pleurops, Eleotris Boulenger [G. A.] 1909:42 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 3 (no. 13); ref. 14365] Lower Niger [probably in error for western Atlantic]. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1908.12.5.8. See Pezold et al. 2007:483 [ref. 30082] for remarks on type locality. •Valid as Dormitator pleurops (Boulenger 1909) -- (Maugé 1986:390 [ref. 6218], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:829 [ref. 21590]). •Synonym of Dormitator maculatus (Boch 1792) -- (Pezold et al. 2007:483 [ref. 30082], Litz & Koerber 2014:35 [ref. 33622], Parenti 2021:33 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Dormitator maculatus (Bloch 1792). Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.