elongatus, Gobius Cuvier [G.] 1816:255 [Le Règne Animal; ref. 993] Tranquebar [= Tharangambadi], India. No types known. Replacement name for Eleotris lanceolatus Bloch & Schneider 1801, preoccupied in Gobius by Gobius lanceolatus Bloch 1783. Proposed as ".--Gob. Elongatus, nob. eleotris lanceolata, Schn. Pl. 15." •Valid as Pseudapocryptes elongatus (Cuvier 1816) -- (Ferraris 1995:984 [ref. 22402], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:639 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1259 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3602 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1259 [ref. 26193], Ataur Rahman 2003:317 [ref. 31338], Tan & Lim 2004:111 [ref. 27716], Larson et al. 2008:140 [ref. 29532], Murdy 2011:104 [ref. 31728], Kottelat 2013:421 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:193 [ref. 34464], Huang et al. 2014:109 [ref. 33161], Murdy & Jaafar 2017:29 [ref. 35561], Eagderi et al. 2019:66 [ref. 37020], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 14 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:550 [ref. 37272], Parenti 2021:395 [ref. 38603], Taki et al. 2021:480 [ref. 39830]). Replacement Name. Current status: Valid as Pseudapocryptes elongatus (Cuvier 1816). Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf east to Society Islands, north to China. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.