papilio, Periophthalmus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:63, Pl. 14 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] "Tranquebar, India" [probably in error]. No types known. •Valid as Periophthalmus papilio Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Maugé 1986:399 [ref. 6218], Miller 1990:958 [ref. 19376], Poll & Gosse 1995:111 [ref. 24781]). •Synonym of Periophthalmus barbarus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Murdy 1989:35 [ref. 13628], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:801 [ref. 21590], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2843 [ref. 34618]). Current status: Synonym of Periophthalmus barbarus (Linnaeus 1766). Gobiidae: Oxudercinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.