malaccensis, Periophthalmus Eggert [B.] 1935:62, Figs. 3-4 [Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere (Jena) v. 67; ref. 13880] Singapore. Syntypes: PMJ 1085 (1), Universität Tübingen (destroyed in WWII). Comments on types for Periophthalmus malaccensis Eggert 1935: Konstantinidis et al. 2016:[4] [ref. 34503]. •Valid as Periophthalmus malaccensis Eggert 1935 -- (Murdy 1989:39 [ref. 13628], Kottelat et al. 1993:149 [ref. 23448], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:639 [ref. 25122], Larson & Murdy 2001:3602 [ref. 26293], Larson & Takita 2004:184 [ref. 28075], Jaafar & Larson 2008:951 [ref. 29863], Murdy 2011:105 [ref. 31728], Kottelat 2013:419 [ref. 32989], Jaafar et al. 2016:283 [ref. 34685], Murdy & Jaafar 2017:25 [ref. 35561], Parenti 2021:392 [ref. 38603], Jamandre 2023:170 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Periophthalmus malaccensis Eggert 1935. Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Singapore, Indonesia and Philippines. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.