histophorus, Boleophthalmus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:210 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Mumbai, India; Ganges River. Syntypes: MNHN A-1477 (2) Mumbai, A-1478 (3) Mumbai, A.1479 (2) Ganges, 1480 (2) Ganges. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:19 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Scartelaos histophorus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:138 [ref. 25477], Murdy 1989:51 [ref. 13628], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:960 [ref. 20764], Kottelat et al. 1993:152 [ref. 23448], Rainboth 1996:212 [ref. 22772], Allen 1997:222 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:372 [ref. 23967], Johnson 1999:750 [ref. 25471], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:640 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1156 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:44 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3602 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1156 [ref. 26193], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Ataur Rahman 2003:319 [ref. 31338], Hoese & Larson 2006:1682 [ref. 29097], Larson et al. 2008:140 [ref. 29532], Allen et al. 2008:181 [ref. 30265], Shibukawa 2009:285 [ref. 30449], Takita et al. 2011:196 [ref. 31704], Murdy 2011:104 [ref. 31728], Larson et al. 2013:207 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:426 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:193 [ref. 34464], Huang et al. 2014:114 [ref. 33161], Murdy & Jaafar 2017:31 [ref. 35561], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:268 [ref. 36460], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 14 [ref. 38321], Parenti 2021:396 [ref. 38603], Taki et al. 2021:475 [ref. 39830], Larson 2022:176 [ref. 39971], Endruweit 2024:103 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Valid as Scartelaos histophorus (Valenciennes 1837). Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Pakistan and India east to Malaysia, north to Vietnam and China, south to northern Australia. Habitat: brackish, marine.