cristatus, Euctenogobius Day [F.] 1873:109 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873 (pt 1) (art. 4) (for 21 Jan. 1873); ref. 14185] Mumbai and Madras, India. Syntypes: (numerous) AMS B.8198 (1); BMNH 1889.2.1.3398-3407 (11); MNHN A-0014 (1) Mumbai; NMW 76911 (1); ZMB 1910 (1); ZSI 75 (1), 190-191 (2), A.222 (1, lost). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:161 [ref. 23762], Bauchot et al. 1991:23 [ref. 19958], Ferraris et al. 2000:296 [ref. 25110]. Reasons for loss of ZSI type specimens during WWII see Chopra 1947:349-350 [ref. 33077]. •Synonym of Oxyurichthys microlepis (Bleeker 1849) -- (Maugé 1986:378 [ref. 6218], Ataur Rahman 2003:326 [ref. 31338], Kottelat 2013:415 [ref. 32989], Pezold & Larson 2015:5, 39 [ref. 33894], Larson 2022:166 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Oxyurichthys microlepis (Bleeker 1849). Gobiidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.