sandwicensis, Eleotris Vaillant [L. L.] & Sauvage [H.-E.] 1875:280 [Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Sér. 3) v. 3; ref. 17853] Hawaiian Islands. Syntypes: BMNH 1883.7.4.73 [ex MNHN] (1); MNHN A-2624 (2), 8045 (1), 8915 (4), 9011 (2); ?NMW 78678 (1). Type information: Bauchot et al. 1991:15 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Eleotris sandwicensis Vaillant & Sauvage 1875 -- (Zink et al. 1996:332 [ref. 22396], Miller 1998:289 [ref. 24950] as sandvicensis, Nishimoto & Fitzsimons 1999:815 [ref. 23947], McDowall 2003:705 [ref. 26832], Benbow et al. 2004:129 [ref. 28266], Mundy 2005:470 [ref. 28379], Mennesson & Keith 2020:186 [ref. 37852], Mennesson et al. 2021:491 [ref. 38793], Parenti 2021:39 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Eleotris sandwicensis Vaillant & Sauvage 1875. Eleotridae: Eleotrinae. Distribution: Central Pacific: Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.