xiphoideus, Cynoglossus Günther [A.] 1862:495 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] Thailand. Lectotype: BMNH 1859.7.1.52. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1859.7.1.53 (1). Non-types: BMNH 1898.4.2.130-134 (5). Lectotype selected by Menon 1977:98 [ref. 7071]. •Synonym of Cynoglossus microlepis (Bleeker 1851) -- (Menon 1977:97 [ref. 7071], Li & Wang 1995:368 [ref. 16193], Kottelat 2001:64 [ref. 25482] with question, Kottelat 2013:467 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Cynoglossus xiphoideus Günther 1862 -- (Wang et al. 2016:138 [ref. 34517], Fricke et al. 2017:85 [ref. 35160]). Current status: Valid as Cynoglossus xiphoideus Günther 1862. Cynoglossidae: Cynoglossinae. Distribution: Thailand. Habitat: freshwater.