novaeguineaensis, Periophthalmus cantonensis Eggert [B.] 1935:61, Pl. 3 (fig. 12); Fig. 2 [Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere (Jena) v. 67; ref. 13880] Merauke, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Lectotype: ZMA 119466 [ex ZMA 112945]. Paralectotypes: ZMA 112943-45 (1, 2, 21). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:102 [ref. 19236]. Originally as novae-guineaensis. Lectotype selected by Murdy 1989:42 [ref. 13628]. Comments on types for Periophthalmus cantonensis, subspecies novaeguineaensis Eggert 1935: Konstantinidis et al. 2016:[4] [ref. 34503]. •Valid as Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis Eggert 1935 -- (Murdy 1989:42 [ref. 13628], Allen 1991:190 [ref. 21090], Larson & Williams 1997:371 [ref. 23967], Allen et al. 2000:128 [ref. 27467], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3602 [ref. 26293], Allen et al. 2002:28 [ref. 25930], Larson & Takita 2004:181 [ref. 28075], Hoese & Larson 2006:1674 [ref. 29097], Jaafar & Larson 2008:948 [ref. 29863], Allen et al. 2008:179 [ref. 30265], Takita et al. 2011:198 [ref. 31704], Murdy 2011:105 [ref. 31728], Larson et al. 2013:205 [ref. 32988], Murdy & Jaafar 2017:26 [ref. 35561], Parenti 2021:393 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis Eggert 1935. Oxudercidae: Oxudercinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: northern Western Australia around northern Australia east to Queensland (Australia), north to eastern Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.