perniger, Culius Cope [E. D.] 1871:473 [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series) v. 14 (pt 3) (art. 5); ref. 920] St. Martin Island, West Indies. Holotype (unique): ANSP 10575. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:108 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Eleotris perniger (Cope 1871) -- (Miller 1998:289 [ref. 24950], Pezold & Cage 2002:42 [ref. 25941], Lim et al. 2002:92 [ref. 28310], Murdy & Hoese 2003:1780 [ref. 27111], Smith et al. 2003:58 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:169 [ref. 27807], Miller 2006:391 [ref. 28615], Matamoros et al. 2009:23 [ref. 31241], Van Tassell 2011:147 [ref. 31732], Schliewen 2011:209 [ref. 31738], Page et al. 2013:174 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Collette 2013:180 [ref. 32953], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:74 [ref. 33341], Walsh & Chakrabarty 2016:515 [ref. 34497], Guimarães-Costa et al. 2017:3 [ref. 35781], Robins et al. 2018:436 [ref. 35886], Rodríguez-Barrera et al. 2020:45 [ref. 37800], Parenti 2021:38 [ref. 38603], Angulo et al. 2023:32 [ref. 40676], Barrientos et al. 2023:272 [ref. 41235], Carvalho-Filho 2023:233 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:119 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Eleotris perniger (Cope 1871). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Veracruz (Mexico) south to Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), including southern Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.