mingi, Gnatholepis Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1936:8, Pl. 4 [Bulletin of the Raffles Museum No. 12; ref. 10994] Pulau Ubin Island near Singapore. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 30960. Type catalog: Koumans 1940:151 [ref. 2676], Böhlke 1953:113 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Hemigobius melanurus (Bleeker 1849) -- (Kottelat 2013:411 [ref. 32989], Parenti 2021:324 [ref. 38603]). •Valid as Hemigobius mingi (Herre 1936) -- (Larson 1999:34 [ref. 24498], Larson 2001:74 [ref. 25522], Larson & Murdy 2001:3601 [ref. 26293], Randall & Greenfield 2001:1 [ref. 25675], Tan & Lim 2004:111 [ref. 27716], Larson et al. 2008:142 [ref. 29532], Larson & Buckle 2012:5 [ref. 32272], Huang et al. 2013:91 [ref. 41526], Huang et al. 2014:109 [ref. 33161]). Current status: Valid as Hemigobius mingi (Herre 1936). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra (Indonesia). Habitat: brackish, marine.