9 (1), BMNH 1889.2.1.4304-4309 (6, dry); MZUF 4702 (1); NMW 33897 (1); ZSI 79 (1, lost), 158 (1, lost), 173 (1, lost), 2777 (1, lost). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:166 [ref. 2676], Whitehead & Talwar 1976:162 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:300 [ref. 25110]. On p. 4 of separate. Reasons for loss of ZSI type specimens during WWII see Chopra 1947:349-350 [ref. 33077]. •Synonym of Favonigobius reichei (Bleeker 1854) -- (Maugé 1986:367 [ref. 6218], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:934 [ref. 20764]). •Valid as Favonigobius neilli (Day 1868) -- (Parenti 2021:155 [ref. 38603]). •Synonym of Papillogobius reichei (Bleeker 1854) -- (Kottelat 2013:417 [ref. 32989], Larson 2022:87 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Favonigobius reichei (Bleeker 1854). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.