herwerdenii, Eleotris Weber [M.] 1910:238 [Notes from the Leyden Museum v. 32 (pt. 4) (art. 28); ref. 14597] Lorentz River, western New Guinea. Syntypes: BMNH 1913.12.15.35; FMNH 52462 [CM 720] (1) Lorentz R.; RMNH 15430 [ex ZMA] (1); ZMA 112931-34 (1, 1, 2, 2), 112936-38 (1, 1, 5). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:97 [ref. 19236], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:33 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Bunaka herwerdenii (Weber 1910) -- (Roberts 1978:65 [ref. 8886]). •Valid as Oxyeleotris herwerdenii (Weber 1910) -- (Allen 1991:169 [ref. 21090]). •Mention as Oxyeleotris herwerdenii -- (Allen et al. 2000:148 [ref. 27467] as herwerdinii, Allen et al. 2008:157 [ref. 30265], Morgan et al. 2011:20 [ref. 31262], Parenti 2021:25 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Oxyeleotris herwerdenii (Weber 1910). Eleotridae: Butinae. Distribution: Oceania: central-southern New Guinea (Papua Province, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.